- The document discusses the construction and development of a contents page for a magazine. - Key aspects covered include layout inspiration from Q magazine, use of color and fonts for consistency with the magazine style, inclusion of appropriate content informed by target audience and peer feedback, and integration of illustrations and text to clearly guide the reader. - Care was taken to balance standard conventions with unique and distinctive design choices to create an effective yet stylish contents page.

1. Construction & development.
- Contents.

2. Understanding Conventions.
• The page layout for my contents page was mainly inspired by Q magazine. I used
there magazine layout for guidance and applied it into my work but in a different
way. I though it was effective as it included all the required information without
being over crowded. I am happy with my layout as it is effective in delivering
information clearly whilst being stylish and incorporating pictures. One could
argue I followed standard conventions when developing my contents page as I
have used a mid shot, however the way I have written “Contents” is unique and
the positioning of my page information is to the right therefore this is something I
created myself. Also the box that outlines the page is something which would not
be expected to be found on a contents page.
• Again the style if my magazine is pop, this is reflected in my contents page due to
the colours used and the background image. It is more aimed at a teenage age
range, I considered this when choosing my colours e.g. Blue, pink and white. The
style of “contents” also has a blur behind it like my title on the front cover, this
keeps a consistency through the magazine and makes it unique. My subject image
is also of a 17 year old, this therefore relates to my genre. Therefore my contents
page has a pop style to it in a distinctive way.

3. My contents page is similar to Q’s as both pictures are mid shots and the
information is structured to the edge of the page, the only difference is that my
image and information is on opposite side’s to that of Q’s. Therefore I took
standard conventions into consideration and developed then in a sole way.

4. Awareness of need for variety in fonts.
• Style; The style of writing is the same as my front cover, this creates
consistency as I have used the same font Trajan Pro and the same blur effect. I
decided to split the word contents up to overlook standard conventions, O did
this to make my magazine different from the others. Also as you can see the
whole word is in capitals apart from the last letter, s. I did this to make my title
more different and individual also to prevent from following standard
conventions.
• Size; I used a large font size for my contents to make it stand out, it was also a
good size at around 250 to fill the space at the top of the page. Also the other
information is of the same size so it is readable for the buyer and they can see
clearly where the information is and where to look for it. The size of the
numbers are 2 sizes bigger than the writing to make them more clear and so
the readers know which article it relates to which number.
• Colour; For my contents page I tried to carry on the colour theme from my
front page by using the blue’s and pink’s. For example, my title had a red blur
therefore I toned it down for my contents paged and used a pink. Also some of
the articles on my front cover are blue therefore I decided to do use this
colour for my article information on the right of my contents.
From red
blur, lightened to
pink. Both are Trajan
Pro font.

5. Accurate use of language.
• During the construction of my contents page i took it
upon myself to get feedback from other students as to
what would be appropriate content and interesting
articles. Therefore some of my articles were suggested
by other class members. This is also an advantage as
they are the same age range as my target audience.
When including the content I used spell check to
ensure everything was spelt correctly and asked
various people to read it over. In the research and
development process, analysing other contents pages
gave me an idea of what was to be expected within the
pop genre magazines and this therefore gave me
guidance when including my own content.

6. Appropriate integration of illustration
and text
• I have used pictures and information from my front cover to
keep consistency and flow through my magazine. The articles
still relate to the pictures, for example the “new releases”.
This makes it clear to the reader what the pictures are and
they can view them if desired. There is also a combination of
information with page numbers. Great care was taken when
deciding what stories to put on what page as a certain types
of articles are major and others not so. Therefore I was careful
to set it out evenly. Some of these ideas were influenced from
other magazines however so of it was not.