The document describes the design process for a contents page of a music magazine. The original design was bland, so the author chose to scatter images across the page in different areas rather than grouping them. A minimalist layout was selected to keep readers interested without revealing all the magazine offers. Images of local musicians were chosen to represent the music articles. Colors like red and blue were added to pull off a retro theme while keeping the images distinct on a plain white background.

2. My original design like the front cover had very little representation of ICT skills and
appeared very bland and boring. Following the same themes as the front cover the page
consisted of the same style border and use of the logo I designed as means of a
trademark for part of the logo. I originally opted for my design to have yellow as the
main colour as it followed the theme of a bee ( like the title and logo the buzz). I changed
my mind about the yellow being the 'main' colour and instead chose to faint white and
black tones to contrast and make a classic vintage theme as well as I thought it made
images stand out alongside the other colours.
The design was simple and seemed ok but I feel that after I had gained more experience
with ICT I could make a better and more pleas able page that would appeal more to my
target audience.

4. Layout
For the main body on my final design I decided scatter the images in different areas of
the page almost like looking on a table with spread out photo’s. I originally had planned
to construct all the images in groups and in boxes to keep it all neat and compact. But
after looking at other magazines and adding additional research of my own I found that
I preferred the more use of images and variety of structure almost like my front cover.
Although it’s the contents page I would like to keep my readers interested by not
revealing all I have to offer in my magazine from the first 2 pages. I think I would prefer
to keep a minimalist layout and keep the reader hooked to read on and explore more.
Images
The images I chose to include were of all musicians I knew from around my local area
performing live on stage or striking a representative pose of a modern musician. I felt
that a clear acknowledgement of what these people do was important to representing
the music magazine and the articles I wished to write about them. As my magazine still
follows a classic theme the musicians are seen in darker shades of light to contrast with
the background so all the images can stand out from one another.

5. Masthead
As the same as the front cover the masthead will be located in the same place with
the same style font and size only saying contents on this page. I will add a shadow
effect on the contents page as there is no background to contrast particularly off.
Background
For this page I have chosen not to have a background but build the images on the plain
white background so I can add tilts and shadow effects on particular images on the page.
I felt that I couldn’t find a relevant or interesting background colour or Image that would
relate to my theme, but as I can now add effects to my images to stand out more the
plain background is ideal.
Colours
On my contents page I have chosen to use more elaborate colours as well as my basic
and dominant colours of black, white and faint greys. I have used some candy apple
reds in the title and around the borders of the images. I have also used candy blue in
similar areas to almost pull off racing strips on parts of the page like retro race cars
have.