Contents page

When it came to designing my contents page I debated whether to use Fake Fiction as the main feature again but ultimately decided to use "ADZ" (Adam). I came to this conclusion because I felt that if Fake Fiction were on all three pages as the main feature it would focus too much on them and this is not a convention of some of the magazine I have been researching.

I took the photo of Adam using a Pentax K-m DSLR. I used manual focus to make his finger and hand out of focus and put all the focus on him. The style of the photo mimics the World War 1 British propoganda poster "You're country needs you" of Lord Kitchener. I chose to mimic this because it was a very successful and well known image and it is also because it communicates with the audience directly. This is because Adam is pointing at the reader and he is also looking straight at them. The logo positioned on top of the image, "ADZ", is one that I created. I achieved this by taking his actual signiture and editing it with a white background to allow the blue font to stand out. I also gave the signiture rough edges as it symbolises his style of music and his general character.

Although I chose ADZ as the main feature of the page I thought it was important to include Fake Fiction and they can be seen in the bottom left hand corner, which is in line with the rest of the text on the left hand side. I chose this image because it shows the entire band and is another way to attract the audience to read the artical. To highlight the artical with Fake Fiction further, I put "Fake Fiction interview on page 16 & 17" at the top of the page. I did not feel it was appropriate due to the small scale as it would be difficult to read however I did use the same colours, red and blue, so it still stands out. The lightening bolts near the text at the top of the page are pointing inwardsm which frames the text and further highlights the interview and the importance of it. I reversed the lightening bolts to red and the text to white as I thought it was more effective for this page. This could also be seen with the title of the page, Contents. The contents title contrasts well with the black background. The black background is not too dominating as it fades into white which is easier and more appealing to the eye and the fading of the background colour compliments ADZ's shirt well. I decided to continue with the lightening bolt in the main title of the contents page but the word "contents" has no free standing letters, like "L" or "I". Taking this into account I decided to put the lightening bolt in the "O" and, to contrast the title, I made the lightening bolt red.

The contents information, found to the left of the page, is conventional of any magazine both in layout and style. I chose to put the page numbers in red and the actual information in white because it follows the colour scheme and helps the information stand out more.

At the bottom of the page I have place the website in the left hand corner and information about a free podcast in the right hand corner. I decided to put the website there to further advertise the website and the magazine, again having the name of the magazine in white to help it stand out and also the follow the colour scheme. I decided to add the podcast because it will further appeal to the audience and encurage them to look at the podcast. The main words are in white, to contrast the red words and the word "podcast" is in blue to help that stand out over the other words in that section.