Magazine contents page - Planning

This is the planning for my contents page, I made two different plans as I wasn't yet sure on what my target audience would prefer, cluttered or uncluttered. The first one is uncluttered and simple and has a clear 'index' to allow easy browsing of the magazine, unlike the second one which is cluttered and has things going on all over the page. I thought that boys would like the more messy and cluttered approach but after asking a few males of the target audience I found that they would actually prefer something simpler; therefore aiming more at the first attempt of planning. Whilst creating it I ended up constructing something that looked nothing like my plan but it was simple and uncluttered which is appealing to the audience. I kept with the same idea of having the main pictures in one place but I completely changed everything else and constructed something I feel would appeal more to the target audience.