Mock up, survey, draft and final table of contents

SurveyAs part of my research I asked 10 people to fill out this survey in order to help me produce a table of contents that met the needs of my target audience. The first question would tell me which features I would use on my table of contents. The second question would tell me whether to put more image than text on my table of contents. The third question would tell me whether to add a subscription box , if my results show that no one subscribes, and I put a box on my table of contents this would not meet the needs of my target audience. The fourth question will tell me whether to put a bigger image of the featured band on the table of contents. If i put a bigger image it would differentiate between the other images on the page, and if it is bigger it shows that it is more important.

Survey results

Bigger image of featured band No bigger image0

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News

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more text more images0

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subscription no subscription0

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Survey result analysis

• Based on my survey I will use news, features, editors note and competitions on my table of contents

• More people wanted images rather than text on a table of contents

• 6/10 people subscribe to magazines so I will have a subscription box

• 6/10 people said to have a bigger image for the featured band

Mock up 1I have decided to lay my table of contents out like this because I am sticking to the codes and convention of eye flow. The reader’s eyes will travel in a C shape and they will see that it’s the contents page, they will then scan the image, look at the other images before looking over the news features and competitions. Having more images than text appeals to my target audience, as they have a low attention span and are attracted to images rather than words

Draft 1 of first magazineI have placed the “contents” on the left hand side to stick to the eye flow rule. I have placed it on a black shape so that it stands out and isn’t hidden by the image behind it. My main image is of the featured band right hook ruin. I have placed an image of myself on the left hand side so I can write an editors note. I have based this on Kerrang, which has an editors note every week. I have placed two black rectangle shapes to make the magazine name, the editors note and ”this week” stand out to show importance. I have also placed the kicker titles on a black background to make them stand out and show importance. I have chosen the kickers, news, features and competitions because of the survey i produced, people wanted these features rather than gig reviews and gossip etc. Based on my survey results I have placed a subscription box at the bottom right corner of the page. I have placed a number of other reverb magazines. I have put “£5 per month” as this is what most magazines charge for subscription. I have made my competition, to meet the featured band. This will appeal to my target audience and fans of the band.

Draft 2 of first magazineThis is my updated version of draft 1. I have changed the background colour and shape of the object behind the “contents” text. This is because I wanted to stick to the font and “look” of my magazine header which was black and pink so i changed the background colour to white. I changed the shape to cater for my target audience (grungy teenagers) I have also removed the rectangle shapes changed the to white, and placed the same shape behind “Reverb this week” for similar reasons. My news section is the same from the last draft. I have added a heart saying “cover story” because the heart is a bright colour which will attract the attention of the readers and let them know that it is the cover story.

Final Table of contents 1

I have changed a number of things in my final table of contents. I have changed the background colour to try and make it look like the background of the main image. I changed it because I thought white seemed like a boring colour and made the page look boring. I have added page numbers and white boxes to make the kicker titles bolder on the images. I have added more to the features section. I have added stories that were on my front cover. I also realised that the magazine next to the subscription box was missing a barcode so I added that. I have also wrote an editors note. The reason Reverb this week and the editors note are on a white background is so they can stand out from everything else.

Mock up of table of contents 2 I have decided to lay my table of contents out like this because I am sticking to the codes and convention of eye flow. The reader’s eyes will travel in a C shape and they will see mainly just images, which appeals to my target audience (with evidence from my survey). Having more images than text appeals to my target audience, as they have a low attention span and are attracted to images rather than words. I am almost sticking to the codes and conventions of the left third rule but my images just take up about over half of the page.

Draft of table of contents 2I have placed the “contents” on the right hand side because I have separated the text from the images. I have placed it on a black shape so that it stands out. It also shows that is important and bold. My main image is of the featured band right hook ruin. I have made it bigger based on my survey results and to emphasize and show importance. I have placed the editors note at the top so that it doesn’t get in the way of my kickers or explanations. I have based this on Kerrang, which has an editors note every week. I have placed two black rectangle shapes to make ”this week” stand out to show importance. I have also placed “news” on a black background to make them stand out and show importance. Based on my survey results I have placed a subscription box at the bottom right corner of the page. I have placed a number of other reverb magazines. I have put “£5 per month” as this is what most magazines charge for subscription. I have chosen a number of images that appeal and will attract my target audience.

Final table of contents 2I have changed a number of things in my final table of contents. I have changed the background colour to make it more interesting, as white is a dull colour. I have added page numbers and white boxes to make the kicker titles bolder on the images. I have added more to the features section. I have added stories that were on my front cover. I also realised that the magazine next to the subscription box was missing a barcode so I added that. I have also wrote an editors note. The reason Reverb this week and the editors note are on a white background is so they can stand out from everything else. I have stuck to my colour coding of black white and pink this will appeal to my target audience. I have added a quote by right hook ruin to fill the space 9as they are the featured band