Wednesday, 31 December 2014

drafting and planning

This is a rough draft for the ontents page of my magazine 'Ignite'.
I ensured the layout of the page was clear and simple so that it was cohesive, nothing too complex, this is so that the readers can quickly identify where they have to =go in the magazine to find what they want to read about. I discovered that this is a typical layout for a mainstream music magazine in my research :
http://stevesasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/research-into-similar-products.html
I included the most important contents page convention, images, which dominate the page because they are the magazine's biggest articles and they can be recognised instantly by the readers without them having to read anything. The biggest image is of the main cover star, so the readers attention is instantly drawn to the main article and they are therefore more likely to read about it.
I also used sub-headings, made distinct by the boxes that they are in, and these help direct the readers to the list of content that they are most interested in.
I also created consistency with this contents page, not only through the images of the bands and artists whcih are advertised on the front cover but also with the masthead, once again positioned in the left third and, although it is not clear in this draft, the fonts and the colours (red and white) will also be the same.


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