Contents page analysis

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First of all, the large V at the top of the page links to the title of the magazine, 'Vibe.' The point of doing this is to constantly remind readers which magazine they are reading, and to introduce continuity throughout the magazine. Some magazines also have their logo on each page. At the top there is also 'CONTENTS', which makes it abundantly  clear this is the contents page, and not an advert, as many magazines have advert pages before the contents, which people tend to flick past.
The large image is framing the text nicely, and the readers eyes are drawn to her legs (as eyes are naturally drawn to curves) and then to the text. The image is also quite revealing and there for sexual, which would attract both genders, as females would aspire to look like that, and males aspire to be with someone like that, and find the woman attractive.
All the colours on the page go together well, and only blacks, whites and greys are used. Even though these are usually quite boring colours, they have been put together in a specific way to make them not boring, but aesthetically pleasing and calming to the eye. If there were any contrasting bright colours the eye would get distracted.
The fading of the background is a nice effect, and makes the page look more interesting. If there was just a block colour background I think it would look slightly boring and not as professional as it does.
In my magazine contents page I will use some of these conventions. I'd like to have 'Contents' written on the contents page to make it clear, pictures and colours that work well together. All of these things would suit my target audience and magazine genre.