The document describes the development of a contents page for a magazine. It discusses taking inspiration from the simplistic styles of Q and Rolling Stone magazines. Various design elements were chosen to emulate a vintage newspaper print style, including softening black and red colors, using cream-colored boxes with double line borders for the columns, and adjusting fonts and image exposure. Design decisions were made to broaden the target audience and make the magazine look more professional and appealing to readers.

1. CONTENTS PAGE DEVELOPMENT
To inspire the look of my contents
page I looked at Q and Rolling
Stone because I liked the simplistic
style as I think it makes the
magazine look more serious about
the music and content it features.
I decided to
soften the
black and reds
as I like the
vintage/news
paper print
style it gives
the magazine.

2. I put my columns in a
box with a border
with a cream
coloured background
to flow with the
newspaper print
style, I used double
lines to separate the
different features to
add to the simplicity.
I used yellow text on
the ‘Reading & Leeds’
heading as it goes
with my colour
scheme and these are
the colours
associated with
reading festival – I
did this to broaden
my target audience as
when readers see this
and make the link to
R&L festival goers
will be more
encouraged to read
my magazine.
For my columns section I
took inspiration from Q
magazine in the way the
columns are separated
and inspiration from
NME with the headings
used. I took inspiration
from aspects of similar
magazines to my own to
help make my magazine
look more professional,
buyable and ‘real’.

3. ~
I gave the
contents
page a
creamy
background
to add to
the
newspaper
print style.
I brought
down the
exposure of
the photo on
the contents
page to go
with the
vintage
style. I made
the image a
bit larger
and brought
it behind the
columns to
make the
page look
more
flowing and I
gave it a
black border
to make it
stand out
and go with
the
newspaper
print style.

4. I changed the
font of the date
to match the font
of the smaller
text in the
columns part so
that the
combination of
the large font
and the smaller
font would go
together on both
parts.
I added the
editor’s note to
fill the empty
looking space in
the right bottom
corner and to
make the page
look more
professional.