Final contents page.

This is my final contents page of three, which I re-designed like my double-page spread, as it did not contain the correct conventions and colour schemes to suit my chosen audience. For the design of this page, I used reference from 'Kerrang Magazine's Contents page for ideas with colour, image position and how it is presented to their audience in an appealing way.

When first looking at the page, I noticed the grey colour for the background, used as it was not too bright and eye-catching to distract attention from the text on the page, but also not too dark for the text to be misread or not seen. I then noticed the title and headings for the news, features, and other sections on the right of the page, as they were all designed in the same way, with a black background and yellow text, or contrasting in a negative sense for a simple yet attractive look. The next obvious thing I saw were the images, which contained one larger image to the left of the page, with text below, stating who were the subjects in the images, and why they were included in the magazine, and smaller images placed around the large image, also with text below them. The text followed the same pattern throughout the page, with bold headings and then normal text below them to inform and expand on the heading. I next noticed the quote below the title on the top right hand side of the page, made by a subject in the magazine, which would advertise their section of the magazine by doing this to the reader. Also, to the left of the page was a small paragraph by the editor of the magazine, stating what would be inside that week's issue, and anything further from them personally, making it personal to the reader. Altogether, with the use of the right colours to keep the right amount of attention on the text, and the right placing of imagery and text on the page, this page simply and clearly informs the reader of what is to be included in the magazine, whilst also attracting them using the right conventions.

When creating my own contents page, I kept these conventions in mind, and tried to keep my theme of the page clear and simple enough to communicate the right message to the audience. I used a pale gold colour for the background, to keep a simple theme througout, so that attention was not brought from the text and stayed on that and the images. I then placed my images in a similar way to the 'Kerrang' magazine layout, with a larger image at the top and smaller images below, again all with bold headings and normal text underneath informing the audience of what would be included within the subjects' pages in the magazine. I then worked on the title and headings in a similar way to the reference contents page that I used, with black backgrounds and yellow text over, for an alert and attractive but also simple look. Below, I included page numbers and text informing again to the audience what would be in the issue, and then included a quote from one of the subjects in the magazine below the title, to attract the audience to their page and other pages in the magazine. I coloured this red to resemble a newspaper for urgency, before adding a small paragraph of text on the top left from the editor, stating briefly what would be included in that week's issue and any extra information, making it personal again to the reader, as it was someone talking directly to them-another appealing factor to my chosen audience. Overall, I think that my contents page design, though similar to my reference, was simplistic yet attractive, using the correct colours and conventions to appeal to my chosen audience in the right way.

This is the reference that I used from a 'Kerrang' magazine contents page, towards the production of my own page in a similar way.