Magazine Evaluation - Mixmag: Contents

Mixmag's contents page is layed out on a double page spread on the fourth and fifth page in the magazine. The magazine follows the same style of the front cover such as small typography with the use of bold titles but it also contains two large pictures in the center of the double page spread and two smaller pictures on the page to the right. By the overall look of the contents page it looks to be conventional with the layout, it is neat and very clear to read but it is on a double page spread not on a single page like a usual magazine.

The main focus when you first look at the contents page would be the large pictures, the denotative of this picture is a young  in a festival scene surrounded by and another picture featuring a huge party scene at a large festival with bright colours, fireworks and crowds of people. These pictures are both related to the party and the festival/clubbing vibe of the magazine which emphasizes the demographic and what they would enjoy in terms of reading the magazine. The two smaller pictures on the contents page are the feature articles about specific artists that have been featured in the magazine such as 'Helena Hauff'. The two feature article photos are smaller in size than the two festival pictures because the target audience are stimulated by looking at visual images that are related to the party side of the music magazine rather than the long artists features. The larger images are captioned 'Directory' and 'Tomorrowland'. The Directory Page is where the reader can find 'hundreds of the most up-front and exciting clubs in Britain and Ireland'. The other page is a festival scene of 'Tomorrowland'. Tomorrowland is one of the biggest festivals in the world taking place in many different countries across the globe so straight away from looking at visual images on the contents and small captions the reader immediately is drawn into wanting to look further into the magazine for more of the information.

The factual information written on the contents page is layed out in two columns, one which is flush left on the left page of the double page contents and the other column is flush right on the right side of the double page contents. As the writing is placed into columns the magazine does shown some form of convention however the layout as a whole is not a typical conventional way a contents page would be layed out. This reflects the magazines demographic as they are not conventional readers, they prefer the visual content rather than articles which feature long written pieces. 

The page numbers are very large on the magazine which make it extremely easy for the reader to navigate around the magazine with out having to flick through numerous pages which may not hold their interest as much as the pages that they are specifically looking for. The title 'contents' on the page is fairly large so its easy for the reader to know what the function of this page is but the physical typography of the word 'contents' does not follow the house style of the magazine regarding how the typography of the fonts on the front cover are. The Magazine also offers 'free tracks from Loco Dice' (the cover Star). By placing this on the contents page it makes more people interested in wanting to buy the magazine as its related to the cover star and its something extra that the reader will gain from buying this magazine.