Mock up Contents Page:

After I had done my research I decided to make mock-ups of my front page, contents page and double page spread. This is my I.T mock up of my contents page. I decided to use the colours black and red, because they're suitable colours for the genre of my magazine. The genre of my magazine is indie music so it is appropriate for the target audience. The font of my title is quite bold and I have done this so it stands out and is more eye catching. The font is in Black but I have outlined the text in red so it stands out from the white background.

I decided to put the text for my regular and features columns in red rather than black. I chose this because the colour stands out and draws attention, but it also represents the type of audience I would like to attract to my magazine. I chose to use a running font for my regular and features column, I did this because the font I chose is very clear and easy to read. For my features column I chose to have quite an eye cathching font to describe my story; so the readers are drawn to the story and therefore read the rest of the magazine. Also I chose the same font as the title for 'Regulars' and 'Features', because it is a bold font and again it fits in with the attitude of my target audience.

The images are on the right hand side, because that is the side your eyes are immediately drawn to, and I wanted the images to be the first thing my audience saw. The top image is the girl of my front cover standing with a boy. This image represents my double page; as the people in the image are also on my double page. The image is a mid shot of the couple standing back to back; and I chose this because it shows the competative relationship betweent the two which I am trying to portray. The second image is a new image of a girl in bright pink sunglasses. This image is also appropriate for my target audience because the girl fits the genre of the magazine, and the sunglasses also fit in with the magazine, because they're bright and vibrant and represent my target audience. The image is a close up of the girl, I chose this because you notice the sunglasse more and it is also more dramatic.

I also have a offer on the bottom of the contents to make it look more authentic and like a contents page. The offer is a free subscription to the magazine with 10% of the charge. This is done to attract more readers.