The most effective factors of contents pages are how interesting the photos are, plus how the sub-headings interest certain audiences depending on vocabulary, language, etc.
I've added these photos to look more "rockstar-formal" - to interest first hand, referring mise-en-scene of the location and their costumes, a hint about the story. I've also added numbers on the photos to help the reader work out which story the scene belongs to and/or to initially make the reader flick to that page since music magazine readers would be used to knowing that numbers on photographs refer to the page - an advantage of following the codes and conventions and applying the uses & gratification theory to how the readers would expect a contents page to be. I made each of the photogtaphs have different effect to highlight my ability to manipulate mise-en-scene.
I made the top-left photograph seem as if the model is in a half-recording studio, half-home room. The effect which I was trying to achieve on this is to make the audience wonder what the location of the celebrity has to do with the byline about the celebrity winning - an application of an enigma code to get the readers suspense, and when it comes to the story, they should be told of what the location and quote was about. Also, this photograph is two photographs merged together: a background, and of me. Since I didn't really have access to the mise-en-scene of a luxurious room, I just took an image from the internet to achieve the effect of the hypodermic needle theory to make the audience believe.
The top right photograph was taken in a Valentine's party. The stage effect background plus their outfits seem to be very believable when I used the hypodermic needle theory on the byline of a real popular coming album.
The middle photograph was taken in a past school trip. The way my friends were dressed seemed "rockstar-ish" so I just took a photo of them. The flash was turned on in the camera setting because it was at night, now, it seems quite effective on making the models look VIP because it focused on the main models in the photograph - a new thing learnt!
The bottom photograph was taken just before a beauty pageant contest in my friends' school. This was a stock photo in my files. Since they looked like popstars, and the mise-en-scene at the back (chalkboard) seemed to come up with an interesting story, I thought I should just add this.
The biggest text, 'Contents,' is made the biggest in size to point out to the reader that this page is the contents page.
The title, 'Contents,' is alligned to the page numbers to keep neat, making the page more legible, using the rulers and lines in the design programme to layout in proportion.
The colour scheme for this page is the same as all of my products for the reader to be subconsciously aware that they are reading the same magazine and for the audience's advantage of adapting less in a change of colour scheme.
At the top right, I added a date and a volume and an issue number to inform the readers of how many issues the magazine has had and get them being interested and curious about when the magazine started. For the magazine subscribers or collectors, this informs them if they've missed magazine issues, and could get them to purchase the others which they've missed, most of all though, it informs the reader that it is a monthly magazine.
On the lowest part of the page, are the page number, date, and text written as "SHAKE MAGAZINE" to inform the reader of the page, partially the month, and to remind them what magazine it is.
I added a different coloured background(grey) on the text which containts the sub-headings to make the page look more busy, which should earn the magazine points of respect from the reader for graphic awareness.
In the sub-headings, i used a variety of language techniques for certain effects. In the Green Day sub-heading, I used an invitational question to get the reader in suspense. In Robert Vila, I added a speech from him to get the reader to believe the promise of getting more quotes from the celebrity, using the two step flow theory. The Maroon 5 & Cheryl Cole sub-heading is injected with an opinion, which weakens the non Maroon 5 or Cheryl Cole fans' oppositional reading to either preferred reading or negitiated reading using an opinion which the reader may decode as a fact (finally!).
The Ke$ha sub-heading is added with ellipsis to act sarcastic then an exclamation marked short sentence to stress out the idea and give the reader a sense of interest.
In the Katy Perry sub-heading, I used a first-person dialogue to make the reader feel involved, therefore, compliments the uses and gratification theory of personal identification.
The Deviate & Stiffler sub-heading is added with the magazine's opinion about the celebrities, using the hypodermic needle theory, to encourage the reader to believe that they're real celebrities and that this is what really happened.
I used taylor Swift's name in this sell line to attract Taylor Swift fans using the two step flow theory - since it promises "tips," it should get the readers excited.
In the Three Mean Gurlz sub-heading, I used a double suspense - a rhetorical question, thena supposed-to-be-shocking-event which happened - to get the reader being excited.
In the The Joule Hitters sub-heading, I used repetition to build up the reader's attention.
The Tina and Glenn sub-heading is in a first-person dialogue to personally identify the reader and make them feel involved.
Here is my final contents page:
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