Contents page evaluation

For my contents page I used exactly the same programs for once again the same reasons. For me I feel that my contents page works better than my front cover and is executed better and has a better feel and style since it looks more professional than the front cover. My reasoning for thinking this is that my contents page uses a better layout and styles and themes that look better than the front cover. The first thing that I am happy with when it comes to my contents page is the use of page numbers by the side of pictures. I used a font website to create the blockish effect behind each number, I think that when the numbers are placed in the position they are in the corners of the pictures, it makes both the picture and the number itself pop and stand out from the page. Related to the page numbers, the pictures are placed in good positions and the sizes of all 4 pictures are similar in the way the main image is the largest and the two lesser and secondary images are smaller but the same size as each other. The main image is placed at the top of the page and is lighted well, so therefore the colours are richer which ultimately makes the picture nicer and easier to look at, ensuring the reader wants to look at the main image and their attention is drawn to it instantly. Another aspect of my contents page that I think is successful is the layout of features and the title of the page. The features are split into sections and the lesser features are smaller than the more important ones, meaning that the focus points of the page are the more important features, e.g. the main image and the anchoring parts of text. Finally for the good parts of my contents page I think that my editor’s letter is placed in a good area and is not obstructing anything else on the page that may be more important.

There are a few things from the contents page that I think could be improved for the next time I create another contents page, the main one for me is the use of font. Next time I will use a better font than the one used in this example. I have decided this since I think my current font does not suit the style and layout of the magazine and therefore the styles of the magazine are not matched completely. I would use a blockier font rather than the current curved font. Another change or improvement that I could make is maybe the use of red again, this is because red is used for the front cover, so the absence of red on the contents page hinders coherence and means that the magazine is not fully the same style since not all the same colours have been used for different pages.

But overall I think my contents page was more successful than my front cover.