1. Market Research..
Contents Pages Every issue says ‘THIS WEEK’ on the
contents page, this means it’s a weekly
magazine. Every week the contents
The contents page of NME shares looks similar to this, it makes it
many of the features as the front familiar with the reader.
cover. This helps create the house
style.
The colour scheme is
normally always red,
white and black.
Main Image.
The main image on
the page is the
biggest, this suggests Subheadings.
it’s an important Breaks up the contents page
article and they want into sections so what the
their readers to notice reader wants to read is easy
this. to find.

2. The title appearing
on the contents page
creates house style.
The contents page
shares similarities The main image is seen as
with the front cover. the ‘big’ and most
E.g. same colours , important article, like in
style. most magazines.
‘The worlds biggest and best
music guide’.
Like most
magazines the
contents page
tells the reader
how often the
magazine is
issued.

3. Subheadings.
Like in NME using
The main image subheadings help
looks fun and with breaking up the
exciting, the contents page
reader will be and the magazine.
interested in this
and want to read
it. It has page
numbers so that
the reader knows
A chance for the magazine to
Get readers to subscribe to
Them. This is a convention to
Editors Letter. magazines as it is in every
Makes the magazine magazine.
personal to the
reader.