Contents Page Analysis Three

Q’s content’s page has continued the basic colour scheme of red, white and black from the front cover in order to create the simplistic, classy style that they are renowned for. The logo of, Q is placed in the top right hand corner, constantly reminding the audience what they are reading whilst also adding to the colour scheme. The font changes from the serif font of the Q to the sans serif font of the word ‘contents’, this creates a sense of diversity that the magazine has, being able to have a variety of fonts yet still remain simple and effective. Along with the usual ‘features’ and ‘every month’ headings is an ‘Oasis Special’, in a serif font, in a highlighted box. The colour scheme and font is manipulated here with the numbers and heading being in gold, this instantly gains the reader’s attention with the text looking superior to the rest making the reader feel like they are gaining more.

            There are two images featured on this contents page of Q, with the main image dominating a large amount of the page, making it clear to the reader that ‘The Courteeners’ will be the main feature of this issue. The image presents the band from a low angle, again making them seem superior encouraging the reader to want to know more about them and flick straight to their article, easily found as the page number is larger than the rest. Q have a heading for ‘every month’, this allows regular readers to have common ground with the magazine and something to guarantee them stability with the magazine. I like this idea and would like to use this in my magazine as I would like my readers to have the same stability and loyalty to my magazine.

            The text is placed along the left hand side of the page, this stands out and allows the main image to dominate the page however we read from the left so we instantly look there after the dominant image, making the text easier to focus on. The page numbers are in the bright red that Q is renowned for, allowing them to stand out whilst incorporating Q’s sophisticated colour scheme. I would like to utilise this within my magazines contents page as I think that having the page numbers stand out creates a higher end more glossy magazine look classy and refined.