First attempt at contents page

These are the first stages of my contents page. I wanted to keep the same colour scheme as if it was differnt the audience wouldnt connect the two pages together and it wouldnt look right. I need to add a editors letter because for my magaizne i think the audience need a letter to inspire them about the magzine and feel my target audience teenage girls will expect one as many teenage girls read other magazine for example Look, Heat and Glamour all have editors letters.

I wanted to add a charts list but now i dont think it should be on the contents page and if it just had a short piece of writing like "who beat lady gaga to the top" it would make the audience want to find out the top charts.

First attempt Beat Magazine Front Cover

This is my finished first attempt at the front cover for my magazine. I like the new mast head and think it really works with the colour scheme and it stands out which is what its ment to do, but it could still be a little bigger and i will experiment on the sizes to use for it. My stapline i really like what it stands for being passionate about music but im not sure if it is in the correct place so i will also try out other places it can go. All my text needs to be bigger but the font should stay the same and the colours when i have done this i believe it will look much better.

Stages of making front cover

These are four stages of making the magazine front cover as i added more to my magazine i decided to change the masthead Beat still keeping the name but changing the font and colour.

I have chosen these colours because i want to make the feel of the magazine more sophisticated

rather than really girly, i think this will work better with my target audience bacause the age is when you are becoming more of an adult and older teens like the sophisticate look.

I decided to use a big image of the artists face because i think it draws you in and works really well and by having it so dominant it shows the artists is a main part of the first issue. I wanted to make the font stand out aswell and not fade into the background this is a weakness with my front cover and i feel it needs to be changed.

This is the photo i decided to use for my front cover. I decided to get the model to pose saying shh as it in my opinion makes someone at first glance think oh what the secret or this looks interesting. The aim of the front cover is to show a famous artist that has secrets to tell and you can find them out.

pre-lim task school mag contents page

This is my Pre-lim school magazine contents page. I decided to keep a similar colour scheme as the front cover because its title is "His and Hers" and the colours associated with a girl and a boy is pink and blue and i think these colours should be used throughout the magazine. I think my contents page is average but now i look at it comparing it to professional magazine contents pages it could be much better. This will help me when designing and making my music magazine.

Magazine Contents Page Analysis

FHM

There is one dominant image in this contents page that shows the focus of the magazine, this will be what the attracts the reader when opening the page as there is hardly any text compared to a women's magazine. The reader will like this as the targeted audience aren't very interested in reading.

the text that is on the page is in big bold letters this points out the main part of each article and the reader will find it easier to read. Making them be able to skim thought what the content of the magazine will be before buying it.

The colour used is simple and by using a white background this makes it easier to read and less fancy matching what the target audience is looking for.


OK!

From the contents page the first impression you get is its a magazine aimed for older women this is because all of the pictures are older women. This doesnt relate to the front of the magazine as it seems to be for a wide range of women this you get from the people on the front i.e kerry amd josie and katy price and cheryl cole these celebs have a fan base of a wide age group of women and alot of fans would pick up the magazine for this reason. When you open the contents page there are no pictures of the celebs on the front and they reader has to read through the contents page to find who they are looking for this is a good thing as they reader already knows the article is going to be there by the front cover but reads the titles of other pages and wants to read them too. By having the text in two different colours red being whats shown on the cover and black what else is in the magazine this helps the reader find what they are looking for. By having titles for different sections it also shows an easyer way to finding the page you want. There is an editors letter in the top right hand corner by having this it makes you feel the magazine is a bit more real and cares about the reader this is a bit possitive to get good relationship with the reader.


The layout is structured and set in a clear and simple way. By having a bold text for the title it points out exactly what the page is. The pictures are on the left and writing on the right this makes it clearer and less complicated so it doesn't confuse the reader making them not bothered to read the rest of the magazine.