Contents Page Research

I took inspiration from this 'We Love Pop' magazine contents page, in order to get a basic idea of how I want my own magazine contents page to. From the research I carried out, by looking at different pop magazines on the internet, I found that this was the main style of contents page that most of the magazine consisted of. As I wanted to follow conventions, I used a similar structure to that of the contents page above, however, I rearranged the images in a different order, and made the conclusion of using 5-7 images, of different models posing as pop artists. I also thought that the way the numbers and features were laid out on the contents page was very effective, as it resulted in the contents page looking neat and not too over the top. Therefore, I decided to include this on my magazine contents page. I initailly had not considered including an editors note, as I thought it would make the contents page too wordy and cluttered. However, I am now thinking of adding an editors note as I feel that if I want to follow conventions more closely, I should include all the things that a genuine pop magazine includes, to make my magazine look more professional.