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I had time left to make some adjustments so I changed my contents page. I wasn't happy with the colour scheme and the fact I had my magazine name on the contents page so I made some changes. I did this because I wanted to get extra marks and felt that it was letting down the rest of the magazine. Now the colours go well together and the page numbers and titles are in the bold text rather than all of it being in the bold and looking to similar. It is still simple but I didn't want to make it to in your face as such because its only a contents page. I think it stands out though and the colour scheme goes well together. If I was to do this again then I probably would of taken more photos to add to it but I still feel that it looks good without it. I know a professional magazine would of included photos to make it more interesting. My mistake was that I didn't take enough photos and the ones I did are too similar. I feel this is the worst page out of my magazine but I think that it is still better than my previous one just because of the colour scheme and the contents on there.

This is my contents page finished. I feel that keeping it basic has made it look effective, the colours go well together and I am happy with my overall magazine. However if I do get time to add or change this then I am going to because I feel that there is too much of the blue and looks to simple. I also may remove the magazine name because I don't feel that it is nessacary to be on the contents page. The reason for this is because I have been comparing it to other contents pages and they haven't had their magazine name on there. I still think it would look better with a photo on there but I don't have any different photos, this is where I went wrong and if I was going to do this again I would of made sure I got a good amount of photos using different range of camera angles.

Over the weekend I have been working on my contents page and now feel its up to the standard that I am happy with, there a few more changes I need to make. Overall I have been pleased with my progress since the first task. Photoshop has been tricky at times but once I got the hang of it I now feel that I have a presentable and professional magazine. I am hoping for a good grade in this unit as its worth 50% of my overall AS. I would of improved it if I did it again because I would of known what to do differently, however I am still happy with my magazine and hope I gain a good grade from this.

I am struggling with my contents page as I don't know what features to add. I've added the main pages but there is room that needs to be filled. I am thinking about adding some competitions which will then attract the reader more as they know there is prizes to be won just by purchasing the magazine. It has been a hard programme to get used to using. It has been frustrating but hopefully I will be able to get my magazine looking how I want. I didn't take enough photos to make it look professional and the ones I have used are to similar so there would no point on adding them to my contents page. I will carry on practising using photoshop so hopefully I can get it looking good. I have downloaded the free trial at home so I can play about with it and get to know it more, I am happy with my front cover but I think if I knew more about photoshop then I would be able to make it look like a proper magazine.

I am now starting my contents page, I want to keep it simple and use the house styles that I have been using through out. I'm going to add pages that seem interesting to the reader and if they was in the shop thats what they would look at after the front cover. I want features that include grime artists and rap so you get a flavour of both. I also want to attract the readers with good and interesting stories. This is what is going to sell the magazine after the inital front cover. If I include interesting stories then it has a higher chance of people going to buy it if it was in a shop. I also want to include competitions so that if they do buy it they wont feel that the money was wasted because they have chance to win iphones or meet the artists.

This is my double page spread finished, I am happy with the outcome. I still feel there is something missing but I am now going to start my contents page. If I have time afterwards I will go back and make some changes but for now I'm happy and feel it looks professional. However I feel that the clothing they are wearing represents my genre, for example the snapback makes it look more 'ghetto' as such and people would be able to relate this because its the similar clothing. The red writing is very in your face and attracts the readers and the white goes well with it for the questions. The blue writing is the house style of the whole magazine and I have taken out quotes to catch readers eyes and make them want to carry on reading the interview.