Contents page layout ideas

This design is very simular to the one below although being the other way round, which is not typical of a music magazine, as the colum of contents is normally one the left hand side and the image being on the other. Thats what i like about this design it is different from normal contents pages. However I prefer the design below because i think it is trying to be too different, and having one main pictue and smaller images, this will make the contents look busy so my page doesn't have to look too different. I also do not like the fact the colum of contents is on the right hand side because when the reader opens the page that will be the first thing to be viewed and this will be complicated for the audience to glance over, and seeing alot of writing could put off buying the magazine unlike if you had the image being the first thing viewed it will grab the readers attention to what the article wil include/is about.

This design is very simple and yet again follows typical conventions of a contents page having the title at the top of the page along with the website underneath, this is then easy to read and instead of having to look all over the page for a webite it will catch the readers eye next to the title. I will use one main image on the right hand side on its own, it will take up half the page this is will therefore have alot of room, and not look too messy and crammed in like the other layout design. There will be a small bit of texts underneath the main image just saying what its about to make the reader want to read on about this image and the story that follows it. I will still use more than one image however there wont be loads all over the page, there will be a small one down the bottom of the page with a small section of text also saying what it will include. I have still kept the colum on contents on the left hand side as that is what the readers eye will catch but also keeps it out the way not taking too much space. This will be the design i am going to use for my contents page for the reasons above, it is simple yet still different and not too busy with lots of texts and images.

This contents page is simple, and like how other music magazines would use. It has the title big at the top of the page, yet again so people would notice that first. The colum of contents is on the left hand side this is what alot of people would focus on as it is showing what the magazine is going to include. This is also a good design because having more than one image will show you what is included within the magazine without having too much text to read. However as there are more images on the right hand side next to the main image, the main image will therefore have limited space and this contents page could end up too messy and crammed in. Therefore i am not going to use this design for my contents page.