Contents Complete

I situated the image in the same location as before, but enlarged it slightly so that it started to balance the photographic/textual ratio. Furthermore the contrast and brightness of the photo have been edited in order to define the colours with more significance. 

I also raised the photo so that I no longer had room to write 'Contents' along the top since I had already decided to place it in a less prominent position. 

In terms of textual content, I was satisfied with the combination of real and fictional artists, albums and events that I had previously included, so I only needed to add minor modifications. 

This print screen demonstrates a couple of the changes I wanted to make. Firstly, 'Contents' has been reduced in scale and isolated in the corner due to its generic title. In its place the magazine's label 'Outlaw Rhapsody' and 'This Issue!' are established to express an urgent currency as well as emphasise the reliability of the institution. 

Having written the 'Features' section, all I had to do was drag the layer over to my new draft and realign it depending on where it could fit into my new layout. Whereas before I compacted the features into the top half, I felt that extending and thinning the columned text box created the spatial impression that had been lacking. 

The next thing I did was copy the rest of my text over. A notable addition is the 'News' section where I decided to include a range of general musical news as well as news regarding the country genre specifically. An example of general news is the 'David Bowie' tribute since it is recent and evokes compassion. With specific content I wanted a national story to use, and 'Hazel Cummings' provided an interesting combination of being an underdog whilst also making an impression on admirers. 

I didn't add any grey rectangle to act as a backdrop because that was one of the reasons that my first draft appeared too confined. The simplicity of a white background allowed the text to blend with the rest of the page, and also gave the grey backdrop behind the 'features' more definition. 

Taking one of the more suitable features of my first draft, I once again included the blue box as a way of highlighting the importance of the feature story, thus linking the feature with the main image. 

With my secondary image I decided to swap it for a shot of my grandad where he had an improved body posture. The problem was that the background light dulled the frame, and I couldn't just edit the whole picture without the contrast or exposure affecting the background as well. So I used the magnetic lasso tool to carve out my grandad and cut him onto the contents without the rest of the composition influencing the tone of the whole page. 

This gave the depth of field a much more definitive establishment, which acted as a way of emphasising my grandad in the foreground of the page, creating a multidimensional layout. 

However since this overlapped the text I would need to rearrange the text to mould around the outline of the image. 

The final addition is the abbreviated date, '24/01/16' correlates with the date on the cover but also reiterates the importance of how relevant it is to modern events and affairs (serves the same function by rewriting 'Outlaw Rhapsody').

My finished design is a much more effective product. The page numbers are all the same colour and this continuous approach creates synchrony. 

I used an appropriate font for 'This Issue' that complemented the bold impact it needed to have, which wasn't too informal but conveyed a sophisticated passion. Rather than using another primary colour I stuck to white because it helped to simplify the layout of the page.

The arrow shape that juts out from Jax's feature reinforced the visual relationship between the text and the image, and I thought this was a welcome contrast to the segregated sections across the page. Similarly I gave the secondary photo a blue backdrop to imply the significance of the subject to the text. This further helped to connect with the audience, because I now had a youthful artist and traditional artist prominently located on the contents which showcased the need to appeal to multiple generations. 

Finally the simple page number at the bottom rounded out my modifications. I referenced it as page '3' because many magazines use an advertisement on the interior of the front cover, which would take up page '2'. 

One change that didn't make it was the editor's note, and this was because I felt that it didn't correspond with the devotion to the artist's on the page. Like I said before it doesn't always appear on the contents page, just somewhere towards the front.