Inspirational Contents Pages
When designing anything it is key to research and evaluate what you are trying to achieve. Below are some examples of contents pages in magazines that I would like to refer to when creating my own one. All of these contents pages are conventional to a music magazine as most of them include:
- Editors hello
- Page numbers
- Short description of each topic
- Hyperbole and superlatives in headlines
- Images and word clues
- Graphic illustrations and designs
- Reminder of the magazine’s name and mission statement
These will be used as inspiration for my designing when I’m making my contents page, and they will help me to produce one that will attract my target audience and consider all aspects of AIDA – making it a successful music magazine contents page.
Hand Drawn Draft Layouts
Catchy Headlines
- Top 10 Trending Tracks
- 7 Tips to Feel Free in Your Music
- Secret to Writing Award-winning Songs
- The Latest King of Indie
- Why Being an Independent Artist is the Way Forward
- Millie Sutton – “Its been tough but I don’t regret anything”
- The Benefits of Putting Yourself Out There
- Coldplay – “How we turned out to become the most well known alternative indie music artists in the UK”
- 3 Quick Tips in Boosting Your Confidence on Stage
Reflection
I would like my contents page to be conventional yet reflect my genre accurately. The contents page is the second most important page in a magazine – after the front cover – so it is necessary for it to attract my target audience within the first few seconds that they look at my magazine. I cannot have an overwhelming number of images or amount of text on the page as readers will not bother with it due to a cramped appearance. In my magazine I will need to include all the aspects of a conventional contents page such as; page numbers, headlines, short descriptions, images etc – an overview of what is included. An effective contents page instantly gains interest from the reader and with the help of my understanding of AIDA, I feel I can successfully create an index that attracts, entertains and informs my target audience.