Week 29: New Masthead Design and New Contents Page Layout

I have created a new masthead for my magazine front cover, I have decided to change the font which I am using for the masthead, as I believe the new font which I have chosen reflects the magazine type clearly and can be related to the target audience of the magazine more. The reason why I have chosen to create a Masthead which looks more like a logo is because this is creative and eye catching for the audience. The font I have decided to use now is Myriad Pro, which is a font which is clear and bold and will appeal to the target audience the reason I believe it does relate to the magazine and has a clear justification is because:
The font Myriad Pro was designed for the Adobe systems, which shows it can be recognised by most people who have seen the Adobe Systems. Also, the main reason why I believe this font is suitable is because the font is most well known for its use with Apple Inc, and is used as the iPod font and this is well recognised by everyone who is interested and owns an iPod. I believe that this font will be eye catching to the target audience of Students because this is the audience who will own an iPod and recognise the font. This shows that the font which I will feature on my front cover is relevant to the target audience and is a clear font which they will recognise.



New Contents Page Layout

I have researched into existing Contents Pages and I may reconsider the layout of my Student Magazine Contents Page, I hope to gain feedback on my contents page I have created first to see whether I should change the layout. As I researched into existing contents pages such as Heat Magazine and OK! Magazine, from analysing these different contents pages I have gained different ideas for the layout of my magazine contents page. I have decided to create an original layout combining features from the layouts of these magazines, as both these magazines have contents pages which are laid out with headings for the different features within the magazine, which is an element I am going to feature on my magazine contents page, as I believe this is a clear way for the reader to see what is exactly in the magazine. Below shows an image of my sketch for my new contents page layout .



Sketch of New Contents Page Layout