Contents Page - Flat Plan 3 and four (the best)

My other flat plans for my contents pages didn't look as professional as they could have so I chose not to use them. When I arrived at school with the pictures I produced the whole class thought that this picture of my male model should have been the main focus of all the contents page flat plans rather than the girl, I also thought this because she had been featured mostly on all of the flat plans, therefore I have made an extra and final contents page flat plan:

I made this contents page flat plan on photoshop and it looks much more professional than my others as I didn't over complicate it and make it look too busy. It is simple yet really powerful, the image is very strong, hard and powerful too. The image is of a young, cool looking male, the picture has a lot of attitude as he is in a 'gangster' pose. The mise en scene shows that this is for a music magazine as the setting is in front of a wall which fits in with the theme and looks like he is very 'street', the clothes are smart yet still kept young and funky with the stripy jumper and chain which adds 'bling' into the picture. The page number is kept small in the bottom right hand corner so that it doesn't distract the audience from the image, which is the main focus. I added a bar at the bottom of the page as I thought this looked professional and added more colour to the page. The Features and page numbers are positioned on the left hand side and are kept subtle so that they do not distract the audience away from the image too much. The feature article is going to be about the male model, therefore I have put him as the main image on the contents page rather than the front page to challenge the convention as I think it is boring to always see the main article about the cover model. On the image there is text that says 'Is KR Saviour as hard as his image?' and the 6 in brackets referring to the page number. This is the title to the double page spread article therefore the audience can go to the page quickly because the page number is stated in brackets next to the title of the article. As there is an empty space in the top right corner, when I actually create my real magazine contents page I may add a button there which will be the same as the one on the front cover to remind the audience where to get the free mixtape.

This was the third and in my opinion best contents page flat plan that I created. There are two images on it so that it is kept simple and not too bust and there is a button on the female model's picture to remind the audience of the free mix-tape inside. This contents page is conventional and kept simple as are most hip-hop magazine contents pages. 'Contents' is on top of the features and page numbers which makes the page very simple and makes it easy to locate everything. There is a editors note on top of the female models image, this gives it a personal touch and let's the reader know what is going on this issue. The images are of two young hip-hop artists who each have props relating to music, the female has headphones around her neck and the male has a speaker. The mise en scene in both images portray a funky, fresh and young image which also looks urban and relevant to hip-hop, the male is wearing a smart shirt with a stripy jumper on top to give it a more laid back feel but still look smart, he is also wearing a 'blingy' chain to show a ghetto, gangster look and he is also sticking to fingers up which shows his attitude and looks 'cool' and 'ghetto'.The female has bright and vibrant make up and 'blingy' earrings to look 'ghetto', she has her hand on her face framing her left eye, this looks classy and draws attention to her eyes which are brightly and artistically decorated. The page number is conventionally kept out of the way in the bottom right hand corner so that it is not a distraction from the more important things such as the features and images.