flat plans

This is my flat plan for my contents page in which i will use for my own magazine. I created it via photoshop this helped me as it prepares me for when I use the software in the future for similar projects and more specificaly the creation of my actual magazine which I will be using photoshop for it. Now to focus on the design of my contents page most importantly i kept a masthead at the top right corner of the page as i want to estabilsh a recourring theme that people can identify with as each week and page there will be sepearte topics in and images that dont relate to eachother so for people to know it's my magazine they will be able to recgonise the magazine as our logo and name will be shown throughout magazine. Also in the contents page I have placed an editor collum just so the readers can form a relationship with the magazine it becomes personal to me the writer and the audience this is important as it offers what alot of magazines don't offer a communciation between readers. On the bottom of the page I offer competitons and offers this is important as giving readers more than what they paid for will keep them happy and gain loyalty.






Now, to the design of my front cover which for me is the most important part of my magazine because it is the first impression people will make of the magazine as it is the first thing anyone will see. I've decided for it not to have too much infromation on the front cover as i want all infromation for the readers in the magazine as they should get their moneys worth so as you can see i'm simply stating key information on front cover, information that people need to know being buying like who the magazine will be focusing on, issue date, price and also what they will be reading about. As you can see by my flat plan the image my main one will dominate the whole image as the band that the image if of will be heavily wrote about throughout the magazine so it is important for consumers to know this is why they are buying the magazine. Also, within my front cover I will be using a pull quote to persuade my target audience to want to read the article inside.

The double page spread; one page will be a photo only as the second page will be a full interview with the band thats on the opposite page. The colour scheme of the whole magazine is black and white so the first page will be a black and white image therefore the second page will be white background with black writing to compliment the magazines colour scheme. Page numbers will be on the bottom left on every page also the headline of the interview yet again will be a quote from the interview itself. Again, the masthead will be at the top of every page just to create an identiy of the magazines look.