The purpose of a contents page is to give the reader an idea of other stories/ information within the magazine and what page numbers you can find it on.
It also needs to be easy to read and follow, with this particular magazine this is helped by the white background enabling the text to be any colour for it to show up clearly. The colour scheme of the contents page is usually similar if not the same to the front cover; this is the case with this particular magazine. Also the magazines featured in the black box in the bottom left hand corner also have similar colours to this magazine too. The idea of the black is to attract the readers to it for them to subscribe, the colours the editor has used has worked well with achieving this as the important text is in yellow which is a very bright colour especially on top of black, it is very eye catching.

However this contents page only features one big picture and a lot of text which may be boring to the reader especially if it’s someone wanting to know what is in the magazine before buying it but at the same time shows the importance of this photo/ story as it’s the biggest thing on the page. Although it does include page numbers, a small bit of information about each page/story and band index for people to find the band of their choice easier. There are also black arrows next to some of the features which lets the reader know they are stories which featured on the front cover.

Something else that may get more readers attention is the red arrow in the right hand bottom corner of the contents page which says ‘The UK’s number 1 gig guide’. I feel this contents page obeys the conventions of a contents page well and this could help me with choosing my colour scheme.