Construction of contents page

First step:
I started off by yet again making the background purple and white, it is different to the front cover, its the other way round i didn't want the backgrounds being exactly the same because that will make it boring. So on my contents page there is more black boxes and outliners unlike the frontcover that has white boxes. I have also made the background a lighter shade of purple so it doesn't seem too busy and hard to read stuff, as the contents doesn't have to be so eye catching like the front cover. For the image I cut round the people and the tree using the lassoo magnetic tool, and then using the rubber tool i rubbed out the rough bits that where left from the back ground and resized the photo. Then placed it over the background, i did not need to change the colour or the lighting as the picture was already perfect.


Second step:
I had to yet again like the front cover find a good font for my title, this was again hard because i didn't want it to be the same as the front cover as it yet again would be boring and too repetative which would make it seem like the whole magazine inside uses the same scheme throughout. Following im design layout, i have the website adress on the top right underneath my title, i placed this here because it is easily noticed if looking for it, its not difficult. Also placing this under the title i do not have cram it in next to the title it has alot of space making it clear to read.

Third step:

The next thing I did was add another picture in the bottom left hand corner, this isn't of a person it is only a picture of a gig i took, the reason i havn't used a person picture is because there is alot attention to the main picture. This way the gig picture is just something simple showing what the magazine will include, also my target audience would like to see pictures of gigs as they will want to attend them and if buying a music magazine they will want to read about them, what acts where playing etc... I also included small detail like in the top right hand corner i added a small logo saying 'TIU' the reason for this is because on most music magazines they include their logos everywhere, its small and simple just to show the magazine brand. Like on the front cover I yet again used the creased up paper underneath the main picture, this is what my bit of text will be placed on, making it easier to read and gives my magazine more of an effect. As my colour scheme involves black aswell i needed to use more of it, so i placed a small black line at the bottom of the page yet again there for effect. The big black box on the left hand side is only being used as an outline as another picture will be ontop.

Forth Step:

I added another style of paper ontop of the black box on the right hand side, however i did not want to use the same style i have been using under the main image and on my frontcover. To make a change and seem more exciting also having something different will draw the reader in also this will have my key bit of text on. I have decided to use lined paper so when i put my contents stories and page numbers on it, it will look as if its writen in a text book which yet again targets my audience as its paper you could drop music lyrics on. Next to my main picture there is a number '32' in red, the reason I have put that there is because its showing straight away what page number to go to without having to look in the contents to find the page number. This will draw the reader in to reading the magazine. Although the number '32' is in red which is not my colour scheme, but this makes it stand out from all the other dark colours purple and blacks. It also goes with the bow on my front cover, however red is not part of my colour scheme i will still involve bits of it like the numbers.

Fith step:

I finally added all text to my contents page. I used a really simple font 'Tahoma' this is because i didn't want it to be the same style as my front cover also, if its more of a simple font it wont be too difficult to read when trying to find a certain page number. With the lined paper I set it out like an actual piece of paper, having the numbers in the margin, these numbers are also red along with the number in the text next to my gig image. All my numbers are going to be red as it will be alot easier trying to find the page reference. My contents page is quite simple compared to my front cover, i didn't use as many effects like shading and blending, this is simply because it needs to be easy to read and not be too busy. I did not include alot of writing because hopefully the images would be enough to draw people in to read on and the page would be to cramped in, this way there isn't alot of space left but its been spaced out quite well so it does not look busy.