Stages of Production - Contents Page

This was my first rough draft of my contents page.I decided not to use the ideas of the last contents page i researched i decided to use some ideas i had from the begining. I wanted to have it neat but but messy at the same time, like have the writing neat and then have images scattered around. The fonts i used were quite formal, and the plain black and white wasn't very interesting, i thought that i would try it because i tried it with my front cover but that didn't work. But i don't really think that this works either; its just so plain and boring. Obviously its not finished but i just couldn't do anything with it so i decided to try my next draft.

This is my first proper draft but my actual second one. I wanted to make it easy on the eyes so that the readers could easily find the informarion they wanted. I know that black isnt a bright colour but i thought that with the red and white it all contrasted well and the white writing stood out a bit more and looked good. I've used the same font throughout all mast head's, and also i wanted to include the logo of 'Pixie' Magazine, but now it is 'More Magazine but i did change the name last minute so the frist couple of drafts have the name 'Pixie'. I dont think that the music note (logo) looks good on the black background because the music note itself has a white background. I wanted my page numbers to be clear and organised. The norm is probably to have it in order eg. 123456, but i decided to put mine into sections. Interviews, Music and Features. I also have included 2 stars to attract attention one says 'Exclusic news' and the other says 'Have Your Say' i choose to do this so that it is bold and eyecatching.

On this draft i decided to change the back ground colour to white and add some images. I wanted to to see what the background would look like in a different colour because the logo (music note) had a white background so it looked a bit odd against a black background. I used these images as templates to where i would put my own images. I choose to put the images where they are because there was alot of blank space between the writing and the stars. I also rotated the position of the music notes on the top of the page, i thought that it looked better and more tidy.