Contents Page Analysis (A-Level Media Studies Related)

Before embarking on constructing my contents page, I knew well that I would maintain the tone and graphic design of my front cover, e.g. film reel graphic, fonts and colours. When taking the pictures which I would eventually used, I had in mind a continuation of images communicating both the use and availability of technology at my fictional film college. This overall brought me to my main image, presenting a student in the colleges editing suite. To make clear the standard and level of technology in the school, (and the use of Adobe Premiere Pro-a professional editing program, which also at the same linked into the feature of students trying and reviewing modern editing programs), I made sure to print screen the actual editing program I use on my own computer, and super-impose the image on to the computer screen through use of Adobe Photoshop. Darkening the edges of this image and configuring lighting effects overall helped me sustain an image of realism.


Through examining magazines such as Total Film and Film/Media College Magazines, I noticed a pattern concerning the re-appearance of logos and fonts. It is such research which convinced me to again add the logo template of my film college.
Research also prompts me to minimize the image of my front cover onto the contents page, and put into relation the relevant topics and features of the current issue on the right hand side (3, 7, 9, 12). This more so helped me reach a professional and realistic contents page.
Concerning the justifiability of fonts used, I decided to include a more casual and home grown font named Pointy, which in my opinion linked the theme of fun, low budget to the context of the magazine. This I found could uniquely blend with the film reel graphic, by adjusting the perspective of the font to align with the film strip. Such interactivity with the layers in my contents page in my opinion would attract the eye of the reader. When deciding the font and layout of the contents page headlines, I decided to retain the mature yet casual style of the front page headline texts, being that of a simple Arial font. When maintained at a lower case, I found that such a use of this helped even more so highlight the youthful nature of the college magazine. I also thought it wise to stray away from standard straight lines of lettering, and instead rotate the positioning of such text to communicate the quirky subject of experimental filmmaking. As well as continuing the use of particular themes and images on the front cover, I thought to add slightly the graphic of blood splatter nearing the bottom of the page, where the subject of horror movie-making mirrored the use of such design.