2. Add contents, date and image
• Using my mock up I used to fonts decided and added
them at the top. I didn’t use the magazine name as
going back I feel like this is an unnecessary feature as
there wasn’t much room. I made the date in italics to
change the type face but still be able to use the same
font to create variation.
• I originally wanted to use one picture on the
contents page and make it quite large as through my
research I found that in EDM magazines, large
images are very popular. However, my target
audience like variety and so I thought that having
two pictures of two different artists would show this
variety.
3.
4. Add background image
• To make sure my magazine isn’t plain I’m going to add
a background image with the colours black and blue so
that it is consistent with the front cover colours. It adds
to the house style and makes it more interesting.
However, I am going to trial using plain blue or black as
one solid colour is seen as very professional and my
target audience likes hints of this within their
magazines.
• I have changed the colour of my font to white so that
you could read it and I also didn’t fill in the word
‘contents’ as I thought this looked very different on the
page and it creates a lot of design onto the page.
5.
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7.
8. The image
• I chose the patterned image as I wanted
something dark to represent the darkness
involved in clubs and parties. Also, this image
has some light going across it and so I wanted
to use this as it reflects the lights that would
be used at festivals as they are normally lined
like in the picture. It really links to the genre
and so I thought this would be the most
appropriate.
9. Festival image
• Here you can see the
lined lights used which
is what I wanted to
show in my background
image of the contents
page.
10. Adding in the sections
• Initially I was going to have two sections but
leave a gap at the top to place in an image of
the front cover. However, there isn’t enough
space to put all of the information for the
sections in so I decided to fill up the gap I was
going to use for the front cover image.
11.
12. Adding page numbers to images
• The magazine that I have used for inspiration
has page numbers going across the images in
opaque boxes with the name of the article
written next to it. I have taken this idea as it
adds more to the contents page rather than
having two sections. You can also visually see
what the articles will be about.
14. Add on information about the free CD
• Since there is a free CD given to the readers I
am going to include information on it so that
those who aren’t aware of the DJ producing
the music can get a little bit of background on
them. Also, it is a common feature in the
MixMag magazines and so I thought it would
be appropriate to include that in my own
magazine.
17. • I asked my target audience which one of the
contents pages they preferred out of the
previous two and they all said the one on the
right. This is because the date is placed at the
top and it’s much more clearer than the one
on the right. The date on the right looks like it
might be a heading and so would cause a little
bit of confusion at first and so the second one
would be the best one to use.
