Flatplan Draft 3

Third Flatplan Draft

FRONT COVER:

Here is another draft flatplan for my front cover that I have made with other ideas that I have, as well as ideas I have taken from my research on other music magazines relating to my POP music genre. I have specifically looked at Billboard magazine that has given me a range of ideas which I would like to use in my final production, for example, in this flatplan I have decided to put all the taglines in one place which is down the left hand side. This is an idea I have taken from my research seen in my mood board of 'Magazine Front Cover Ideas' I have produced and I think it would be a great idea to use for my final production. I believe it would be better than placing taglines all over the front cover, possibly making it harder for the audience to read, especially if the main image covers most of the white space and is colourful. 

Like in my other flatplans, my masthead and logo are always at the top of my front cover as it allows them to stand out and its where I believe and the criteria thinks that the title of a magazine should go. 

I have included many conventions on my magazine including; masthead; logo; taglines; images; barcode; headline and competition. 

This draft is one of my better flatplans as I think it shows the conventions clearly and if I brought it to life, by adding in my text and images, would make the magazine look professional and reach my target demographics.

CONTENTS PAGE:

Although in the contents page there doesn't look like much is going on and therefore can look quite boring, I think that actually these ideas shown in the flatplan are quite interesting and different. In the background it says 'main image covering most of the background' this shows that my plan is to produce and image that will take up most of the background, this image will relate to my audience, ideas and research to focus on the theme of my magazine. My plan is to then fit the page listing of the magazine against the image to make it look professional and fitting my research. I think that if I carried out this idea for the flatplan and used it for my final production, I think it could make my magazine look more professional, while fitting my research, my audience and the criteria needed for the magazine. 






DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD:

Although the contents page may look quite different to this flatplan of my double-page spread and my front cover, however I still feel this matches the theme of all. I wanted the contents page to be different than the rest of the flatplans in this blog as it allows it to stand out to show the contents included in the magazine and to get people interested and more people attracted to it. 

With this double-page spread, I plan to have my image across the top of the page, with the headline above it. This is a idea to attract the audience to everything included on the magazine, this is the actual text, the image and from the headline. From all the other flatplans made, I feel this is my favorite as it is meeting the conventions, as well as being different then most magazines.