Contents page research

1. Contents
Page
Research

3. I took some inspirations from the magazine contents page of ‘Billboard’
for example I used the logo of the magazine to go on the top corner
of the contents page, I found that it would give it a more
professional and authentic look. I then decided to use two images of
the featured artists at the top of the contents page. I found that the
‘Billboard’ magazine did not have too many images there were only
4 images used. I also used the way in which they were positioned to
influence my contents page. The two images of the artists are seen
to be next to each other on the top of the page with the page
number it is associated with, next to it. There is also the use of one
main image of one person on the left hand side and so I decided to
use this convention too.
The ‘Billboard’ magazine also had the subheading ‘features’ which was
something that attracted me towards reading what was under the
heading and so I decided to use this idea in my contents page.
Lastly, I used two colours for the text to indicate what was on the
pages within the magazine. For example on ‘Billboard’, the two
colours used where blue and black. I then decided to use the
maroon colour along with the black font. The text in the maroon
font is what attracts the audience first as well as summarising what
the page is about hence the reason why I chose to do this like
‘Billboard’

5. I also used the magazine ‘We Heart Pop’ to help
influence some ideas for my contents page. This is
again shown through the idea of having the
masthead/ logo of the magazine on the top corner of
the page. I also used the idea of a main image on the
page; I found that this was a common convention in
all types of pop music magazines. I used the idea of
an editors note because I felt as though it worked
really well on the ‘We Heart Pop’ magazine due to
the target audience. Also because my magazine is
aimed more towards females, an editors note is
something which could possibly appeal to them due
to the style of writing of this.
Finally I decided to add some colour to the page just as
‘we heart pop’ does and so I decided to place a
coloured square behind the white background of the
text. It makes the page stand out more and it brings
the whole page together better.