Q Contents Page Evaluation

The Q contents page consists of a British theme. There is an article in the magazine about the 50 Ultimate British songs; the article advert becomes a main focus of the contents page as it has the largest and top section of the 'Features' column. The British flag is signification on the page as it fits with the colour scheme of the magazine. Q is an iconic British magazine, this is reflected in the magazines colour scheme, the white, red, blue and black which are the colours of the British flag. Q magazine has a recognized branded appearance throughout all of their magazines. 

There is a large image of a man in the music industry used, which covers half the page. The image itself fits with the colour scheme of the page. The photo is taken in a studio, but is emphasized through the camera equipment in the background. The photo is used to show the sort of behind the scenes of a photo shoot. The photo is very natural, therefore the audience feel they can connect with the man, this is often the case in the articles in the magazine. Unlike celeb style magazines, music magazines tend to focus on looking at the artist themselves and their music rather than the newest gossip. So images which seem natural and real on the contents reflect the magazine inside. The positioning of the photo is in the centre to the right. The smaller adverts for different pages border two sides of the image, this draws the attention in to the main image then round to the outside to the smaller sections. 

The titles of the feature section tend to be names of artists or bands such as James Blake, Edward Collins and Elbow. The names are clear and in bold, the audience is drawn to this section and the use of names would attract the audience to want to read more about the artists.  Another way in which Q advertises pages later in the magazine is through smaller versions of the pages and then their page numbers fairly large and bold over the top. 

The image isn't just used to fill up space, it is an advert for a page in the magazine. Without any words the audience is intrigued and can find out more about the photo on page 

'42' which is wrote in a very large font on top of the corner of the image. 

The title of 'Contents' is placed on an extended 'Q' logo red box. The title isn't a substantial part of the page, the font is similar to all the text on the page and the size is not significant. This is because the objective of this page is clear through the images, page numbers and subtitles. The 'Q' logo also isn't partially significant as Q is so well known it doesn't need to emphasize what magazine it is.