Inspirational contents pages
When designing anything it is essential to research, evaluate and analyse what you have found when carrying out the study. I decided to take it upon myself and research, through Pinterest, music magazine contents pages which include all conventional features of a magazine. When creating my own contents page I will regularly refer to my board located on Pinterest.
- Page numbers
- A short description of each topic
- Images and word clues
- Graphic illustrations and designs
- Hyperbole and superlatives in headline
- A reminder of the magazines name and a mission statement
I will use my research to assist me when creating and designing my contents page for my music magazine, by using all of these features, it will help me produce a music magazine that attracts my target audience and consider all aspects of AIDA – making it a successful music magazine and contents page.
Hand Drawn Draft Layouts
5 Catchy Headlines ( I will use in my contents page)
- Unplugged
- The Arctic Monkeys – “snap out of it”
- May I shoot you?
- The surprise issue
- Come and see the blinding
Reflection
I would like my music magazine and contents page to reflect my chosen genre of Indie accurately. After the front cover of the magazine, the contents page is the second most important feature. It is essential that the audience is attracted to my magazine from the front cover and contents page at first glance. I understand that the front cover and contents page cannot be overwhelmed with images and bold typefaces, this will not catch the eye of my target audience due to the cramped aspect of the magazine. To be able to make my contents page a conventional contents page I will include the attributes as follows: page numbers, short description of each topic, graphic illustrations, a reminder of the magazine name and the mission statement etc – I will also include an overview of the magazine content. With my understanding of AIDA, I believe I can create an effective contents page which will instantly gain interest from the reader, if I am successful my magazine should attract, entertain and inform my target audience.
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