Friday, 23 September 2011

Callum: Preliminary Contents Page Analysis


This is a mockup of the contents page.  The continued usage of the contrasting Dark Blue Purple and Pure Yellow continues the brand identity from the front page, but creates a very bright and colourful aesthetic for the rest of the magazine.  The fonts (OCR Standard A for “Contents”, Monaco for everything else) are the same as on the front cover keeping consistency.

The stories I chose are keeping in step with the light hearted formal tone that would make it interesting for Sixth Form students to read.  Since this would be the issue that goes out on September 2011, the start of term, the stories reflect this by focusing on help for those who may not be familiar with Sixth Form.  Stories like “The On Form Survival Guide” and “Teachers Are People Too!” are to help newer students come to grips with the Sixth Form.

Meanwhile, the Interview makes the front cover story mean something.  And the regulars are the sorts of things that Sixth Form students would need and want (News, an Events Calendar) and also the kinds of things magazines usually have (Editorial, Letters, Next Issue).

Next time I do a contents page, I will thoroughly proof read it (the misspelling of “People”).  I will also, probably, reduce the size of the text on the page and not re-use the front cover image on the inside.

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