Conventions of a contents page

Page numbers are in certain order so it easy for people to read and to find the page they want.
Images are there to attract readers to certain stories.
Sometimes on a contents page their is an editors letter so the reader can find things out about the editor.
Contents title to show its the contents page.

Conventions of a magazine

Apply LIIAR to it.
The title of the magazine is always the same at the top of the magazine.
The image is always in the middle of the page to draw people in.
The issue number is important so you can refer back to past issues and know where you are.
The date is in the bottom right to show when it was released.

The Brief

Prelimiary Exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.

Main Task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.

Presentation of your work
The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:

• a presentation using slideshow software such as PowerPoint;
• a blog
• a podcast;