Creating my contents page

Copying house style- title is the same as the cover

“On the cover” indicated so people can find the page numbers of the articles which caught their attention on the cover

Subscription option – for the minority who said they subscribe on questionnaire

More articles which are included inside the magazine

Eye catching secondary leads with page numbers

Draft

I began to put together my contents page after I had finished my cover page. The house theme was carried across from the cover to the contents page therefore the colour schemes (pink, white, blue), the mastheads, the fonts and the general lay outs are similar. I wanted to separate the cover stories from the other inside articles therefore I added “On the cover…” above the stories mentioned on the cover and put the inside articles in the top right corner. I included secondary leads to the Rita Ora and Nicki Minaj articles.

I then decided to add a subscription advertisement to the bottom bar of my page. This will appeal to my readers who subscribe to magazines online.

I realised that my contents page was quite empty and lacked the exciting look of the cover. I decided that I needed to add more to the page. I also thought that the background gradient made the text blend in therefore I changed the direction.

Draft

Revised version To improve the look of the magazine I decided to add some unique touches such as the lollipop I used in the masthead (dot above the ‘i’), placed twice behind the secondary leads. I also added arrows to give the magazine a handmade look and to explain the secondary leads further.

I then added a photograph of the magazine cover to the “Subscribe now” advertisement to make it look more professional and I also added a heading “Inside…” to distinguish between the articles mentioned on the cover and the other stories within the magazine- I gave both headings a pink background to follow the cover style and to make them stand out. I followed the house style further by adding the top bar and tagline “The Uk’s No1 magazine for pop&entertainment news”. I think that overall, this makes the transition from cover page to contents page flow much better.