First Draft of Contents Page

Below is my first draft of my contents page, which features all the articles that will be included further into the magazine. I was inspired to use the top half of the page for a large image, and the bottom half for the text of the features coming up in the magazine, by Kerrang. I looked at this layout within my research and thought that it was incredible effective, as even readers who don't read the contents page fully, can have a quick glance and can see an extra feature which they may not have noticed that was on the front cover. 

The colour scheme follows the house style of the front cover, as well as having fonts in common with all three pages. It follows the conventions of a traditional contents page as it has an editors note, lists of features and page numbers of articles and sectioned content e.g. 'features' or 'reviews'. But it also challenges the traditional contents page by having the editors note at a slant, and by adding another feature which is not usually featured on a contents page. The feature is 'Top Picks', and I included it as I wanted to increase the chances of the reader stopping to read the contents page, by giving them a further insight on the staff behind the magazine, and by giving them a heads up on new singles and albums, as well as other happenings in the music world. 

Improvements:

To enhance this pages' effectiveness, there are some changes that need to be made. 

- One being the adding of the missing picture by the 'VIP Meet and Greet with Olly Murs'. 

- Other images could also be added to interest the reader into looking at the images and then making them want to read some more into the contents of the magazine. 

- My branding is not fluent with the front cover logo of 'The Mix', so a white logo would be needed to put into place next to 'This Week In...' to add fluency to the magazine. 

- The 'Top Picks' section where staff have mentioned their favourite song or album this week also needs to become less 'boxy', by getting rid of the outline around the text, meaning that it flows more and encourages the audience to read on rather than stopping at the edge of the box.

- A page number would also be useful to the reader next to 'Unseen Pictures of Green Day's Stadium Tour', so that the page can easily be located by the reader, instead of them having to search through the contents below, keeping their interest levels high.