Contents Page

Front Page Draft
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I decided to do a draft of what I want my front page to look like to show my ideas and plans. As you can see on this sketch i have used the rule of thirds to make what will be my image of my artist the main focus on the page. I have put the heading 'LOGO' in the top right hand corner so that it wont overlap the image that I will use. In the top right hand corner I have included the date, the price and the issue number of the magazine as these are commonly found on magazines that are in the market today. I have used small font so that it is discriet and doesnt take away the focus of the image. Also i have included a barcode in the bottom right hand corner as this is a necessity for a magazine. I have spread the layout of the text across the page at different levels on both the right and left hand side of the page. I think this will work well as it won't make the page look too crowded.

Before creating my draft of a contents page i decided to analyse an existing contents page from the music magazine NME.
These are the key features that i found;


- The NME logo was at the top of the page, this makes it familiar to the reader as it is a well known logo.
- The magazine is down-market tabloid style rather than up-market gloss. This appeals to the type of audience they are aiming to attract.
- The purpose of the contents page is to guide and inform the reader about the rest of the magazine.
- The features are catagorised with columns, this breaks everything down and makes it easy to read.
- The features list gives you an insight of what is inside, this draws the reader in to buy the magazine.
- The main feature of the magazine is highlighted on the page and made clear to the reader where it is.
- The editors note makes the magazine seem personal to the reader, they are addressing you.
- The signature and picture also adds to this, the photo gives eye contact. Also the italic font makes it a different viewpoint and is eye catching.
- Offers 'save 33%' help the readers save money but also help the magazine to get regular buyers.


These are the things that i am going to take into account when drafting and making my real contents page, I think these are the things that you must include.




This is my scanned draft of my contents page:

I also decided to do a rough draft of what I want my two page spread to look like. This is the scan of my sketch;
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I would like to have a big title at the top of the page to make it stand out to the reader, also i have put the image in the middle to make it the main focus with the text around it. I think this will work well as it will break the text up.