Progress - Contents Page

I disliked the colour of the text that I originally used in my previous post about the contents page. When I added more text, it looked as though the page had too much white and none of the text stood out in comparison with others. I have changed it to a dark purple as it still stands out on the page but it is also different to the white text that has been used for titles.

Contents Page Progress

This session I have started to create my contents page.

I have kept with the colour scheme I planned to use before and it has worked well up to now for my magazine. I have added the pictures in that I want to have featured. I have placed all of the boxes in the right place and I am happy with the colours that I have used for them.

Progress

Front Cover Update

I am happy with what I have created as I think it would appeal well to the target audience due to the colours I used. Also, the clarity of the dominant image is good meaning that it is easier to see and therefore more appealing to the audience. I also like the positioning of the text as it is at the side meaning that you end up looking at the whole page rather than just one section. To attract more people, I put the 'win' shout out at the left due to people reading from left to right so it would attract a reader and encourage them to buy the magazine for the chance to win the tickets. This also increases the popularity of my magazine.

Progress

This session, I have changed the colours of some of the text on my magazine to make it appear to be lighter. I also, changed the colour of some of the text boxes so they are lighter and stand out more.

Despite not planning on doing so, I changed the size of the main cover line to make it bigger and therefore more noticeable as I thought it did not stand out as much after I had changed the colour of the background boxes.

Target

During today's session, I plan to check the spelling, punctuation and grammar on my magazine. I also want to change the colour of some of the text featured as I think, overall, the magazine looks very dark which does not fit in with my chosen genre.

Front Cover Comparison

I used the front covers from Q magazine, Mojo magazine and NME magazine to inspire the creation of my front cover.

I used Q magazine as a base idea for the dominant image:

I liked how with the image, the face was the focal point therefore meaning that more people are more likely to notice the magazine due to the person featured being very clear and easy to recognise.

 I used Mojo Magazine for the positioning of the text:

I liked how the text was kept around the face and did not overlap on the face keeping it easy to see. I also liked how the masthead was behind the dominant image as I think it shows that the magazine is well known which means that my magazine would be sold to more people.

I used NME magazine for the use of the boxes behind the text that is featured:

I used this method as I thick it helped to make the writing clearer due to having a black background. Without these boxes, I would not have been able to use my colour chime as the colors would not have shown up well on the black background.