Screen Shots for Contents Page

 

Firstly, I created a suitable background colour that would fit the housestyle of the magazine and go would the front cover. I used the colour picker to select my colour and then applied it to the page. I then used the same logo that was used on my front cover- FUSE. I made it smaller and placed it in the left hand-corner of the page, to make sure that the contents was identifiable. I made a red box using the shape tool as a base for where the word 'contents' would be.  

 

 

The next stage was to add typical features of a magazine, which are headlines. I added regulars, features and music headlines using the text box. I used a template for this and aligned the writing so that the page lookd organised and so that it was easy to navigate around the contents page.

I used the shape tool to outline the regulars box as it was make the page more visually appealing and this is also a common feature used within Q and NME magazine. I then used a photo that I had taken in southbank and added it to the page, increasing the brightness and saturation to make the image pop. This would give the readers a taste of what this issue is about. I used the magnetic lasso tool and crop tool to remove the background for the main image of Kasia standing up. The reason for this creative decsion was that in research I found that many magazine included a central image in the middle of the contents page to attract the readers and to make the page more interesting. I chose to use a full body image as this suited the best and fitted well in terms of proportion. It also shows the reader what is coming up in the magazine. I added an editorial using the text box, as I thought that this would add a more personal touch to the magazine, which would make it more appealing for the readers. I used the logo FUSE again and the same font when using the word in my editorial to make sure that it stands out.

For the final steps, I added more pictures that I had taken from different loctions and using the shape and text tool, created number indicators on top of each image. This would make the images stand out and help  the reader to navigate. Overall, I have stuck to my chosen colour scheme of red and black. I have incorporated some blue, but from my audience feedback, have found that this colour is overbearing and makes the page look too colourful, so I have only used bit of it.