Codes and Conventions of the Contents Page

In our lesson today we discussed the codes and conventions of contents pages of music magazines and this is what we discovered:

 - Font size 11 point
 - Contents at top of page and has biggest font
 - Date top of page
 - Main image - dominates page
 - In columns - split into either 2 or 3
 - Sub headings
 - Issue number
 - Page number - anchors the story to image
 - Bold titles
 - Website
 - Title of the features is bolder than the information underneath
 - Mini articles on some of the contents page
 - Can be a double page spread
 - Editor's letter
 - Credits for the front picture
 - Images are different sizes
 - Font is always clear and consistant
 - Sticks to the same colour scheme
 - Article music be about music
 - Descriptions on some of the page
 - Plain background and is in same colours on front cover
 - Main image has the page number - in popular articles the page number is bigger
 - Most of the information is either boxed or boxed shape
 - Page numbers for each story
 - Contact details and address
 - Headings - "Features", "Regulars"
 - Line breaking between each story