When designing my contents page, I made sure that it followed the conventions of a normal contents page. Because the overall point of a contents page is to give the reader a clear indication of where the pages are in the magazine, therefore I made sure that my contents page was set-up clearly. I wanted it to do this so it would look professional but I also made sure that it looked fun and relaxed.
I started the contents page with an editor’s letter becau
se I wanted my magazine to be very personal to the reader and feel as if they’re personally being welcomed into the magazine by the editor. To show that the editor really cares and didn’t just type a letter up on the computer I put the editor’s signature at the bottom which made it seem even more personal. To advertise the magazine subscription scheme at the top of the letter I inserted a small advertisement. By having it the advertisement saying that if they subscribe they receive a free gift, it encourages the reader to buy it because they are getting the subscription and a free gift. To highlight this offer I edited the word ‘free’ into upper case letters to make it seem important.
I used three images at the top of the left side of the page which showed sneak previews of what’s in the magazine. The first image of Dani shows that she is fun and shows that this magazine is a fun and relaxed magazine. The images of the ipod and guitar represent this magazine well as a music magazine as well as giving the reader a peak of what’s inside. The next image of the hand giving a rock hand sign represents the rock genre, so that when the audience first opens the magazine they get the full picture of what this magazine is about. Out of these pictures I wanted to make sure that the photo of Dani was the one that was the largest, this would show that her feature is the main feature and also that she’s dominate.
The Masterhead I placed below the images and above the writing which tells the reader which pages to go to. I made sure that the ‘R&I’ was bolder than ‘This Week’ to show that ‘R&I’ is most important out of the two. With the text of the contents I made the page numbers a different colour to the text to differentiate the two, to make it clearer to the audience. I also put page numbers on the pictures so that if they reader was looking at the pictures and wanted to go straight to the page instead of having to reads through the contents.
Overall I think that my contents page looks the most professional out of my other pages. I think this is because it looks structured and easy to read, but also having the rock/indie genre which makes it look relaxed and fun.
I started the contents page with an editor’s letter becau
se I wanted my magazine to be very personal to the reader and feel as if they’re personally being welcomed into the magazine by the editor. To show that the editor really cares and didn’t just type a letter up on the computer I put the editor’s signature at the bottom which made it seem even more personal. To advertise the magazine subscription scheme at the top of the letter I inserted a small advertisement. By having it the advertisement saying that if they subscribe they receive a free gift, it encourages the reader to buy it because they are getting the subscription and a free gift. To highlight this offer I edited the word ‘free’ into upper case letters to make it seem important.I used three images at the top of the left side of the page which showed sneak previews of what’s in the magazine. The first image of Dani shows that she is fun and shows that this magazine is a fun and relaxed magazine. The images of the ipod and guitar represent this magazine well as a music magazine as well as giving the reader a peak of what’s inside. The next image of the hand giving a rock hand sign represents the rock genre, so that when the audience first opens the magazine they get the full picture of what this magazine is about. Out of these pictures I wanted to make sure that the photo of Dani was the one that was the largest, this would show that her feature is the main feature and also that she’s dominate.
The Masterhead I placed below the images and above the writing which tells the reader which pages to go to. I made sure that the ‘R&I’ was bolder than ‘This Week’ to show that ‘R&I’ is most important out of the two. With the text of the contents I made the page numbers a different colour to the text to differentiate the two, to make it clearer to the audience. I also put page numbers on the pictures so that if they reader was looking at the pictures and wanted to go straight to the page instead of having to reads through the contents.
Overall I think that my contents page looks the most professional out of my other pages. I think this is because it looks structured and easy to read, but also having the rock/indie genre which makes it look relaxed and fun.
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