Contents Page Ideas

This first idea has the masthead at the top of the page along side the letter 'E' which stands for the title of the magzine which is exclusive. Above the masthead is the the magazine website, issue number and date which is useful for consumers and can be easily seen and found by their position. The main image is just below the masthead which is on the left, it is joined by two more images which a given the look of being a polarioid which is a nice effect. Each image will represent a cover story which will be mentioned in the list of content which takes up the majority of the right hand side of the page. Below the images is an editors letter which is a nice extra feature for the user and gives the magazine a more personal touch. There is a tiny image of the front cover on the right of the editors letter which is very conventional in magazines as research has shown.

The second idea again has the masthead placed at the top of the page in big text where it stands out clearly for the user to know where they are in the magazine. The letters of the masthead do not go in a straight horizontal line, they are spread out slightly which gives the effect of looking different and exciting which is suitable for the title Exclusive and as the target audience is teenagers generally it will attact their attention. The list of content goes down the page in cronological order but all the text is spread out in different places left and right across the page. This follows the same design of the masthead and again makes it look interesting and exciting. Where there are gaps in the text there is an image placed which will be an image relevant to the particular story next to it.

The third idea is very similar to the second, the list of contents follows the same pattern by going down the page chronologically and spread from left to right and again the relevant images are slotted into the gaps created by the text. The difference with this idea is that the masthead is vertical down the left hand side which again is unconventional and suits the magazine name 'Exclusive'. This means that the list of contents can start at the top but has all be moved to the right. Below everything else is a letter from the editor which is a nice feature for the user.