Contents Page Progress

Progress: Incomplete This is my magazine contents page so far. It follows the structure of sketch 1 I designed, as this was a simplistic design and follows a similar simple composition of my front cover. I like the simple design, as this is the composition of what other magazines of my genre use. The simple layout for my contents page means I can easily emphasise key, popular articles and features I feel are important and would appeal more to my audience. Also, as a contents page, I feel a simple structure is the most effective, and should be used, as the main use of a contents page is to read to see what the magazi ne contains; therefore, if I were to use a more complicated and graphical contents page, it may not be very clear and easy to read for the reader. I have continued to follow the colour scheme of black, red and white, which adds to the professionalism of the overall appearance of my magazine. The photos I used cover one third of my page, which I feel is a good proportion as, personally- and from my research, I found the most effective contents pages had more text than image. I have used a 'subscribe' article, in order to enhance the sales of my magazine for frequent readers of 'Alt-wave'. I have also included a 'band index' article which was not part of my original plan in the sketch. However, I feel it works well for my contents page, as it is appropriate, adds to the appearance, and would also be a convenient and useful index for the readers. For each subheading, I put them in black boxes, highlighting the different sections and what the magazine entails. Finally, I used red numbering for each article, as this highlights to the reader that the magazine contains many enjoyable articles to read.

Photoshoot:

These are six images I took for my contents page. I varied the mise-en-scene to make the different bands seem more realistic, and the mise-en-scene for the background also represents each of the different bands. For example, the woods represent the 'Decode' music video by the band 'Paramore', and the brick background represents the london background that 'Kay-Ell' have. In the four images of the girls, I used a spotlight to give the shot a professional look, similar to that of other popular magazines. I am very happy with this photo shoot for the minor images of my contents page.