Contents Page Process Consturction

Contents Page Background Edits

For my contents page I took the inspiration from a 'We Love Pop' contents page, I looked at the design, the background, the amount of pictures, writing and the additional information like what was added in the magazine. Here is an example of the magazine I took inspiration from;

 As you can see this magazine contents page is very busy with the writing, the pictures and the images. From this magazine cover I have taken a similar sort of design with a different cloud pattern and a different arrangement.















My first preview of my contents background is a bit boring and all of the patterns tend to be the same colour. I took the colour of the blocks in the background from my title. The background of my title is blue so I decided to use the colour pallet from the 'Pop Life' title. The reason I eventually changed the colour of one of the blocks is because the background becomes boring and it doesn't contrast well with the rest of the colours that were put on the contents page.


Here is my first edit of my contents page. I didn't like this because it is boring; nothing was added on to this but instantly it looks doesn't look very 'popish' as the colours aren't vibrant enough.

I then filled in the gaps at the top of the page to the top corner and around the title to see if it was these gaps that made the contents page look unfinished and unprofessional, but it still didn't sit right because the colour scheme didn't seem right.

So I thought it would look better if I changed the colour of one of the boxes to try and match the colour scheme a bit more to the title. Once I did this, the background of the contents page began to come together; the colours of the writing matched more to the background blocks and it look more like my inspiration contents page.

               

I have used the colours pink and blue from my title colour pallet. I think these colours are vibrant and charismatic, they make the background of my contents page very age appropriate and eye-catching.

I then began to add the writing and the boxes for the pictures in and it looks a lot better than it first did with the first block colours I put on.
This one looks better because I put the subtitles in pink which goes with the blue block at the top it doesn't clash with the pink at the bottom or look to much.













I then added my subtitles and picture boxes using my inspiration layout form. This was an important part of the process as I had to make sure the page was full enough to look like a pop magazine but not full to the point where it looked tacky and childish.

Here, I added a picture of my main group from my front cover and I brought over the kind of story that was put on my front cover. This group will be featured in my double page spread, on my front cover and on my contents page.









Here I added a picture that I made in the style that would suit the kind of story that I have made. I edited the picture to make it look more bright and colourful and also removed the background so it would suit my type of magazine.















Here I have added a lot more to my magazine. I have put in my main picture and added a bit more colour.

I added in green and yellow because I thought the magazine began to look boring and colourless. With these two colours added it makes the magazine pop and draw your eye to where the most important sections are. I put the page numbers and description in yellow and green to make them more eye-catching and make people interested in the story. I also put the little bubbles in yellow and green to make the magazine seem like it is more interesting and filled with more gossip.

I also added extra boxes to show where the rest of my pictures will be added.

I added in my main picture; I made my classmate pose as if she was in a photo shoot to match the style again, because this makes it seem like her pictures get used a lot. I made the photo a lot more colourful and bright, also making sure you can see the purple added to her hair. I think this picture fits perfectly and ties the contents page together.

  To this screenshot I added a picture of a girl called Demi. I chose this picture because the colours on her top are bright and contrast with the colours on my magazine; also, her expression gives her a sort of attitude which fits perfectly with the story I have written about her.

 Here I began to add the pictures to the bottom of my magazine. I chose these pictures because they're not as serious as my previous pictures. I decided to keep the background on my pictures to add more to the magazine and make it look less plain.
I also added a picture to the centre of my magazine which is a picture of a crowd at a concert. This picture seemed to fit well there and also gives another selling point to the magazine as it has information on an up-coming event.

This is what my contents page looks like with only one picture and pages numbers to be added to it. I have chosen to use a lot of colour along with very bright pictures. Also, the band that I used in my front cover are the main feature of both the contents page and the double page spread.

This is my finished contents page. My main image was a picture taken of my friend and classmate Yasmin.

I asked her to wear posh and expensive looking clothes, and do her make-up 'to the extreme'; it was an added bonus she had her hair braided with purple extensions. This picture was perfect for my main picture as it shows the 'sassy' way in which she's stood but also makes it look like it's from a  photo shoot where multiple photos were taken of her which, was perfect for the storyline of this picture.

I had to edit this picture as it was taken in a dark room and you couldn't really see the highlights in her hair. The original picture didn't look right with the type of magazine I had made.

I upped the brightness and saturation of the picture to make it look brighter, and also to highlight the colours in her hair. I also cropped out the background and made it white so that it looks like a brighter picture.

To create my brand/ house style i have again placed the logo of my magazine in  the top corner, this is creating a brand for my magazine. the house style of my contents page is again very bright and this is to attract my audience and make my magazine look interesting.

Contents Page Story Picture Edits 

This is the original picture that was taken. As you can see the lighting is dull and you can't really see the colour in her hair. Also, the background makes the picture look darker and untidy, so I changed the picture to make it brighter and more colourful.

Here is where I cropped out the background and blurred the edges so the edge of the picture wasn't sharp and looks professional.

Here I have upped the saturation and brightness which makes the colour look more high quality; it also makes the picture look like it comes from a magazine of a high standard. You can see the colour in her hair and you can see the make-up on her face more clearly. This makes this picture more suited to my magazine .

Contents Page Group Edits 

 For my magazines contents stories, I decided that one of them should be the main feature of the page. I went through my most favourite pictures and chose two that I felt would fit to my contents page.
I decided it should be a fun picture and thought that because my first image was a serious photo shoot picture that the next one on my contents page should show the fun side to the group.

I thought this picture fit perfectly to the contents page but it is ever so slightly too dark and I had to decide which background it should go on as I didn't like the white.

I did want to make the background the same kind of colour as the background to my title but it didn't look right as a border, especially because of the harsh lines around it.

 So as you can see here, I blurred out the lines so it fades in slightly to the picture

I then changed the colour of the border to make it more colourful but again it has harsh lines so again I blurred it out.

For my final picture I thought that the other designs to looked to childish to go with my contents page so I went back to my original background, upped the saturation and the brightness and changed the black background to a more neat type of background.

I thought this one looked better as it looked more professional and suited the story line.

Contents Page Story Picture Edits 

 For this picture I tried to take the picture in a place that had more light but that meant it had a bad background, so I edited out the background, and brightened and coloured the picture.

Here I used the crop tool to cut out the background and make the picture more presentable. I then used the burn tool to add  bit of colour to Adams face and make him look more tanned, simply because the pop artists we see now tend to be more tanned.

Contents Page Story Picture Edits 

 To make this picture fit the style of my website I had to crop out the background and brighten the colour of her face and the picture. The first thing I did was use the magnetic lasso tool to crop around the picture. I then used the quick edit to lighten my picture and this gave a nice effect to the colour of her skin and her face. I think this picture ties in perfectly to my magazine.

Contents Page Promotion Picture Edits 

 To these pictures all I did was edit the colour and lighting of the pictures. This made them fit better to my magazine style and helped to brighten up the page. On some of the pictures I blurred out imperfections and also cropped out some of the picture.

This is a long shot I took from glastonbury 2013 using my fisheye camera lens.

I did a number of photo shoots, some with a group and some alone, I picked my models and all of the photos i used for my magazine I held the camera for my photo.