Deconstruction of a Contents page

This is a deconstruction of a contents page from 'The Crack'

Feature	Description
Masthead?? How is it positioned? Font Style? Colour Where on page is it positioned?	The masthead is featured at the top of them page, in the centre just below the introduction. It is in big, bold. Block capitals in black.
Necessary Information?? Date? Issue Number? Page number? Where are they positioned? Website info? Links?	The necessary information is positioned in the bottom left corner. There is a contact number, email address, postage address and fax number.
Text?? What is it? Form of address? How much text? What is its purpose? Subheadings? Order? Layout? Use of numerical features?	The main text is all positioned in the center of the page just below the masthead. The mini subheadings include the page title and number and are in a darker and bigger font. The text is telling readers briefly what is going to be on each page.
Font?? What font is used? Are there different font styles? Why is this? Colour? Are italics used? Where? How? Bold text?	There is mainly the same font used across the full contents page.  All of the text is black, but there is a lot of bold text in the use of subheading and mastheads.  The page title is in a different colour so it stands out from the other text and so the readers know what they are reading.
Images?? How many? What size? What are they of? Are the images anchored? (i.e. by a caption?) Is there writing over any of the images? Positioning of images?	The images on the page are all positioned down the right hand side. The main image is the same image as the front cover but in a smaller size and is positioned in the top right hand side. This image is anchored by a caption. The rest of the images are underneath the main image and are attached to page numbers. This is another way of giving readers information about the pages without using writing.
Composition?? Framing? Layout? Layering? Relation of text to images? Image led? Text led?	the pages layout is very spacious and spread out. There is a lot of space between text and images.  There is no relation of the text to images. The introduction is at the top of the page above the masthead.
Linguistic features?? Rhetorical questions? Alliteration? Assonance? Enigma Codes? Puns? Anything else of note? Effect of linguistic features?	There is no use of linguistic features. There is use of advertisements.
Colour?? How many colours are used for text? Colours of images? Effect of colours?	The main colours used are black white and yellow. This makes everything stand out clearly. A few different colours are brought in through the images down the side. The full page stays with quite dull colours.

This is a deconstruction of a contents page from a music magazine called 'Mixmag.'

Feature	Description
Masthead?? How is it positioned? Font Style? Colour Where on page is it positioned?	The masthead is positioned at the top left of the page.  It is in a bold, big white impact text which stands out very Clear on the dark background.
Necessary Information?? Date? Issue Number? Page number? Where are they positioned? Website info? Links?	The necessary information is at the bottom left of the page. This includes the date and issue number. The website is located bottom right.
Text?? What is it? Form of address? How much text? What is its purpose? Subheadings? Order? Layout? Use of numerical features?	The main text is down the left hand side on the page. The text is in white writing like the masthead. The is use of page numbers also down the side. The subheading is in a bold white text in a slightly bigger font. The page numbers go in order.
Font?? What font is used? Are there different font styles? Why is this? Colour? Are italics used? Where? How? Bold text?	All the text on the page is white and the entire font is the same. It ranges in sizes and changes to bold on occasions. All the text is of this colour because of the dark background. The page numbers are in a whiteish/yellow colour just to give someone change.
Images?? How many? What size? What are they of? Are the images anchored? (i.e. by a caption?) Is there writing over any of the images? Positioning of images?	There is 4 four main images on the page. The main image is in the center of the page and is big and bright.  Another two images are smaller and are positioned below, and then finally in the top left hand corner there is the smallest image. This is a small picture of the front cover. The other two images are linked with page numbers to give readers ideas of what each page is about.
Composition?? Framing? Layout? Layering? Relation of text to images? Image led? Text led?	The layout is very neat and looks very organised.  The text links in with the images. There is no use of layering.
Linguistic features?? Rhetorical questions? Alliteration? Assonance? Enigma Codes? Puns? Anything else of note? Effect of linguistic features?	There is no use of linguistic features.
Colour?? How many colours are used for text? Colours of images? Effect of colours?	The main colours are black and white but the colour from the images brings brightness to the page.

This a deconstruction of a music magazine called 'NME.'

Feature	Description
Masthead?? How is it positioned? Font Style? Colour Where on page is it positioned?	On this contents page this isn’t actually a masthead with the page title on.  In the top right hand corner they have the magazine name which in this case is used for the masthead. The masthead is pink in a big bold text.
Necessary Information?? Date? Issue Number? Page number? Where are they positioned? Website info? Links?	The necessary information is positioned at both the top and bottom of the page. The date is positioned at the top where as the contact information is at the centre bottom.
Text?? What is it? Form of address? How much text? What is its purpose? Subheadings? Order? Layout? Use of numerical features?	The text is positioned all over the page. The text ranges from advertisements, to information on each page to contact details. There is use of a lot of subheadings. The text is very compact and there isn’t a lot of space.
Font?? What font is used? Are there different font styles? Why is this? Colour? Are italics used? Where? How? Bold text?	There is a variety of fonts used.  Most of the writing is in a messy style which fits in the with the magazine type. The subheadings and mastheads are all in bold are either in pink or white. The fonts do this so we can tell it apart from the other text.
Images?? How many? What size? What are they of? Are the images anchored? (i.e. by a caption?) Is there writing over any of the images? Positioning of images?	There is three images on the page both of music bands and both relate to the text. There is use of layering as one image is covering some text. The biggest image on the page is anchored by a caption. The images are all linked in with the text.
Composition?? Framing? Layout? Layering? Relation of text to images? Image led? Text led?	The layout of this page is very cramped and hard to read. There is text everywhere mixed in with a lot of colour which makes is hard to read. The main image is linked into one of the page, but links into the full magazine as it’s a picture of a band.  The use of layering is used with the advertisements.
Linguistic features?? Rhetorical questions? Alliteration? Assonance? Enigma Codes? Puns? Anything else of note? Effect of linguistic features?	there is use of rhertoical questions to get the readers involved with the advertisements.
Colour?? How many colours are used for text? Colours of images? Effect of colours?	There is a lot of colours used on the page. It makes it slightly hard for the reader to look at. The main colours are black, white and pink.

Doing these constructions helped me gain knowledge and understanding of what a professional magazine's contents page would look like. I also started to understand fully the content of a contents page, the layout and colour use. Although I don't plan for my final product to look anything like the three annotated contents pages it has helped in greatfully.