Stages of Development – Contents Page

The thing I did in the production of my contents page was start to create a header. I used house style colours and a single ‘B’. This is to represent the name of the magazine and create continuity in the overall production. Then, I added ‘New This Week’ to show that the page is a contents.

Next I added a date underneath the header. This was so that the reader knows when the issue was out and it also to make the magazine look more professional.

Then, I added a number of black rectangles to the page which would act as headings for different features such as ‘news’. This also makes the magazine look more professional as I have modelled my magazine on ‘NME’ magazine in order to make the magazine believable and realistic.

Next, I added text into the rectangles relevant to the features that would be in a music magazine of my chosen genre. I made the text in the rectangles white against the black background in order to make the important features stand out. I also, created page numbers in red text for the same reasons. The page numbers also show that it is a contents page and makes the page look more professional.

The next stage of production was to add a subscription offer to the contents page. This adds to the professional look of the page as well as offer readers to pay for more issues. On the subscription, I also added a website for my magazine to suggest that my magazine is genuine and professional. In addition, I print screened an image of my front cover and minimised to place on the subscription offer.

Next, I added an image that had been previously edited in Photoshop (using the Magnetic Lasso Tool) to be my main image on the contents page. The image is of the same model on the front cover of the magazine to highlight that it is the main story of the magazine. I then added another rectangle using the rectangle tool on Photoshop to see how the layout of the contents would look initially.

I then created another feature and image in the bottom right corner of the magazine separate from the other features. This is to highlight it’s importance and to attract the reader attention after seeing the main image. Also, by using a female model it shows that my magazine should appeal to both genders.

I also wrote a small introduction to my double page spread again using the house style colours for the text and background. This is to show professionalism and is conventional on music magazine contents pages. I added page numbers as well which shows how the two pages are connected and will help to establish that the pages are from the same magazine.

Finally, I added a small border around the main image and introduction to the double page spread article. This was to draw attention straght to the main focus of the magazine.