College Magazine - Contents Page.

Now that I have completed the front cover for my college magazine, I am going to begin creating the contents page. When making the contents page the brief states that I must only make a 'mock up' design. I am going to still continue in using photo shop to produce it as I feel that this will look better.

To make sure that the contents page has a consistent house style to that on the front cover, i am going to make sure that same back ground colour is used, I will do this by copying the HTML colour code of the front cover into the contents page so that they are an identical colour.

I will also make the house style consistent by making sure the same style text is used as well as the same type of affects on the text. I will also make the style of the images which I use look similar to that on the front page (Background of image blends with that of the background of the page). 

I want to make the house style consistent so that it is more professional. A consistent house style will also make the magazine look better to the audience and they will be more likely to want to continue reading the magazine.  
This is the 'mock up design which I have created for the contents page of my college magazine:

I felt that this was a good design as it used images which were relevant to 'student life' and used many ideas which I had previously used on the front page of the magazine. The background block colour is also the same colour as I feel that using the same colour for both pieces of work will look better and will give the magazine a more professional, effective look. I have also used the same style masthead for the contents page as the one which i used on the front cover as I feel that it gives the magazine a sense of continuity. I feel that this is a good aspect because it looks more professional. I have used again on the contents page the same style of embossing on all the text which i used on the front page. This will also give a consistency in the house style inside the magazine.