2. IDEAS FOR MY
CONTENTS PAGE
In order to achieve my contents
page I researched various
contents pages with R&B and rap
genre. This helped me to get an
understanding of what they all
have in common, then I could
apply this to mine. After
analysing both of them it became
apparent that the women
generally look seductive and a
little promiscuous.
3. IMAGES
During the decision of
choosing my contents page
image I wanted one which
was direct mode of address
and another which wasn’t.
The contents page reflected
so I had to choose out of 4
of my pictures.
4. USING PHOTO SHOP
I didn’t want the original
background as it was too busy
and I wanted something
simplistic and more beach
like. I imported two layers,
one the original picture and
the second was the back
ground I wanted to import my
model on. I achieved this by
using a clone tool and clicked
on where the model is behind
the picture so she appeared
on the the second
background. Also by
increasing the density
achieved a more believable
image.
5. TITLE IDEAS
I really liked the title and colours as it goes
with my logo and colour scheme overall. I
applied the colous, and the boldness to my
contents page as its classy but still having a
revealing photo to interest the audience and
grab eye attention.
I didn’t want it to look exactly the
same, but I did want it to look
similar. I kept the O red as it
stands for Original which is part
of the title for my magazine. I
used font Helvetica size 72, so
it’s bold and big. I found the lines
emphasised importance in the
title.
6. TYPEFACES
I wanted to keep the same Helvetica font
throughout my contents page so it looks clean
and consistent. I used Helvetica bold for the sub
headings so they are the first thing to see and it
also catches the audiences attention. I put
names in bold so the reader/audience can
immediately see what celebrities are in the
magazine. I kept the black font the same as in
my opinion I believe that it was distracting and
took main attention away from the ‘features’ and
‘fashion’. However I did highlight ‘NEW TRACK’
in red, similar to ‘BOYS TO MEN’, this was
because the magazine is based on shakiras
new song so I thought it was important to let the
audience know what page and grab there
attention.
Its apparent that in the VIBE contents page the sub
headings are bigger and bolder than the
information that comes afterwards in a smaller size.
Also I noticed that major names are in bold in order
to alert the reader on what the magazine contains
straight away.
7. USING QUARK
Here’s a picture of quark which I
used in order to achieve a realistic
look. The tools allow this to happen
by inserting text boxes and shapes
to diffuse the magazine from
looking to simplistic. The tool bar
on the left hand side I used the
most as it had most things I
needed. The picture box allowed
me to import pictures and crop
what wasn’t needed. Also the
bottom bar I used for changing font
and trying them out to see which
one worked best. I didn’t choose to
put a background, however if I did
like my front cover I could have
made a text box, right clicked, went
to modify and change the colour of
the background. The lines help me
to level my text boxes etc and to
acknowledge where I need to place
stuff in order for my contents page
to look realistic.
8. EXPANDING ON THE USE OF
QUARK TOOLS
This tool allowed me to move
anything needed so I could fine
the right position
This tool allowed me to
create text boxes such as my
title ‘CONTENTS’
This allowed me to
make picture boxes to
import pictures into
This allowed me to have
shapes on my contents page
This tool can be
used to create a
shape of my own or
put lines
underneath
anything. For
instance my title;
there are 4 lines
underneath my
title.
Changes
font, bold/italic, size
, what position I
want my
text, changing the
way in which my
content page looks
and how my
paragraphs were
written.
This tool allowed me to
change the colours of my
typeface. Also If I didn’t want
the colours on display I could
make a colour that suited to
me. This would be
reconginsed by ‘new colour’
