final contents page

This is my contents page for my magazine. I based the style of it on the magazine Q because I felt that Q magazine is relatively similar to the genre of my magazine. I felt that it was important to have an image similar to the one on the front cover of my magazine to show a constant style throughout this issue of the magazine. I chose this image because I felt it enhanced the indie/rugged style. Libby is looking away from the camera to suggest that the picture is less important for example, this facial expression could not be used for the front cover of the magazine. I edited the photo with the 'vintage' effect on pixlr, this blurred out the background and enhanced the colour of her shirt. I feel like the colours of this photo serve importance as it goes with the main colours of the text. Navy blue and Grey are neutral colours meaning it doesn't appeal to one gender. I also think that blue and grey reinforce the 'indie-pop' style of my magazine genre. I used serif text as I felt it is clearer to read and contents page should be illegible to read easily. The text throughout the page is roughly similar because I felt it was key to maintain a similar style. I chose headings along with the page numbers that I felt were topic specific to a music magazine, therefore I didn't involve anything along the lines of 'beauty' or 'fashion'. I felt that because it was a particular genre of magazine it wouldn't be appropriate to but 'top 10 tracks in the chart' like most other magazines as indie music usually isn't found in the charts, Therefore I would be appealing to the wrong audience. Finally I felt that by adding a image of a boy band reinforced the idea that RADAR magazine appeals to both, males and females.