Preliminary Task - Contents Page

This here is the Contents page for my preliminary task. I have created a contents page as part of the mock up for  college magazine. I have created the preliminary contents page based on the flat plans I created earlier. I am very happy with the outcome of the task as it looks like it could be a real contents page for a real magazine. I have used the cover stories and cover lines from the front cover I did and went into more detail for them, this helps to connect the front cover with the contents page.

The colour scheme that I have used for my contents page is the same as the cover. By doing this, it shows continuity in the magazine and it makes the magazine seem much more professional and realistic, this is something very important to do when creating my final magazine cover. I have used the colours as the individual box colours and then I have used white and black text over the top where necessary. For example, I have used black text with colours where it wouldn't be too contrasting, I have tried to keep it subtle. The fonts that I have used are different to the front cover because the one on the front cover was hard to read when the text was small, so I have used a much more readable font for the smaller text. I have used a very bold font to emphasise and bring more attention to the more important areas. I have included a main story and I have put in some smaller stories down the left side of the page. I have added in a social media section to the contents page to relate and appeal to the younger target audience. I have added the masthead in the top right corner and I have added the volume number and the date running along the top of the page, above the page title.