Contents Page Construction Stages

Firstly, when I started constructing my contents page, I followed a simple layout. Using coloured boxes as a visual guide to indicate where I was going to place the different aspects of my connects page. I wrote my contents text in a word document,  imported it to the Photoshop and located it accordingly. The font I chose to title my page was very different to the other fonts I used throughout the other aspects of the page, I did this so that it was clear to the audience what the purpose of the page is. 

Here, I added more blue lines to break up the page, sectioning the information so that it doesn't seem so over whelming. I think by using the grey box this had the same effect. It also allowed a location for my top 20 listing, I thought this was a contemporary way of making the page look more inviting as well as making that part of the page stand out. I moved the blue box to the left and used this to host my Masthead and title name of my magazine, subtly reminding the audience what they are reading. I picked my fourth image from my photo shoot to feature on my contents page. The images I used showed a range of shot compositions and evidenced my skills behind the camera.

After reviewing my contents page, I felt I had taken more suitable images that would look better and bring more colour. I realised that the initial images I had chosen had a similar appearance in colour and therefore didn't suggest my magazine was from the pop genre. So, I found some different pictures that demonstrated a larger range of colours. The main image that can be seen is the same protagonist who is displayed on my front cover, making a link throughout my product. I intended my editors comment to go in the black box at the bottom of my page. 

To add even more colour, I edited one of my images so that the background colour was a slight green. I thought this really helped emphasise that my magazine was from the pop genre as it combined more colour with the other elements such as lines and boxes. 

After writing my editors comment, I situated it in the black box. I did this because I thought it would make the text stand out a bit more, as this convention is usually highlighted as being important to the audience. I also added another line, in a light grey to show separation between the two bits of text, I chose grey as it kept to the colour theme.

I rearranged the bottom right hand corner of my page. After changing my mind about the previous design, I took inspiration form past Billboard magazines. I really liked this feature as it gave my contents a more organised feel by adding the columns. I used some more pastel colours and the addition of red to emphasise excitement. I numbered the pictures according to the number the artist features in my listed content; a common convention of any magazine. I chose the colour of the numbers based on the brightness of the image and which colour would be seen more clearly. As you can see I have used there are a range of black and white text, in the same front style that is followed throughout.



To finish, I moved the number '10' as it was slightly out of position, by my mistake I had not noticed it. I double check my design to make sure I was happy with my final product.