Contents Page Reserch - Big Cheese.

I have previously looked at Kerrang!'s contents pages so in this post I will evaluate Big Cheese's contents pages and compare the two to outline the similarities and differences.

This is an example of a typical contents page in ~Big Cheese magazine. They have split the page in half by a thick white line down the centre of a double page. The first side of this double paged contents is split into three columns. The first is a black rectangle which lists everyone who has been involved with the production of this months issue. The next two columns are only half the length of the page and list the "Regular" articles that feature in every issue of Big Cheese and the page number that each can be found.. Also, at the side there is a black box which is a little side note from the writers of Big Cheese telling there readers about what they can expect in this months issue. Below these two columns is a medium shot of a band member which you can read about in the "Regular" section of the magazine.

On the second half on this double page it has been split into two columns. The first tells the audience about the "Kingsize" articles which are the main features in this issue and their page number. These tend to follow on from what has been shown on the front page so that the magazine flows better throughout. This easy to read format is used because this is the navigation for the rest of the magazine. They have included two smaller images of artists that appear in this magazine in this first column. By being smaller it shows the audience that yes there is a feature but it's not as heavily focused on as the ones in the next column. As the second column has three pictures much larger than the two in the first column of this page it shows that these artists have a greater importance within this magazine and will have a musch larger article written about them. The symmetry of this layout makes it effective and easy for the audience to read.

I think this is quite an effective layout as it is laid out in a user friendly way as it is very easy to understand. More over I think they have managed to balance out the amount of text with enough pictures so that it's not daugnting for the reader to have to just read a long list to pick out the articles of interest.