Construction and development:Development of my contents page.

Step One:

For the background of my contents page I decided I want to stick with the flower theme that I have opened with on my front cover. To create this background I have merged two flower pictures together but from it I have created a smoky theme with the purple which I feel is gothic and works well with the theme I am trying to create. I created a series of layer, one in overlay, another in vivid light and another in luminosity to create the darkness of the purple.

Step Two:

The first thing I did was I put four pictures as I didn’t want one main picture. So with me putting four pictures together it is clear that I am going for more of a collage look. I then added simple text around the pictures so that the readers know that Pandora's ox is the band, the text I have used is the same as that I used for the front cover as I feel that this is makes it more consistent, and it represents the band along with the colour. The next thing I did was I added The word contents I got the inspiration for this from a magazine called vibe and I have carried this through from my pliminary exercise as I liked it that much. I think that the way it is set out is unusual and I think that it works really well, I also added a purple glow behind the text as I felt that it would make it stand out more. I then added the other text and with this I added a white blur behind the text as I think that it creates contrast between the word contents and I think it works well.

Step Three:

The next thing I added was the contents page listing, I used the purple text to emphasis the page numbers. And I also used a black box with low opacity to create a stronger background for the white text to work with. I wanted the ‘main features’ writing to be similar to the ‘this week in ignorance’ but not completely the same. So to change them slightly I used a lighter shade of purple and used less of a white blur behind the text. I did consider not having a blur put I felt that the text wouldn’t stand out enough without it.

Step Four:

One of the last things I added to my contents page was the faded red bar I have at the bottom. I wanted this bar, however I originally had the bar black, but some feedback told me that the black bar looked too much like my front cover, and they suggested red to mach the Pandora's theme, as the bar at the bottom is about Pandora's box. I chose to use a white text on top of the red text as I have used white text for all the details on the contents page and I wanted it to be consistent.The last thing I added to my contents page was the picture. In some magazines they have more than one picture for their contents page however I felt that if I had more than what I have it would look too cramped, and this is one thing I wanted to avoid. To create the oval behind the text I simply chose a shape from Photoshop and added text to it. I then just tilted the picture a little as I felt that everything else was straight and normal, and I think that with me tilting it has made it more informal, and I think that it could possibly target my target audience more.