Contents Page Research

CONTENTS ONE: I found this contents page interesting as the main image covers the whole page and this isn't a convention of a music magazine. I also like how the the colour of the background matches Dave Grohls t-shirt. It's not bright and colourful, so it doesn't follow the conventions of contents pages but it does encourage the reader read on as the main image does that. There's more than one image so you can 'graze' images as on most contenst pages. The main image doesn't directly address the reader and the contenst pages is in sections which is a covention of contents pages,
I think i will only have one image on my contents page, this will break the convention of contents pages but i believe i can make it work.

CONTENTS TWO: I think the images are used really wel on this contents page, they are used in a collage effect around the sub-headings of the contents page. We can also see that all the people in the images directly address the reader. The bands and artists are all dressed in earthy colours as too not distract the readers from the headings, telling us what's in the magazine that issue. The use of space in giving more of it to the images means that the headings look shorter and the page doesn't look 'wordy'. The reader can definately 'graze' the images. The header however isnot at the top of the page, which is breaking the conventions of a contents page. The images are the same size but they are still asthetically appealing, the shadows used in some of the pictures is used well. The colour scheme for the fonts is balck and re which are typical colours for the rock/indie genre.