My Own Music Magazine Contents Page:

Evaluation:

Conventions:

I attempted to meet the image conventions of the contents page by using several smaller images that 

related to bands or to album covers.

I also used a different font than in the front cover, like many magazines do for the contents page,

The contents page gives the necessary information to direct the reader, fulfilling the basic requirements of a contents page.

Representation of Social Groups:

I feel that the images used represent a variety of groups.

The first image could be found on an alternative rock album.

The second, I constructed purposefully with the indie style in mind the high contrast that begins to distort colour (popularized by the Inbetweeners)

The third is more obscure and could be found on a black metal album.

Attracting target audience:

This particular page, with the darker colour scheme and red border is more suited to darker themes of rock. This is not necessarily a negative aspect, as every now and again rock magazines even Classic Rock will play with the ideas and attractions of darker rock.

 Like the front page and magazine as a whole, the contents page aims to appeal to a variety of rock enthusiasts. 

The use of different social groups within the images used helps achieve this, appealing to those that are represented within the images. Hopefully although the darker theme of the contents page, the indie homage image would encourage anyone who likes rock and indie to read the rest of the magazine.

What I learned about the software I used:

This time, again using GIMP, I revisited the idea of a border and created a margin from a photograph I took and edited. The image was then repeated and I had to learn how to place the copies of the image and smooth the edges so that the margin pattern looked flowing. Each side of the margin is made up of eight fractals put together carefully.

Lessons learned from this product:

This assignment taught me to pay more attention to layout. Previously, layout had been rather simple with the front cover but here it became an issue. I felt that the use of space on this page was not as effective as it could have been if I had been more careful with my layout designs. Perhaps making a second draft or sticking closer to a draft is the way to resolve this issue and it is something I will aim to correct for the double page spread. 

Please Note: Neither the contents page or the double page spread will contain a section on distribution or outlining who the target audience will be, as this is a constant throughout the magazine and was laid out clearly in the evaluation of the front cover.