Final Contents Page & Analysis

This is the final contents page of my magazine. When I first had this idea for my contents page I thought it would be challenging and I wouldn’t be able to accomplish it as well as what I did, but in the end it turned out just as I planned.

I wanted to keep a consistent housestyle to my magazine and therefore again I chose two colours to use on the background colour, this time I decided on purple and orange because they complement each other even though at the same time they clash. Instead of just using one plain background colour I decided to have the effect of a jagged split down the page, leaving half the page white and changing the other half to black. I did this by using the ‘paint bucket’ tool to create a block of black and then I used the ‘eraser tool’ to erase some of the black to leave a jagged edge.

I repeated the masthead ‘Untitled’ on the contents page and used the trademark font so that it can be identified. I also used this same masthead design at the bottom of each page alongside the page number. Under the main masthead on the contents page I added a pull quote ‘Bands not Brands’. I chose this phrase because my magazine is going to feature bands as they are new on the scene and therefore haven’t been heavily influenced by the media and are making music for their love of music and not just for the money, which some bands/singers have resulted too. This is in black and white and a statement font. The lettering looks like it has been cut out of a newspaper and stuck down. I think this is effective because it shows variation and not just the same old standard fonts. The contents sign is also in black and white, this is creating a realistic colour scheme that doesn’t make the page too hectic.

The image is placed on the white side of the split background. Due to the black clothing the model stands out on the white. She is slightly leaning in as if she wants to get to know the reader and show what the magazine is about. She is holding out her jacket and showing the Rolling Stones logo, this is also indicating the rock theme.

My favourite part of the page is the ‘This Week’ lettering. I think it is fun and eye catching to the reader. I have duplicated the writing and alternated the colours of the letters so they are at contrast with each other and this makes it stand out. This is the main feature of the page as it is where the reader has to look to find out what’s in the magazine so I think it’s significant that it stands out.

I have kept to the same colours of orange and purple when it came to the writing on the page. I thought it was best for the main body of the text to be clear so when on the black background I changed the writing to white so it would be clear, and when on the white background I alternated it and had black writing as that would be most visible. If I had changed the writing to orange or purple it may have looked like too much detail and might have become unclear. I used orange as a background colour to the subheadings and purple as the page number to keep the colour scheme consistent and the page to look fun.