Contents Draft

The brief stated that we needed to do a draft contents page. In a contents page there needs to be a continuation of the initial colour scheme and fonts from the front cover as well as a more in depth summary of what the magazine includes. 

Firstly the background colour is an extension of the salmon pink I used in the border and masthead of the front cover. When the audience reads they will feel that there is a fluency to the structure and thus it seems more organised. 

Additionally, using 'In this issue you will find' is a way of introducing the audience to generalised topics in the magazine. In many hard copies I examined, the contents page had multiple sections, such as 'features' as well as 'regulars'. This helps to act as a clarification to the audience of  what they are reading. 

The decision to use 'Features' instead of contents was largely due to the connotations that come with the word 'contents'. For example, contents are associated with books and longer pieces of literature which isn't the medium I am representing. Therefore 'features' is a more modernistic take on a contents page and gives the content a more exclusive appeal.

The blue rectangles represent the articles listed on a contents page. As shown in the top one, I included a page number (8), a headline (Keeping Organised) and finally a summary of the article itself. This helps a reader to define which articles are worth reading and allows them to personally decide what sections to explore. Also I made the font mirror that of the cover line relating to this article on the front cover to further enhance the impression of flow. 

The page number in the bottom corner is just a conventional feature that enables the reader to establish where they are in the magazine and helps to make searching through it more structured. 

Finally, the three images arranged down the bottom right hand corner would link to the articles. Since there is only space for three whereas the list of contents consists of more, I would use the images to represent a variety of the articles rather than have them all linked. This would show the diversity of a sixth form and thus correlates to the symbolic theme of personal choices crucial to a student's future.