Developing my Contents Page

<<Initial Design
This is the initial design of my contents page which I first produced on Photoshop. I followed the layout which I have pictured to the right. After creating this version I then showed it to my target audience and straight away they told me that alot was missing from  contents and that although the page did look good aesthetically it lacked alot of the conventions that a professional magazine contents page would have and there where alot of spelling mistakes.



Developing my Contents Page:

1st Draft: At first I thought that all I needed to do was to make
 my titles more visible by placing them in banners and also fixing
my spelling mistakes, but after showing this draft to my target
 audience they told methat the image related to the 9th page
was too dark and looked very unprofessional,the image
 relating to the 15th page waz to similar to the front cover
 page and that the image relating to the 26th page was
over exposed. As well as that they told me that I was
 missing a vital point in any magazine contents page, a 
subscribe section.

2nd Draft: In response to the feedback I received
from my target audience I decided to change
the image relating to the 9th and 15th page as
well as decreasing the exposure on the image
relating to the 26th page. I also moved the
'Plus' section over to the left hand side of the
page because I realized that it is still very
important on the page so I should put it on
the left hand side (since we read from left to right)
so it will be one of the first things you see and also
it would allow me to use bigger images that would
catch the eye of my target audience. Also in response
to feedback I added a subscribe box telling readers
to subscribe via text or online and also a competition
to entice readers to read into the magazine. I then
showed this version to my target audience and they
told me that they would rather receive some sort of
technology or device in the competition than
tickets.

3rd Draft: In response to the feedback I received
from my target audience for my 2nd draft I decided
to change the competition prize from tickets to
an iPhone4S since that would be more favorable.
I then showed this version of my contents page to
my target audience and they told me that the
ways in which they could be in touch
with the magazine was limited, what about
social networks like Facebook or twitter? and that
 the subscribe box was too large.

Final Draft: In this draft I acted on the feedback
I received for my 3rd draft. I made my subscribe box
smaller and also I added the DUBHEAD twitter and
Facebook page into the subscribe box so that readers
would be able to access us on these social networks
as well as our website.