Evaluation of my Contents Page

Here is my contents page for my school magazine. I have carried all of the coulours and the font styles over from the front of the magazine. This will keep the magazine consistant. Also, it allows the audience to recognise that it is still the school magazine for St Mark's.

I used the red school colour as the background of the page and also as the main heading text. I used the school yellow to create a border at the top of the page. This helps seperate the two from each other. It allows this page to stand out more. I have also included the school logo, again this will help recognise that the magazine.

I used the yellow/beige colour for the headings. I used it for the heading for the "Contents.....", the page numbers on the list of contents, the page number at the bottom right of the page, the heading at the bottom of the page saying "On The Cover" and then lastly to show the page numbers for the stories situated on the Contents page.

I have added the colour white to this contents as I felt it made the stories stand out more. As I had already used the yellpw/beige colour for the page numbers I didnt want to over fill it with that colour. I then decided to use white. I could have used black but I felt that it didnt go with the rest of the page.

On the bottom left of the contents page I included a section where it shows you the front cover. Next to the picture it has a list of the stories on the front cover. I thought that this was a good idea as anything in which the audience were interested in on the front cover helped them see clearly which page that particular story is on.

For the list of the contents I placed it in center allignment down the middle of the page. This allowed me to place the photos around the list. The numbers down the side indicate what page the stories are on.

Either side of the contents list I have placed several pictures. These pictures annotate whats listed in the contents list. The first two photographs help annotate the story for the opening of the new sixth form block. One picture is of the block and the second is the plack which states who the block is for and when it opened. The next two photographs annotate the story for the art work story. The pictures show some art work of the students. This should hopefully interest the audience into looking at that story to look at all the paintings and art work students have created.

The next picture I have placed on the page is of a poster. It is saying about all the choices the students have if they decided not to go to uni. This is a big decision for the sixth form students at this time This is why I have included this story into the magazine.

The next to photos are off the school photos of the students who have attended the school in that particular year. What I wanted to get across is that so many people are deciding to come to Sixth Form and study a-levels. Over the years the number of students have increased.

Improvements

What I didn't like about my contents page is that where I have placed the photos it doesn't actually link up or is in line with the story in the contents page. It is then hard to tell which photo goes with which story. What I think I should have done is placed captions under the photos to explain in detail what the photo is about.

I also think that instead of placing the numbers for the list i should have placed the word "page" just before the number.