This is my my first draft of my contents page. They key conventions of a contents page are:
- Editors hello
- Page numbers
- Hyperbole and superlatives in headlines
- Images and word clues
- Graphic illustrations and designs
- Reminder of magazines name and mission statements
I think for a first draft is is good and it has some key features of a contents page. It has a:
- Title explaining what sort of page it is
- A cut out image
- A good list of pages with real sounding articles
- An extra feature which is an advert
There are some things missing however and also some thing I don’t like. Firstly I think it doesn’t really fit in with my genre and I want it recognisable as part of my genre and part of my magazine at a first glance, which it isn’t. Another thing is the layout I wish I spent a little bit more time on the layout just to make it look cleaner and more professional.
Overall I am fairly happy with this as a first draft but there are a number of things I want to improve in the second draft.