Flat Plans

 Front Cover 

This is my initial idea for my music magazine final product. I have made sure to include all the main features which are needed to be included, i.e. banners, the masthead, various cover lines, the main image, the main title/sell line, the essential information (barcode, price, issue number etc) and the puff. When producing my final product, i will use this as a template, and i will follow it in order to ensure that i am well organised. 

 

Contents Page

This is my initial idea for the Contents page of my magazine. I have kept it in a simple format because i did not want it to look too overcrowded, however, when i apply the images and the text, i will make them as interesting as possible, to ensure that the page is not too dull or plain. I have included the main features, such as the Title ("Contents"), the main image (a photo of my model), the page titles and page numbers, and a selection of subheads with some added information to give the reader an insight of what's inside. 

Double Page Spread

This is the flat plan for my double page spread. I have chosen to use a large title which covers the whole top of the page, in order to attract the attention of the readers straight away. I will write this in a bold font to make it stand out against the dark background. I have set out the article in columns as my target audience is teenagers, therefore they will appreciate it as it will be easier to read, as they dont tend to enjoy reading large bodies of text; it's a lot easier to gather information from the text when it is broken up into columns. I have also overlayed the image with a pull-quote which i will take from the extract in the article. This will most likely be a sentence which provokes emotion, in order to encourage the reader to read the article in order to find it for more information.