The following is the first version of the contents
page for my music magazine. Currently I have not taken any original photography
for my magazine and so I have used a place holder where imagery will be. This
draft is representative of my final product.
As you can see, at the top of the page I have created
a title for the contents page. I have decided to use “Inside Outre” as a pun, I
feel as though this will create a light-hearted feeling to the magazine as I do
not want the magazine to feel too “formal” as it was indicated in my survey that most my target audience prefer informal language within this genre of
magazine.
Below the title, I have used a placeholder to signify
where an image will be placed once I have completed my original photography. Within
the frame of the image, I am including the page number in big, bold text. To ensure
clarity, I have made this page number red to match the rest of the page numbers
on the page.
Below the secondary image, I have included “On the
Cover:” to link to the cover page. Below “On the Cover” I have included a brief
intro to the double page spread. I have used rhetorical questions that will be
answered within the article to get the reader asking questions and therefore
causing them to be intrigued.
Down the side of the contents page I have split the
contents into 4 sections, “News”, “Featured”, “Regular” and “Album Reviews”. I have
done this to mimic what Rock Sound do on their contents pages. However, I have differentiated
my contents page by incorporating Rock Sound’s “Exposure” into my “Regulars”
section. I have used a black banner and Times New Roman font to ensure that the
sections are clearly different and that they stand out above the rest of the
content on the page. Furthermore, for the page numbers I have used a red box
with white font to create a consistent house style.
Above the table of contents, I have included a small
image of the front cover, I saw this on the contents page of Kerrang and liked
it. By doing this the reader will have an immediate reference to the cover
without having to close the magazine, I feel this will be useful combined with “On
the Cover”.
Finally, at the bottom left of the page I have a space
for more secondary images/advertisements. I haven’t completely decided what I will
be using this space for, but I am thinking about including an image of my
double page spread. I could also use this space to advertise albums, e.g. using
images of album covers. Furthermore, I could create some posters that will be
sold inside my magazine, to act as a pug.
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