The NME contents page is mostly textual, rather than pictorial. The main section of this contents page, is of course the ' Albums of 2009' section, we can see this because it is the largest thing on the page, making the reader look straight at it.
The page numbers are situated to the right of the subject matter, but not the clearest thing to read. On this contents page, there is quite a lot of information packed into just one page, making it look untidy, and disorganised. The contents page normally has some kind of link, which links to the front cover, in this case it could be perhaps the NME logo, which would be the same for all issues, and covers. By looking at the contents page, it is easy to see that it is an NME contents page, because of their consistent style, which is applied to most issues. I however prefer the less cramped style contents page, which would normally be easier to read, and understand.
The Kerrang contents pages are a lot more simple than NME, mainly because they are mostly pictorial, rather then textual. Therefore making them faster, and easier to read. The main feature of this contents page is the band 'Chiodos', We can see this, because the image of the their section of the contents page is bigger, therefore making the audience look at it first. The page numbers are situated in the pictures with relate to the pages, which barely requires any reading. The colour scheme of this contents page is consistent with most kerrang covers (yellow and black), which makes these colours iconic to the magazine. I like this cover, because it is simple, and quick to understand, as there is not much text to read through.
The Q contents page is simple and effective. It contains only two pictures, which are related to the main articles in the magazine. The pictures have their own page number on, so the reader can look at the image of the main subject, and jump straight to the page.
Although this contents page is more textual, than pictorial, it is still simple, and easy to understand, because the main points are highlighted in bold, so when the reader is scanning through the page numbers, they can just see the title of what they are looking for, and jump straight to that page. All of the page numbers are situated to the left. I like this contents page the best, because the page numbers are split into different bold headings, making it clearer to read, without the use of too many pictures.
This is the contents page of SPIN. This is my favourite out of all the contents pages I have studied, because the background image takes over the whole page, without contrasting, and clashing with any other image on the page, keeping up with the classy image, which spin holds. Although it is most textual, the text is very few, making it easy for the reader to navigate around. The spin logo is situated in the top right, contrasting with everything else on the page, which looks good because it is a spin magazine after all. The page numbers are situated with headings in bold to the left of the page, making it simple to read, because the English language is read from left to right.
For my contents page, I hope to produce something like the spin contents page, because I love their use of simplicity, and the one one picture. I like the kerrang contents page because it is mostly pictorial, therefore faster to read, But it is a magazine after all, therefore reading is a key factor, not a problem. I dislike the NME contents page purly because it looks disorganised and is difficult to know where it starts and ends.
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