Second contents page design

This was my second design for my contents page and is what i intend on sticking with for my final contents page. When i spoke to my teacher about this contents page she told me to change celebrity stories to Features and then to make "Dynamite Interview" bigger as this is the main story that will be featuring in my magazine.
My teacher had seen my original contents page she helped me to make the decisions that I needed in order to make my magazine look professional. I changed my image to a different girl as I had included the main girls throughout.
I also put the pages that would be included in my magazine into the categories Celebrity Stories, Fashion and & More. I thought this broke the contents up a bit and also it would make it easier for the consumer to find what they were looking for when they are reading my magazine.
My teacher also reminded me to put the page numbers on the magazine with the name of the magazine next to it which i included on the contents and my double page spread. I think the colour that i used worked really well with the background as it stood out so that it would be easy for consumers to read. I also changed the amount of pages I had in my magazine and went up to 41. Although i didn't include every single page that would be included i focused on the main ones that would attract customers to buy the magazine to find out more.

New contents picture

I spoke to my media teacher and she said that it was worth me changing my contents page so I took a picture of a girl from my dance school outside. I decided to use her as i had used Hannah and Chloe throughout my magazine and it was better to show that i was using variety.
Miss also said to me that my original picture may be a bit risky so i thought this was more appropriate for my contents page.
I thought this picture was good as it shows the girl has good fashion sense and this also applys to my magazine as i intend on having a fashion section.

First contents deisgn

This is my original contents page and I got my inspiration from the VIBE magazine. This was my first attempt at my contents page and my teacher liked it although it could be a bit risky for the audience that I am targeting at and it was also the same girl that featured throughout the magazine so when i redone my magazine i made sure that i included a different girl so that it was more of a variety. She also commented on how i needed to allign the text so that it had more of a flow to it and also the "chance to win £50 voucher.." how it was randomly placed on the page. With these comments it helped me to get a better idea on what my magazine should be like.

Finished front cover

This is my finished front cover. I made sure that I included a barcode so that it looked professional and also every product must have a barcode so that it can be purchased by customers. I also made sure that I put celebrities names on the front about what stories they will be in e.g. Chris Brown, Rihanna, Drake and Usher. I added 'The sexy issue' as this is what was on one of VIBE magazines and i thought it was appropriate for my magazine as i had two pretty girls on my front cover and also on the double page spread there are two images of the girls on their 'sexy' photo-shoot.
I liked the girls outfits in this image as it nicer that they aren't in the same outfit this time and shows variation. It looks very natural as the other images are all posed specifically to how I wanted them to be.
The background is black graduated down to grey which is the same as my contents page which shows consistency through my magazine. I didnt keep it the same on my double page spread as when you go through magazines they background to pages usually change whereas front covers and contents pages are generally the same kind of design.

Barcode

When creating my front cover i realised that i would need a barcode as every product needs one and it is a products individual number. I got this image from Google and had it placed in the bottom left of my front cover. If i wasn't to have this it would make my magazine seem unprofessional.

Finished double page spread

This is my finished double page spread for my music magazine. I thought my finished music magazine was a success.
The questions I included in my interview were:
"So girls, when are you thinking of doing your next tour?"
"What is your next album called?"
"How was the sexy photo-shoot?"
"Any celebrity crushes?"
"Who would you most like to collaborate with?"
and "Do you get nervous before performing".
I looked up interviews with other singers to get ideas of what questions I should include within my interview and the ones that I chose were the most popular with all the magazines.
When including my questions in i made sure that i put the questions in red so that you could clearly see where they are. Where the girls are answering the questions i put their names in bold so that it was more defined and stood out to the reader.
I included two images that were from the girls on their 'sexy photo-shoot' and as this magazine is aimed at young adults to late 20 year olds this could be seen as a selling point by having attractive girls in the magazine. The other image was of the two girls of the walking with their jackets over their shoulders, I really like this image as it is something different to the others. On one of the images I chose to put a caption from part of the interview i got this idea from VIBE magazine and i have also seen it being done in other magazines.