Contents page analysis

This is the second pop contents page i have come across. It is in the magazine "Top of the Pops."It has a feature where they label the different stories on the front cover with page numbers so that readers can flick straight to the story that appealed to them when they chose the magazine.I like this feature because it is visual and easy which appeals to my TA. However from my TA research i've found out they would prefer to see different pictures in the contents page than the front cover because they would like to see lots of stars.
In this contents page they've used a purple colour scheme which appeals to the target audience because it's a colour that teenage girls are typically supposed to like. Most of the camera shots used are group shots because this appeals to the target audience as they are very social. They have used an informal mode of address "Hey girls!" which makes the reader feel involved, this wouldn't work on any other genre of magazine but it works perfectly to this one.
This contents page has the different sections with page numbers underneath, i prefer the way "We Love Pop" magazine did this because there is a lot less writing which is perfect for my TA and what i have found out through my TA research.

I've also noticed that pop magazines like using group shots in their contents pages. I like this idea because it makes the magazine sort of like a social event for the young teen readers.

Both the contents pages I have looked at follow some sort of colour scheme. This one has a purple colour scheme which brings the whole page together nicely. The colour schemes don't actually tend to match the masthead which i find interesting because that is what i was planning on doing before i discovered these contents pages. This has made me change my mind as to maybe do a complete different colour scheme in the contents page than the masthead but still obviously use bright pop colours.