Blog 4 - Flat Plan

This is the flat plan for my front cover. I have choosen a picture of 'Rob the Rich' as my front cover because my double page spread it about them. For the photo I want it to be eye-catching and make my target audienece to be drawn towards the differnce between this photo on a front cover to any other magazine. To do this I look at 'NME' and 'Q' magazines and I got the idea that the photo should be a long head shot of all the band members with the shot going towards the right side. I have decided that the boys are going to be lined up one after the other, as shown in the picture, with their heads at different angles, shown be the arrows. The down arrows shows that the person will be looking forward and the arrow pointing to the left shows that the person head will be facing the left. I also want Adam to be at the front of the shot because he is the lead singer. I also want Sam to follow because he is the backing vocalist and lead guitarist but after Sam I want it to go in high order. With Rich, the tallest at the end. I have done this so that the audience knows that Adam is the lead singer and also because if the highs are a bit different it will be more interesting for the audience to look at. I think that because the photo is different and kwerky my target audience will be more drawn to it.

This also intertwines with the fact that my magazine is going to be called 'IN' because it is going to stand for the magzine being INdie, INdervisial and IN for it will be the thing to read. This is to show what the magazine is about and why my target audinece will want to read it, it also is because my target audinece are all of these things. My logo of 'IN' is going to be in a tone that is a bit lighter then blood red. It is going to be to the left side of the page because then it will not get in the the way of the faces of the band memebers. It going to be the biggest bit of writing on the page and also will have more statement by its boldness to show that it is a logo. The logo will also cross over to some of the band memebers faces to show the link.

The heading of 'Rob the Rich' is used in the font of 'Varsity' this font will make the main heading of 'Rob the Rich' stand out to the rest of the page. This is good because 'Rob the Rich are the main subject of the article of this issue of the magazine. I am also going to put this heading in a deep, blood like red. This will contrast to the sun tinted colour of the front cover image. The writing of this heading is going to be in captilals apart from the 'The' in 'Rob the Rich.'

The sub-heading are going to be of other artists that will feature in the magazine, they will be put above the main heading. Theses sub-headings will consist of five different up and coming artists. Theses sub-headings will be in black but in differnt coloured boxes, all turnet white and a pastal blue. Theses be will in lines above eachother.

The contents page of my magazine hopefully will have two photos on the page. One of 'Rob the Rich' and one of one of the up and coming artists like 'Zoe Brownrig'. The photo of 'Rob the Rich will be at the bottom left coner of the page and the photo of the up and coming artist will be at the top right side of the magazine. This will be below the title of the contects page which is called 'Contents,' this will be at the top left hand coner of the page. This will also be bigger then the other fonts of the page so that it catches the readers attention and pops out on the page. Underneath the main title heading there is going to be the logo of the magazine 'IN,' this is going to be under the 'C' of 'Contents'. By having the logo underneath the title heading it reminders the readers what magazine they are reading and links the front cover and the contents pages together. The bullet points of what the magazine consists of are going to be mostly on the right side of the page. These are because to be in the sans-serif font and there are going to be some of the main events in bigger fonts. This is so the main events of the magazine jump out to the aundience.


The double page spread is going to be quite simple. The font of the article is going to be in a serif font with the artcle in a colume on the right hand side of the right page of the double page spread. Their is going to be a photograph of 'Rob the Rich,' who the article is about, that will cover about 3/4 of the double page. There will be a a pull quote in the middle of the article to draw the readers attension to the article and make them want to read it. The title of the article 'Rob the Rich' is going to be in a college font and will be surrounded but different coloured dots that are orange , blue and yellow. I am doing this because it is the band logo and it will link the article more to the band and help the readers relate to it.