Construction of Contents Page

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I started by editing a photograph of a model to use as a centre and base, allowing me to place text around her effectively. I cut out the background and airbrushed her skin, in order to remove any blemishes or imperfections – making it look professional. I thought the model would look appropriate for the genre of my magazine as she has pink in her hair and is making a peace sign – which are things that are typically done or seen in rock/alternative magazines.

I then added a background which I found from Google of a red nebula – I used red as it matches the theme I have – red, black and white. I cut out the picture of the model and place it on top of the picture I found – this is similar to what I did on my cover page with the red lightning background. I think that this makes it consistent if I do something similar on my double page spread too. The background colour also matches the model’s top and streak of colour in her hair – this means that the model fits in well with the background.

I then began to add my text and features. I added the title of my magazine again, as I had noticed that many magazines did this on their contents. I also added the words ‘This Week’ in bold and eye-catching writing, adding a similar effect to it as the one I created on the magazine title – this was to make it consistent again. I added a page number to the page – number 3, this makes it more realistic. I then added an ‘On the cover’ section to illustrate that the following items will be ones that were advertised on the cover. I have stuck to the house style by ensuring that all the colours used are red, black and white.

I then went on to add my actual page listings and a ‘More’ section illustrating articles that were not advertised on the cover. I will be displaying these lists of pages in the same way as they’re displayed in the ‘On the cover’ section to add consistency and professionalism.

I then added more text to the ‘More’ section, along with two photographs and listings of where those particular photographs can be found. I did this as I’d seen it done on many magazines such as Kerrang! and it made the page look more interesting/appealing. I took ideas from other magazines meaning I have stuck to certain standard conventions, whereas the use of one artist as a main picture on a contents page is a deviation from conventions.

I then added another photo, signifying the free posters that are inside. I finished the contents listing and ensured that it filled all the space that was available next to the photograph of the model. When I had finished, I thought the text didn’t look very clear because the background had bits of white in – so I added a black faded box behind the contents listings to make the words clearer to read and more defined. I also changed the title ‘Disturbance’ that I had originally used to ‘Contents’ to ensure that people know exactly what it is and there's no confusion. I also had to change the first listing from ‘Logan Henderson’ to ‘Logan Hendrix’ as it was a typo.