Contents page construction:

I used Indesign to create my magazines contents page as I was aware this would give me the best results.

I firstly added the details, ie date, in a small size but in the house font of arial narrow, I also underlined it and put it in italics to make it stand a little more out without it taking centre stage.

I then selected arial narrow and regular and a font size of about 60pt for my title of the contents page, I used the centring tool and positioned it at the top of the page. I didn't just want to write contents as I thought it was a bit out dated.

I then altered the word 'yellow' by swapping it by pasting my masthead and putting it in a smaller size, the idea of pushing the brand name is one which appeals to me as I think it will make it stick in the target audiences heads and thus they will buy it more.

I then made all 8 text-boxes visible by selecting the solid 3pt option, this is so the contents page has more structure and looks more professional, also hopefully it will help the reader separate the information/articles and thus navigate around the magazine easier.

I then added smaller text boxes 6 of the 8 text-boxes, this was the boxes for the page number as my idea is to put 6 different images in these 6 boxes which link to the article on the page, this is a alternative and more fun way of saying whats on each page.

In one of the other boxes I wrote the heading 'and' and put it in red block capitals and a fairly large font size, this box is where I'm putting all my other page names and numbers.

I added the page name and numbers, I decided to not do every page but just the main ones at it makes it less to rad, which is some thing which will appeal to my target audience as they're of a younger age. I put the numbers in bold so it was evident what was what.

In the other box I wrote 'Subscribe today!' in arial narrow and centred it.

I thought the heading wasn't eye catching enough so I put it in bold and underlined it. I then wrote the details about subscription, also in arial narrow.

I then changed the word 'yellow' into the one of the masthead to fit the idea I had going. I done this by copying and pasting the masthead from the contents page and putting it on to here then editing it into a smaller size font to fit the other text around it.