There is a variety of media language in the contents page aswell. Again in the heading on this page 'NME' is made to stand out and is in its traditional font, with the same colour. This is to show continuity, and so that readers can recognise instantly what magazine it is by just a glance at it. A convention of contents pages is that the main article of the magazine is made to stand out aswell, and in this contents page it does. It stands out by having a picture that is right in the centre of the page, catching the audiences attention as soon as they turn to this page. This picture also has a caption which is underneath. The caption is also made to stand out, with a bigger font which also shows that the caption is linked to the picture as they are both bigger then all of the other articles that are shown on the page.
NME follows another convention of music magazines, by having down the left hand side of the page an index of the bands. In some cases it is unusual to have an index at the front of a magazine of book, but in this case it helps sell the magazine and attract more readers. It does this because it allows readers to check if their favourite bands are in this months edition of the magazine, easily and quickly.
Also on NME contents pages they have sections down the right hand side of the page that they split their stories into. This helps the audience categorise the articles and find the article they want to read. Examples of the sections are 'News', 'Reviews' and 'Live!'. These are in smaller fonts and on the right hand side, this is so that it doesn't take much focus off the main article that is being shown in the centre.
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