Contents page analysis

contents page analysis two

This is the contents page for the ‘Prep School’ magazine. Most magazines include contents pages so it is easier for the reader to navigate through the magazine and also find the pages and article that they would like to read. Also if this was not included I think that people would not buy this magazine because there are too many articles and the readers would not know what articles to read. You can also buy this magazine online and pay a subscription to receive magazines every month and you can download the magazine onto your laptop for free instead of waiting for it to come in the post.

On the contents page there are four images going down the right hand side which illustrates some of the articles as there are pages numbers at the bottom of the images. The images are of children who look happy and they are placed in a school or outdoor environment. when I see these pictures down the side they make me think that they are to do with the main articles as there are only four pictures and the take up at least a quarter of the page. The four main pictures go in order down the page and this would also make the reader want to read on as it is not all over the place.

The layout of this contents page is very formal as everything is in order and the vocabulary and punctuation is all correct. The page has numbers beside all of the articles which is good as it entices the reader to read the article that they want to as it is easy to find.

The title of this page is in bold, big writing which is bigger than the rest of the page. when the reader looks at this page the first thing that will grab their attention is the Word ‘contents’ this will also make the reader want to look down the rest of the page to see what types of articles this magazine offers.

In all of the images the children look happy. In the first image the children look to be in a forest and there is also an image of a teacher speaking to two students and in the last picture there are two girls doing some kind of science project and this is also good for the parents of the pupils as they are able to see most of the events and work that their children take part in.

Lastly I have seen that the three main colours are white, black and red. These colours represent elegance, peace and love which means that the prep school hold think that there school is a great school and you can also see that the school take care of the students and hold them in high regard.