Daniel Rodriguez - AICE Media Studies

FINAL TABLE   OF CONTENTS VERSION                                                                  02/27/2022 Blog #12 is going to be my final blog out of 4 regarding the Table of Contents. Throughout these blogs I researched the conventions of TOC's, made original layouts based on my research, selected and edited certain content for my specific TOC, and finally made 2 mockups that incorporated elements from professional magazines and of course from my own imagination. At the end of the last blog I made a decision on which of the 2 mockups will be part of my final product and I chose the first one. Therefore, this blog will be the last step in my production process as I will be implementing and testing out some of the feedback I received from my classmates as well as any alterations I deeme...

FINAL TOC CONTENT   AND LAYOUT CHOICES                                                  02/22/2022 For this blog I will be creating my final mockups for my respective sports magazine TOC. Here I will be explaining my vision for the final product as well as my reasoning behind certain decisions regarding the content and layout of my TOC. I will be mentioning prior blogs to prove why my choices are valid and so that everyone can better understand the why behind each and every decision. As usual I applied the design tool Canva to my work but this blog will only focus on the finished mockup and not the actual process. Though if you are interested, all of my steps are in my last post, blog #10. Throughout this blog I will explore each of my 2 mockups in detail and explain any changes that might have occurred between blog #10 and this one. Desir...

TOC CONTENT SELECTION AND EDITING                                                          02/17/2022 During blog #10 I will be explaining the reasoning behind certain decisions regarding my content. I will be talking about why I chose specific photos and how I edited and placed them on my layout. I will also be mentioning what I decided to name my articles, heading, subheadings and what I decided to include in my descriptions. As I learned in blog #4, it is important to place an emphasis on the TOC because it can easily make or break your entire magazine so throughout this blog you will witness all of my careful considerations and the reasons behind my precise decisions. Once again I wanted to state that I used Canva for most of the actual editing though the original images were cropped and stored in Google Picture Edi...

TOC GENRE ANALYSIS AND DRAFTS                                                                     02/15/2022   This is the 9th blog post and this will be the first of three posts regarding the TOC. The TOC, AKA the Table of Contents, falls in between the cover and the two page spread so it serves an essential role in bringing the magazine together and making the experience more appealing by making the browsing of the magazine very easy. Furthermore, the TOC should follow the same or a similar theme to that of the cover and the two page spread in order to promote a sense of unison between the magazine's different aspects. Just like the cover and the two page spread, the layout and design of TOC's vary even in a specific genre, such as sports magazines, and leave a lot of room for c...