Conventions of a Magazine Contents Page - Initial Research

-A message from the editor (editorial.) This tells the reader about the magazine's contents infornally by someone involved in the production of it.

-Pictures, page numbers and the contents all go in groups.

-The content is listed usually down the page.

-Advertisements on how to buy the magazine ie/ online subscription are at the bottom of the page.

-Words around the pictures 'anchor' them.

-A colour scheme of the magazine is repeated.

-The more important stories are larger that the minor stories.

-Sometimes pictures of important pages are featured. eg. Compotition pages, free poster.

-A small number of different fonts and font sizes are used.

-Substories ans subheadings are both used for seperating the sections of the magazine.

-Repatition is used on the Logo and Title of the magazine. This is usually featured at the top of the page.

-The photographer's name is featured on the photograph.
-There is also a lack of empty spaces.