Deconstruction of Q Contents Page

The page is split into two halves down the middle and is spread across two different pages. The rule of thirds has loosely been followed, much as in the same way as the front cover, which creates a link between the two pages and simultaneously helps to maintain a stronger level of continuity throughout the magazine. The title of the magazine is repeated at the centre of the top of both of the contents pages as a watermark to create continuity and maintain house style. A tiny version of the masthead is also repeated at the bottom of the pages next to the page number. This is done both to maintain house style and because this area is known as dead space, because this is where the audience member would place their thumb when turning the page. A contents list runs down the left hand side of the page to make it easier for the target audience to locate particular articles which interest them. Photographs of various features included in the magazine and pictures of the photo shoot take up the remaining two thirds of the page, and captions at have been placed at on these images to anchor the meaning and to explain the action in the images to the audience. All of the pictures are bordered by white gaps in the page, which is also known as gutter space. This helps to make the contents page look neat and easy to read, and therefore it looks more attractive to the members of the target audience. The contents page uses the same colour scheme of black, silver and white to maintain the continuity and house style throughout the magazine. This also links to the front cover.