Completed Contents Page

Now that I had finished the construction of my contents page I believed the most appropriate course of action was to review my progress at this time, this would benefit me in the concept I know which regions I have performed effectively within (such as layout, colour palette etc) whilst in addition giving me the opportunity to relate to areas I could have created of a higher standard.

Presented above is the final completed outlook of my contents page for my music magazine 'Void'. As you can witness I have developed my design massively from my preliminary flat plans with most of the locations of my conventions (such as the text and positioning of the images) being drastically altered to conform to my new ideas as they began to take form. The areas I am most pleased with are the the centrefold image of my female artist, this is due to how significant she is displayed on the document, it is incredibly difficult to simply dismiss her as she occupies nearly 50% of the contents itself. I feel this emphasises highly her importance to the contents as from this sign, my target audience can reference most easily that she has an major role in the publication. Essentially this can make her and my product more appealing as that enigma surrounding her presence and the byline 'A woman on the edge' masking her true personality, it engages the reader as essentially not much of her life is revealed so they will be eager to divulge in the magazine to discover more about her which may persuade them to buy my production. A secondary element I identified as co-operative was how crowded the page appeared - this was not a negative but a positive point distinguished as it makes the page more entrancing, creating the illusion there is a wide array of stories on display to attract the publics gaze from a distance and captivate them within the content I have on offer, the more packed it perceives as then the more likely they will buy as its worth their hard earned money if there is a variety to take their fancy, so I believe I have efficiently achieved in promoting this specific region. Finally my remaining advantage lies on the continuity referenced again and again, the text styles are identical to the ones used on the double page spread and front cover which connotates the message that all  these different aspects are related to each other so moreover are part of the same publication. Not only is this a way of highlighting professionalism but it also provides that much needed rhythm flowing in the content so its easier and more enjoyable for the audience to read if the layout is smooth with no constant disorientation which could be caused if there was too many conflicting colours, text styles, images etc. 

If I could improve one area, I would recommend I should alter the position of the contents title and masthead. I feel I may have left too much unoccupied space here which could be potentially discouraging for the audience to look at I presume as it could be more captivating. Yet on the other hand I didn't desire my contents page to be overcrowded as I felt this may be visually distressing to look at if there was an over consumption of different conventions competing for the same amount of atention. In future, maybe I could consider making these slightly bigger so not only will they occupy more of the background on the document, but prevent me from including additional elements that may have been overly dominant and conflicted with the title which is ultimately my main selling point as reference to the name of the magazine the reader is diverging in.