Contents Page Analysis
These 4 paragraphs are both on the top Mojo magazine
This is a contents page from Mojo, the things that really stand out in this magazine are the subtitled information, and the colour style really stands out with an organised use of arranged colours along this information (Yellow for page numbers, red for titles, black for subtitles and wording) this helps the reader by colour coding what each is and makes for an effective looking contents page as too many uncoordinated colours would make the reader confused.
There are 8 images alone on the contents page, but they appear mixed until you see the ‘cartoon’ image of a woman which appears overlapping the contents page this makes for an effective use of making the page seem artistic and new. As if its breaking the boundaries by having perfectly slotted images until you see this was at an angle overlapping.
At the bottom of this magazine, there are 3 people who are the editors. These images seem sloppy and make the authors look unappealing to the reader. If these images were edited to seem nicer I would have thought different but I don’t like the appeal of this since it’s not the reader’s intention to read about the author but what their magazine is about.
Although I like the cartoon image of the woman, I don’t like the way the other images are laid out it feels sloppy as well and quickly done a lot more work could have been added and it rather dull and uninventive.
These 3 paragraphs are both on the bottom Mojo magazine
The second magazine is rather good, and has a really nice picture that is just on its own very powerful having a instant eye attraction of an artist standing alone in the midst of the darkening clouds on a winding road. This is a really clever image and is something I would like to attempt if possible. It has a strong feel and a bold atmosphere about it adding an instant effect when first glanced on.
The Columns on the left are effective as one does not have to turn there head to read, its again separated with colour coordination (Red for page number, Bold White for titles and smaller font white for the descriptions) This is effective as it makes navigation on this contents page easy for the reader.
I dislike near the top of the magazine where you can read the date and issue, and the lines that are both and below these two words. This is pointless and is almost filler as it bares no reference to the magazine itself, the lines are also quite distracting and take the effect of the image away slightly.
After studying these contents pages the things I’m going to consider placing in my magazine are.
- Colour Coded Titles
- Bold Images
- Have Columns
- Have images placed strategically
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