Drafting and Planning: Improved contents page

This is my finished contents page. I took on board all my improvements and I am happy with this contents page. I based it mostly on Q magazine's contents page with the two big stories taking the center of the page but copied NME's colour scheme of white, red, and black. Firstly I have included the date, name, website and subscription link at the top. This lets my audience know where to go to for news and information about subscription. I also added in an ad to LGM'S YouTube channel. This shows my target audience what songs they have to listen to and gives them free, quick access to them which helps me appeal more to my target audience. I decided to split the index into reviews and features. The reason I did this is because in NME's Royal Blood issue they did this and I thought it was a good idea and looked effective. I made sure that everyone who was mentioned on my front cover was included in the contents page and I included 65 pages as it is a weekly magazine, as I pointed out in my previous blog (lewisglennonmediawork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/target-audience.html). I decided to use red boxes to split the category and show the audience that they are different areas. I went for white on red and black on red as it looks effective and used the same fonts for each feature just making some bolder. I decided to put a white line through the Albums header because it looks effective and cool and Q have used this effect before. I decided to put some images of the featured guests in to show my target audience who will be in this issue if they are having a quick glance. I really like my new masthead as it is similar to NME's but also because it fits in well with the background. I decided to put Jake's interview and the Glastonbury's review to show my target audience that they are the main stories they have to read thus pulling them in. The only thing I think needs tweaking is I need to see how it will look with the background of Jake in the image as it does look plain. However I am pleased with this contents page as I believe the fonts, colour scheme and pictures I have used look effective and professional.