Constructing My Contents Page [Final)

Here is my final contents page piece.

I was completely happy with this as it fitted my criteria and met all of my demands.

As i have mentioned I disliked my old picture and therefore used the same picture but did some major alterations to it.

This image was used to make the audience more engaged with the magazine and i feel that it has done the trick as many of my class mates have said it looked really good and drew them in as they had never seen an image edited like this before on a magazine contents page, This was good for me as it differentiated from other magazines out there and makes it stand out.

I placed my masthead 'TurntUP' on the top right hand corner to remind the readers of the magazine, and the more that they see my masthead the easier they will remember the magazine name and hopefully refer this to others.

I thought that the text that i used was very appealing as it had a cool reflecting text which i thought went really well. The colours used were also bright and colourful like the rest of my magazine. I liked this because it gave a consistent feel throughout and does not make readers feel like they reading a different magazine.

I decided that the actual contents features were just simply going to be written in that big empty space as there was room under the picture. I wanted all the context to be short yet catchy and also keep the reader wanting to get stuck into the magazine.

Overall I was really pleased and happy with the outcome.

Constructing My Contents Page [Draft)

Here is my first draft layout for my contents page.

In my opinion I really disliked the look of this Page. To me it had no reference to music and did not quite appeal to my target audience as i had hoped.

The picture as stated previously in my before/after post, it just did not fit my criteria as it looked completely off focus and just was not attracting enough.

The actual page numbering and contexts were also highly disliked due to the fact that they were boring. Even though I wanted my context to be simple and eye-cathing the layout and text on this page was just not giving me that feeling and if i wasn't immediately drawn to it then I thought that there was no way that my target audience who was presumably my age and older would definitely not be taken by it.

So to fix this problem Major alterations were needed to be put in to action.

Planning My Contents Page

Here is my rough sketch/plan/layout for my contents page.

I wanted to put an image of my artist/model on the top half of the page to make it appeal to my target audience, it also in some way makes my audience want to read my artist's 'exclusive interview' so I 'Promoted' her interview to get the readers engaged and intrigued.

Just like my other Magazine Pages I had to keep to the same house-style, therefore the colourful border was used to give it an bright,colourful,vibrant edge that would definitely appeal to my preferred Target Audience.

I planned to put the word 'Contents' at the top of my page and I also planned to make it multi-coloured so it has the same continuous colour theme throughout.

My First Interview Page [Test 2)

This is my final Interview Page Layout.

I used the same design as my previous one. I kept the same consistent colour theme and same house-style.

I really liked the outcome of this page as I thought my previous interview page looked rushed and completely unconventional, and seemed like i didn't think it through therefore resulting in me just applying all of the contents everywhere and anywhere.

The background here is yet again black as the colour is part of my house-style and i feel that 'black' reflects my chosen colour pallet as it really goes well and complements all of the vibrant, loud, bright colours that i had chosen.

According to my rough layout sketch, everything went according to plan.

I had placed my main image on one side of the double page spread, and I had placed my interview's questions and answers on the left hand side, Each question went one after another in columns. The left side columns are adjusted in your typical left-to-right alignment, whereas on my right side columns I decide to differentiate and align the columns from right-to-left instead.

Pull quotes have also been used. I thought that the middle bit in between the two columns would have been empty and made the page look awkward, therefore I put two pull quotes in between to fill the space up and also make it look more like an music magazine interview page.

My First Interview Page [Test 1)

This is my first layout, final interview page. I really like the colour theme and the bright border around the page, however i feel that the picture was of a low quality and the actual interview layout was really rushed and therefore did not look like an complete magazine. So in order to make it look like a proper magazine page I edited the whole thing.

Writing Up my Interview

This was my final constructed interview in which I typed up onto a Word Document

How about you tell everyone a little bit about yourself, just in case they haven't heard of you."SUP! I'm Alisha, goofy, kind of weird, super out going, unique and last but not least Creatively Talented! I started from a dance [jerkin) YouTube teen sensation to a Hip-pop/RnB/techno music artist! I've been in multiple music videos, performed on 106&park, bet awards pre show, and many shows of my own! I'm starting my own clothing line, movement, and label so stay tuned! Also I'm doing a MTV show! Keep updated on me at www.twitter.com/alishaunchanined!!!”

Who is your biggest inspiration?"Hmmm, growing up I always liked Run DMC, Madonna, New Edition, Michael Jackson- lots of 80'z artists. But I've never truly had an inspiration. Its like, I've always been my own person. I pushed myself, and my dreams inspired me!”

Are there any other industry friends that you have met?"Hmmm many! I’ve Met Ciara, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, New Boyz, Rihanna and Soo many more."

What can we expect from your album, "The Death of Vanity?"Well don't expect anything like my old music!! The death of "vanity" symbolizes the death of the old me! I'm still the same different "Alisha" but I have a bigger purpose now. I want to change lives with my music, not just make fun "conceited" music. Everyone can relate to music with a meaning, and I'm trying to win the hearts of the world, not only the UK. So expect a more fun pop feel, with real meaning."

If you could collaborate with one artist who would you choose and why?"Chris Brown! Love his music, I'm working on getting that poppin right now so stay tuned!”

What is the most important thing about you, that you feel people should know?"That I care about all my supporters well being!! If I can't be a good example to you, I've failed! I'm all about peace, good, and fun! That includes haters!”