Final product for my Contents Page - Music magazine

Update of Contents Page

From my feedback I have made a few changes to my Contents page.

I decided to put all my text into one large text box so it would look more organised and I could keep all titles the same size without it looking messy. I then added in a different feature for my page numbers. I took inspiration from Q Magazine who simply line out the page numbers, I then changed the colour to black to make it stand out, I believe this looks much more professional and clear which is that I have intended from the beginning. I then resized my images and the layout so the images
 would correlate with the text it relates to, this I done to make the eye flow for my readers easier.

I then simply transferred my contents title and other text from my first draft. i have also added in slight borders around certain parts of images and text, I used the deep red colour just as I believed it makes your attention more drawn to these parts of the page, I purposely put them around the images and text of what I see as important stories. I think the look of my contents page is far more organised and easy to follow. 

Construction of my Second Draft - Contents Page

First I created a blank A4 canvas, then began to add in all the elements I wanted so my cover would correlate with my contents page creating a house style for my magazine. I again chose to stick with the main colour scheme of red, white, black and grey. I then added in my heart rate icons and the title Contents in the typeface of "rezland' this again is used in my front cover giving my magazine a smooth flow and sense of professionalism. I added my slogan to the top left of my Contents title - for this I used a different LCD font which also correlated as the same on my cover.  I then took my images of my models and placed them either side of each other; however I enlarge one as she is the feature of my front cover therefore I want her story to be the focal point of my contents page. I then began to add text using the text tool on Photoshop - I used the font Helivicta for the titles in a deep red colour and the anchoring text in the font of ST Song in black.

I then began to add in the rest of my cover lines and their blurbs. I used both fonts of Helivicta and ST Song throughout and also added in black boxes with white numbers to highlight the pages which the stories related to. I did this to make the reading of the magazine easier on the eye. I continued the process of adding in text until the page was complete. 

Update on my Contents Page

For my contents page I wanted to slightly follow this layout of this Q Magazine Contents page. I liked how the images were used and I thought it was very professional looking which is the look I want to go for. 

By using this as inspiration I created another re-draft of my Contents page.... 

First Draft of my Music magazine Contents Page

This is my first draft of my Contents Page for my music magazine. I want to now get more audience feed back so I can get more ideas to improve this draft.

To make this magazine contents page I again used Adobe PhotoShop CS6. 

 I first got the image of my model and inverted the image into the Background layer, this meant that I could start off with something concrete and work my text and images around it. Again I altered the image to be in black and white with splashes of colour (eg - lips) as this is my USP. I then added a red box border across the lower middle section of the A4 and used this as a background for my title the 'PInterview" which is for the main feature on the front cover "luna ford.' I then began to add in text and anchors for the contents. I put all of my text in serif font 'Euphemia' I chose this as it was easy to read but continued to use the masthead font 'rezland' for all titles and feature titles to keep a good flow of continuity throughout the magazine.  I then began to add in page numbers and colouring to try and achieve a seamless look. I simply added text using the text tool, I also added in lines using the single row marquee tool to highlight different section within the magazine.

I then added another image of another model I took a photo of. I also made this image black and white as I wanted the magazine to be matching. I then simply added more numbers and Euphemia text to make it easy for the reader to see. Throughout I stuck to the main colour scheme of grey, white, black and red. I believe this looks alot more professional looking.

Main Images for Pulse Magazine

From my audience feedback I was able to receive 8 responses from my fellow classmates who have a deep understanding of music magazines and their conventions. In the end the most popular chose was Cover image 1, Contents image 2 and Double Page image 3. Personally I am not sure on these choices as these are quite normal conventions for any magazine whereas I wanted to create something different, however it was great to find out what people thought of my images.