The masthead
The masthead for this contents page is located in the top left hand corner, it is placed over the top of a large photo advertising the DPS because its over this photo and in a white background it creates a contrast in colours and makes it stand out to the viewers eyes.
The puffs
There are two puffs used on the contents page of this issue. A puff serves the purpose traditionally of promoting things inside the magazine but another accepted use of puffs which is starting to become a convention is to use them to advertise things.
One puff is used to show the viewer at a glance what are the articles advertised on the front cover and what pages they are on this is to simplify the process of negotiating the contents page as since this issue gave tutorials on software some people may only buy it for that. The other Puff advertised the freebie that came with this issue if the magazine and since it is a DVD the logo they associated with it shows it very well anchoring what it could be.
The layout
The layout of the contents page is split into two pages which follows convention. On the right hand side of the double page contents, the text is arranged into four columns which has the red, white colour scheme which is a very aesthetically pleasing combo to the human eye.
The page numbers are in bold and take up the majority of their space next to their description of the article the again as I have stated is to simplify the processes of finding articles in the magazine. It is well defined and straight away from the get go you know where to turn such as on this page if you turn to page 50 you will find cubase tips.
Advertising the DPS
The content's page also by convention has to advertise the DPS. This issue does it by having the left page in the double page content be solely dedicated to it by having a photo of the subject of the DPS fill it. This informs he viewer straight away what its about and also provides a cover line to inform the reader and try to entices them to read about Chris Lake and his favourite techniques. Blumler and katz stated the the only reason people read something to gain information and this definitely supports this theory.
How this influenced me
This influenced me as it gave me ideas of what I could do to advertise my DPS in my contents and ideas for how to layout my text and showed me how effective a good colour scheme.There are many features, i think it would help planning to actually look closely at the types of features and content.
A good piece of research here Joe. Add to it: there are many features, i think it would help planning to actually look cloely at the types of features and content.
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