Contents page evaluation

 

For my preliminary task i was asked to produce a front cover and contents page for a new college magazine. I believe I was successful in completing my contents page by including many features that came up popular whilst doing a quesstionair to find out the interests students have in my class. I used a range of features to make my magazine contents page look exciting and detailed such as winning money for the most popular High Street shop 'Topshop'. I used a consistent house style both for my contetns page and front cover, and stuck to lighter femain colours as it suits the gender audience my magazine is mainly directed at. I used clear and safisicated fonts that is clear and easy to read on my front cover and my contents page, so the audience have a clear sense of what they are reading. I tried to vary the style of fonts to make the text look more exciting to read instead of the orginal standard text that everyone is used to reading. I used approrpiate language suitable for the target audience as that is very important that the reader can clearly understand and that it is suitable for them. Although i have only limited my images to one on each page, they are appropriate for the magazine style. I would improve on this when i create my music magazine, but adding more images to the front cover and the contents, that links to the features advertised, to make the page look more exciting and interesting, and also to preview the reader what they are going to see on that certain page. Also, on my contents page, I didnt set my page numbers out apprropriately as they are all in random order, so in my music magazine i would create a suitable order so that the numbers are equally spread out, to make my page look more presentable, and also to help the reader find what they are looking for alot easier. I would also improve the layout of my contents page by putting the different page features into labelled sections. For examnple, I would put all the competition features in a competition section with a clear tag of what this section provides. I may also use a more define use of font by sticking to a certain basic tone, that is suitable for both genders so anyone can feel comfortable reading the magazine.

 

Overall, I am happy with my contents page desgin, but i would definately make improvments if i was to do this again.