Production of my Contents Page

I began creating my contents page by designing the layout as I found this as the best starting point . I started by making a yellow coloured box as the background for my masthead. This background made my masthead stand out more and help it look neater on the screen. The masthead was used to show continuity from my front cover so that it was obvious that it was from the same magazine. I also used this box as a background for the issue number and cover date. Both of these features are important as the readers like to know what issue they're on if they're regular buyers of the mag so they know they're up to date and the cover date is also important for this reason. It's also important in case the front cover gets lost so then the readers know which issue was from when. 

Once I'd created the layout, I then added the category names on the black boxes to show which articles feature under which categories. I designed it like this as it makes it easier for the reader to find what they're looking for. It also allows the readers to find and focus on what types of articles they like to read the best as they will read the heading and know where to find them.

Once I'd written the headings, I then wrote the articles and page numbers as this allows the readers to find what's where easily.

I created a subscription box as this is a very common feature among contents pages. I decided to have the prize music related as this is the genre of my whole magazine so therefore my prize choice was influenced by this as this would be the most appealing to my target audience.

I then added a competition with all of the images of the prizes taken from different music websites as I wasn't able to get a variety of t-shirts and CD's for the prizes myself to take images of.

Once I'd made the competition box, I then creates an editors as this is a very typical convention of contents pages. This allows the readers to gain incite into what it's like to create a magazine as information about what's happened during the week in the magazine's production will be there. The editor's letter is fairly informal and personal to the reader as this makes it a much more enjoyable read for thr reader and it helps to make them feel more involved in the magazine. 

Once I'd finished everything else on my contents page, I then knew how I wanted my main image to be framed and positioned as everything else was in place, I also made sure that I used the same person that was featured on my front cover as this helped to portray continuity within my magazine as a whole.