Contents Page

I have begun to put together a scrap-book style contents page. I have only fixed the triangle of blue and the ribbon to the peach background and have not stuck down any pictures or buttons yet. This is just a tester to see which arrangement works best. I am conscious that it is maybe becoming a bit too girly? So I will overcome this tomorrow. I will try and overcome this by including pictures of males. I have arranged to take pictures of a male 'pirate' tomorrow lunch so I will include at least one of these on the contents page. I am also aware that there are getting to be quite a few pirate pictures and majority are of dancing. I aim to take more pictures tomorrow in different outfits that I can then include in place of some of the pirate costumes as well as taking pictures of things like stage lights and microphones. Obviously the pirate musical is the main feature of the magazine but I think it will be worth while saving a majority of the pictures for the actual double page spread.

So how will the text required for the contents fit into this? In the top right corner I may have the magazine logo (which I'm currently trying to design), but I will definitely have the title 'Contents'. The rest of the peach area will have the main contents listing. I have two ideas for the blue section...1 - the articles that are 'in every issue' or 2 - further information about either competitions or a feature, this will grab the readers attention and attract them to a certain section of the magazine.

The actual typography I want to fit into the scrap-book image and so I will create/use a font that appears hand-written. I am choosing to type it rather than actually hand-write it as if this was a real magazine in production, it would be highly impractical and time-consuming hence why only the borders and pictures are put together like an actual scrap book. I will probably actually paint the title 'contents' on to the top of the page, or rather onto a different piece of card and mount it onto this. So I don't forget, I also intend to do this for the double page spread title 'Raise Your Flag'. However with 'Raise Your Flag' I will use plenty of paint and then either blow or strike the paint to that it creates a spike-y, eroded, rough style to tie in with the pirate theme.

Overall I am so far pleased with this idea for house style as it is looking promising and is very creative; like musical theatre.