The colour scheme used in this contents page, uses all black and white. This fits with the colour scheme of the cover page and also carries the theme for the magazine.                                                  In doing this they are creating a retro style to the magazine, following the trend of Hip Hop magazines making their magazines look old school.

The main focus seems to be the title of the cover page 'The A-side' as it presented much bigger than any of the other writing including the 'xxl' title name. It even draws focus away from the main image as it is at the top of the page and stands out as it is on a different background to the rest of the magazine. This is done to make it stand out, drawing more focus towards it. The simplicity of the title and the main image is used most hip hop magazines. This is done to relate to the genre of music as hip hop is associated with ordinary people from less than average places, such as Compton (where Dr Dre is from).  This follows the trend of hip hop culture and therefore is able to reach out to the fans as it is easily recognisable as a certain genre of music and relates to their culture and life style of living.

 The magazine logo is shown on the top right hand side of this page next to the date/month where it says XXL. It uses red and white so that it stands out and it can be recognised by the readers.

The image chosen is in between a full body image and a mid-shot.  This image was then zoomed in and enlarged to cover the majority of the page. The artist in this image (Dr Dre) is shown wearing very dull and ordinary clothes. This is similar to the techniques used on the front covers of the Rolling stones magazine and the RWO Grime magazines. Again this is cleverly done to show the target audience that this great role model, is no different to anyone else. He is an ordinary individual wearing ordinary clothes. The angle used on this image is pretty flat, meaning when people are looking at Dr Dre they are on the same level as him. They are not looking up to him or down on him. This technique is also used on the tupac Rolling stones cover. I think that this is an effective technique and I will use it when designing the cover of my contents page. I have chosen to do this as I think it reaches out to the target audience and will make it a successful contents page.

 With the writing and information on the right hand side to the picture, it is presented as very insignificant to the image. As they have chosen to use a very small size of writing and therefore it doesn't stand out to the reader. In doing this I think they are not providing much information as it doesn't catch the reader’s eye. As well as this they have also used very dull colour of black and mostly white. This means it blends into the magazine but does not capture the reader attention. Therefore I will not be using this technique on my contents page as I do not think it Is very effective.