Music Magazine Final

Contents Final Draft

This is my final draft to my contents page which has been edited after receiving some feedback to make slight improvements. Firstly, the box around the 'FEATURE ARTICLE' text has been made shorter at the top to make to equal around all the sides of the text. This makes a difference as it makes the contents page look a lot neater.

Another change is the writing of each page. On my first draft it was bold, unbold, bold, unbold... but i have changed it so it is all unbolded because it makes it easier on the eye as it was over-complicating the page beforehand.

The page numbers on the corners of each of the four pictures did not all match up to page and its number on the right side so I edited them so this was no longer the case. This brought the contents page together and gives the pictures more of a reason to be there rather than looking like they have no relevance to the page.

The white border around 'CONTENTS' has also been made thicker. This makes the word stand out more and have more involvement on the page. It also stands out more because the navy blue and black are very similar colours so this separates them a lot more.

Finally, the grey box around the editors note has been shortened after the picture of the editor so it now aligns with the grey rectangles around the subheadings above the picture.

All the changes above have helped improve my contents page in making it look more and more like a genuine music magazine contents page.

Contents Page 1st draft

My contents page followed my mock-up precisely. The contents pages are all articles and pages which relate to the drum and bass scene which is most important as it is a drum and bass magazine. I have also made sure that the majority of the pages revolve around the kickers on my front cover. This is important because the reader may have picked it up to look at a particular part of the magazine and this will create ease for the reader to find the right page within seconds.

The colour scheme i have gome for is very similar to my DPS; black background with white writing. I also chose to have grey boxes behind NEWS, EXCLUSIVE and GIGS N RAVES to emphasize these as subheadings to the pages.

The four pictures which overlap each other have all been chosen as they link into the contents pages perfectly and were all taken by myself. The pictures have been placed like this because they make the page look more interesting and eye-catching.

Lastly, the editors name in the editors note is in Edwardian Script to make it look like it has actually been signed by the editor. This adds to the contents page looking as realistic as possible.