Codes and Conventions of a

magazine contents page

Leilah Stott

Every magazine contents page has the page numbers ; this shows what is inside the magazine.

PAGE NUMBERS

MAIN IMAGE

Every magazine contents page has a main image and most of the time a lot of smaller images that relate to the stories.

COLOUR SCHEME, PAGE BACKGROUND AND LAYOUT

All magazines have a consistent colour scheme on their contents page. They also usually have a white background so that the text stands out and the layout in columns.

TITLE OF MAGAZINE AND SOURCES

All magazines have the title of the magazine in big font on the contents page. They also show the sources of where they got their pictures from on either the side of the page or at the bottom in tiny font.

CATEGORY HEADINGS

All magazines have category headings, this tells a brief example of what is in the magazine.