I added in the contents of the magazine in the black column to the left of the magazine. The colours I used for the writing stick with the colour theme from the front page. These colours are grey and blue. I used a different font for one of the most important articles of the contents (page 3). This makes it stand out from the others to enhance it's importance.
This is the third stage of my contents development. I added in a black box with sections throughout it to seperate the contents into different parts within the magazine. I used the same font (Trajan Pro) for the sub-titles aswell. This gives my front page and contents page a consistant house theme. I deleted the images next to the contents page title as I was not sure if they were necessary on the page. I will re-add them if I feel they are needed.
For the title of the the contents page I used the same font as my front cover. However, I wanted to use a different colour otherwise the pages would look too similar. I went through a range of colours but the ones that looked the best were black and blue. I decided to use blue as I had already decided that the block shapes on my page were to be black and I wanted a diverse selection of colour on the pages.
This is the first stage of my contents page. I have added a title in the same font as on my front page. This is to show a consistent house theme throughout my magazine. The pictures to the right of the title are from my first photo shoot, I liked a lot of these photos but they were not very appropriate for the front cover. I edited the brightness and contrast but as they were only going to be small images I did not crop them or edit them too much. For the images of the female I added a drop shadow effect, this gave them a more 3D look, as though they were protruding out of the page. I used a large image of the model on the front cover in a different outfit. I wanted a large image so I could "wrap" text around it instead of just having three columns. I continued the font from the front cover when writing "this month". The font I used is Trajan Pro, I like this font because it gives a formal look to the magazine as it uses serifs.
This is my final front cover, as you can see I have added in some more cover lines and changed some of them as well. I changed the competition in the bubble as winning tickets to a festival seemed like it would appeal more to the audience I am aiming my magazine at. I included a black strip at the top of my magazine to show a freebie that would come with the magazine. This would appeal to any audience as they feel that they are getting more for their money. I used black as I had not used this colour very much throughout the front cover and as it is dark on the light back ground it stands out a lot. I also added in a barcode to the magazine but as it is covering his head I may make a minor change and move this.
I added a lot of cover lines in a short space of time to my magazine, this was because I already knew what I wanted to add in but I just had to choose the font. I used a variety of fonts for the cover lines to show the diverse topics that appear in the magazine. I used a serif and sans serif fonts to show an informal and professional apperance. I have stuck to the colour theme of black, grey, white and blue. The blue that I have chosen to use was picked out from the models shirt. I chose to use black and white when writing the cover lines because they would both stand out on the grey background but when the writing overlaps on the picture it would be hard to read in a dark colour. I included a competition in the blue bubble to make this stand out to the readers and encourage them to buy the magazine in the hope that they will win the competition.
