Evaluation- Contents page

1. In what ways does your media

product use forms and conventions of
media products?
Similarities:
The contents pages have
made it clear that they talk
about the contents of the
page because they have
wrote it at the top quite
obviously.
Both the contents page covers
have made the fact the brand
clear by using the masthead
or an acronym to take up less
space and make it have a
better layout
The pages both give a brief
explanation of what content
the specific pages in the
magazine hold.
The contents pages both
have images on them.
Both the contents pages
also stick to a specific colour
scheme for the colour of the
text.
My magazine and the Urban
magazine have both
highlighted the page
numbers by using bolder
font of different coloured

Differences:

While my cover uses the whole

masthead to brand the magazine,
the Urban magazine uses just the
first letter to brand the page.
I have placed the title
contents under the
masthead, while the Urban
magazine have placed the
title in the top right corner.
I have used multiple images
on my page however the
Urban magazine have used a
single image.
The Urban magazine uses
different colours for the font
while mine only uses one
colour for the text.
Urban magazine has used
multiple sub-headings to divide
the contents of the magazine,
while mine just gives a small
description of what will be on
each page.

How I followed codes and

conventions
On my magazines contents page I followed
some codes and conventions, such as
including a large and bold masthead to
make people aware of the brand of the
magazine. I placed this at the top of the
page to make it clear, as this is what most
brands do. I have labelled the page
contents clearly so the audience is aware
of what they are reading. I have also used
images to portray what will be included in
my magazine. And I have anchored these
images by putting a page number on them
to show which article they relate to. My
contents page also contains descriptions
under the page number, to tell people what
will be on some of the pages of the
magazine. I have stuck to my magazines
colour scheme by using the colour brown for
my text as this relates to the masthead and
makes the layout more appropriate. The font
used for the text is also the same, like most

How I developed codes and

conventions

I used multiple images on my contents page instead of one

main image to give the audience a better idea as to what
the articles will be about as a student magazine is based on
many different types of topics.
I used only one colour for the text in my contents page as I
wanted to follow the colour scheme and also make the
layout seem professional. I didnt see the need to use a
different colour for the text as I made the page numbers
bolder compared to the rest of the text instead.
I did not divide the text in the contents page by using subheadings because I felt as if the content of the articles
came under one category.

Comparing the Draft and

the Final
I placed the masthead
and the contents
heading at the top of the
page, like I planned on
my contents page draft
I have kept the
layout of the
contents page the
same as my draft.
I placed the
images in the
middle creating a
row of pictures and
separating the
headings on my
contents page