Contents page analysis

I have decided to analyse the contents page on the same magazine that I used for my front cover analysis. The main part of the contents page would be the top right hand corner. There is a story that is provided to possibly keep the reader’s attention. The main image that catches the reader’s attention is the big brother logo. This stands out because it is so well known and so many people know it and so they can recognise the logo. They have different sections for different parts of the magazine. They had an ‘on the Cover’ section which covered all of the information that was on the front of the magazine. They have a ‘hottest news’ section, which includes many celebrity stories. They have a ‘features’ section, which includes Celebrity exposures, travel information and what’s hot and what’s not.  They also have a ‘Style and Diet’ section, which includes High Street Fashion, a Lust List, and Hot Fashion etc.  It then goes on to the ‘reviews and TV’ section, which includes reviews, TV talk and TV listings. Each of these sections is explained, which tells the reader what to expect in each of these sections. The images used are related to the topics, an image of the front cover is used in the ‘On the Cover’ section. In the section dedicated to Big Brother, the images are of the celebrities which will be in the big brother house. The way in which the magazine editors have edited the contents page to make the celebrities appear to be talking to the readers.

The colours used are not too over the top. The colours go well together, yellow, red, purple and white. The neutral colours allow the big brother logo to stand out from the rest of the colours, due to the fact that the logo is a lot of colours. There are a few images next to the different sections of the contents page of celebrities, who are related to the stories in the sections. The contents page also details the date to allow the reader to be up to date with information. In the top right hand corner is the big brother section. The rest of the main contents page is placed around this, in a sort of ‘L’ shape. This makes the contents page more interesting rather than it just being a list of what is on each page. The page numbers are clearly detailed next to each sub section to enable the reader to flick to pages that they are interested in. I feel this is important as it makes the overall experience of the magazine quicker and easier. As it allows the reader to flick to the pages they are interested in if they are in a rush.

The biggest section of the contents page is the big brother section. It has images of all of the housemates and Information about the times in which the programme can be viewed. This section of the contents page is here as the issue on which I have chosen to analyse was issued just before the release of celebrity big brother. A lot of the viewers of this magazine would be interested in big brother as it is very well known. The magazine provides an insight to what to expect and also reveals some of the housemates. This is effective as the small releases of information spread out allows the reader to follow the information and spurts gossip about each the show.