Second Attempt of Contents Page

Now, I believe this could actually be my final attempt at creating a contents page. I realise it's only my second attempt, but I really like it. I scrapped the long, conventional text and mirrored the simplistic background with some simplistic text. The five main headings are the only source of information I give, which I believe is what my reader would find intriguing. I have copied the footer notes from my second double-page spread which also gave me the idea of creating a constant 'square' in the top left hand corner where the reader could see which area of the magazine they were looking at. I plan to include this occuring 'square' in every single double-page spread I create.

First Attempt of Contents Page

This is my first attempt at creating a contents page for my magazine. From the Preliminary task and research I had done previously, I had a rather clear idea of what I wanted my contents page to look like. For my target audience, I thought a more visual contents page would be most successfull, so I covered the two pages with an image I captured with a small amount of writing. Again, I kept with the font I have used throughout my magazine, however, the title 'CONTENTS' perhaps spoils the simplicity of the background image and i'm not entirely sure about the use of green. I have created five headings which would be apart of my House Style in each magazine, 'People', 'Design and Living', 'Music', 'Media' and 'Specialties'. The page numbers were quite difficult to estimate so I may take time over that to make them seem more realistic.

Second Attempt Indesign

This is my second attempt. The only change I really made was the background colour. I used the 'feather' tool in Indesign to create a wave of colour throughout the article which I think works really well and looks professional. I am not going to say it is my final draft yet because ideas always prop up and I usually end up changing aspects of the article one way or another.

First Attempt Indesign

This is another double-page spread which I have created. For my targeted audience, I have made sure the interviews in my article are easy to read, relevant for the festival theme and perhaps even funny. The 'BLUE NOSED BREGADE' was one of the features I went for at the festival. Although all of these poeple, (my friends) were at the same festival, I portrayed them to be at different festivals so the article's purpose was to compare experiences. I made this as realistic as possible by changing all of the images to monochrome, leaving only their noses blue, hence the article's name. The font and background I used is in keeping with the front cover to create a house style for my magazine, however the bright yellow may give the page an unsophisticated look so I may change that. I made sure I included all of the convensions of a double-page spread with the footer notes, the larger quotes and the border lines which travel along the edges of my magazine.

First Attempt Indesign

This is the first attempt of the front cover for my magazine. I chose this image because it's bold, unordinary and sums up the main theme of the magazine - Festivals. The figures blond hair gave me the idea to produce yellow writing for the sub titles. I found it quite difficult to place the text in an appropriate position which went well with the chosen image and I still don't quite like the way it is places in this attempt. The logo goes well with the image. It's dark shape contrasts well with the white backdrop of the image. I made it overlap the figure's head which is a common convention for a magazine cover. In the top right hand corner of the magazine cover, I have included the date, the issue number and a 'magazine of the year' sign which, again, are all common conventions of a magazine. I have also took note that I am missing a bar code which is important to include if I was to make my magazine look convincing.

Final Attempt Indesign?

This is hopefully my final attempt. Basically, I tidied the page up; there are equal items on each page, the text makes sense, each heading is colour co-ordinated and instead of have which runs from corner to corder, I included smaller lines which link each item, giving a sophisticated look. The images used are taken from various websites and are not my own as it proved difficult to photograph all of these items in good condition. I realise I will have to patch things up for my final piece (spelling etc) but for now, this is how my final layout will look.