A contents page needs a strong title, much like the front cover, so it's audience can understand where they can find the main features that they want to read. This magazine has titled it's page 'NME THIS WEEK' all in capitals and in block writing. With 'nme' writtin in red. It is bold, yet simple and eye catching, which is it's purpose.
In the center of the page there is an image of a band playing, because the magazines is featured around music, with a small writtin piece below. The text is small and simple font, nothing that stands out, so it doesn't take away from the image or the rest of the information on the page. It simple allows it's audience to get a small insight as to the type of music they are talking about in this particular issue.
Down the right hand side of the page is a list of headings grouped into particular categorys with even smaller sub headings below and page numbers. This is something found in every magazine, so inform it's audience of what they can find on each page or what page the article that they want to read is on. This is often to main point to a contents page and would take up the majority of the space, however in this magazine, they have decided to use their images as the majority of the space instead.
Down the right hand side of the page is an index, giving names of all the bands they have mentioned in this issue. It allows it's readers to have a further look into any specific bands they have taken an interest to. The rest of the information on the page is quite closed off together, whereas the index is seperate suggesting it has the least importance on the page. Not only this but it is writtin in red, opposed to the black the rest is writtin in, allowing people to witness it is there, but making clear it's importance.
The colour scheme of this page is simple. Reds, blacks and whites show quite a boyish colour scheme, it shows the type of audience they are aiming their magazine at. The image they have used also ties into this as they are in reds and blacks agasint a background of dim red lights.
The contents page of this magazine is somewhat similar to the last. At the top of the page there is the title 'contents' writtin in capitals and again with the use of only two colours. Again, being used to stand out and catch the eye of someone who may just be flicking through the magazine. Not only this but their main feature on the page is an image. Across the whole of the right hand side of the page, we can understand that Selena Gormez is the main feature for this particular issue. They also show a picture of the front cover, which she is also on, to further highlight her importance to this particular magazine. Down the left hand side of the page in small font is the page numbers and what you can expect to find no each of them, with what the magazine thinks is the most interesting writtin in bold to hightlight it. The overall colour scheme of the page suggest it's audience would stereotypically be female. They use a varitery of pinks and blacks, which also ties in with their photo as Selena is wearing a pink top with black straps either side of it. 
This contents page is one from the magazine 'kerrang'. This particular contents page is quite different from the other two examples i have used. The title 'contents' is still in a bigger font than the rest of the text, however it is something eye catching. Their main eye catching feature that draws you into the page is their use of images. They have used siz images of artists to show who you can expect to be reading about on each page. The main image, which shows what you can find on page 28 is bigger than the contents. The magazine have decided to use this. I think it is a good idea because it shows it's audience that this is the contents page, rather than telling them. The rest of the information on the page is the rest of the page numbers and what you can read about, however written in simple font and quite small to. The colour scheme of the page is again, just whites and blacks however because this page has more images and variety to it, the simplicity of the colours don't take anything away from the magazine itself. It only makes the images stand out to it's audience. 
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