Preliminary task: contents

This is the contents of my magazine:

From researching codes and conventions of magazine contents pages, I discovered that mine would be more successful if I included the following features:

• A page title “contents” so the reader can understand the reason for the page.
• A colour scheme of three colours from the theme of the cover.
• Numbers linked to each page so they are easy to find in the magazine.
• 2-3 photographs of intriguing pieces of content from within the magazine.
• The school logo to brand and advertise the school.
• Text dominated contents pages are more appropriate.
• A simplistic sans serif font which is easy to read.

On my contents page I attempted to include all of these codes and conventions.

I included a relatively simplistic sans serif font. I believe that this would be successful in terms of being easier to read. The title is “Contents” and is written in a large, bold font for added noticeability.

I also ensured that the colour scheme was similar to the scheme on the cover of my magazine for a recurring trend throughout. This was to intrigue the reader due to the bright colours and to further allow the writing to stand out in contrast to the background colour. This will make it more appealing to my intended audience of young students due to the simplicity.

I included page numbers to indicate where you can find each piece of content within the magazine. This will eliminate confusion for the reader to entice them to continue reading. Alongside various page titles, I also incorporated a photograph to represent what will be found on the page. These photographs simply represent the more intriguing pages to entice the reader to discover more.

The theme of including the school logo continued on my contents page as a reminder of the content of the magazine and to brand and advertise the school.

Finally, I made my contents text dominated for ease of reading for the audience and generally for a more formal appearance. I deemed this format to be more suitable for a school magazine to represent the formality of the provided education to persuade people to study at the school.