Flat Plans

Above is the Flat plan for one of the front covers of my magazine. I modeled the design a lot on that of the Q magazine front cover i analysed earlier in the blog. I liked the idea o

f keeping the design simple and letting the images speak and not crowd the page. The main sells conform to my target audience, with the main themas of them all are music but with a comedian like 'Ricky Gervais' showing my target audience has other interests as well as music. My masthead i have chosen is G.B.M which stands for 'God Bless Music'. I liked this name as it looked good and i think the name would appeal to my target audience. I also think it's a good name because it could be made into a recognised brand quite easily.

This is my second cover. I didn't go with this design in the end in the end because i thought that my first design was better. The reasons I think this, is because the layout of my previous front cover is better because it is clearer and the main flash and the main sells are more obvious and displayed better.

Above is the flat plan of my contents page. I modelled the lay-out on a Q magazine contents , whilst still trying to keep some originality in the design. The title of the page is G.B.Contents, this is a continuation of my magazines name, it would mean 'god bless contents'. I added a small editorial not at the bottom left of the page. This i think made the magazine more informal which i think is better and a downfall of Q magazine in my opinion is that it is too formal.

Above is the flat plan for the double page spread in my magazine. The first page will be a big group shot of the band with a quote from them underneath. This is to catch the readers attention and to introduce them to the band and establish the band in their mind.

The second Page will consist of another group shot and my article on the band.. I have modelled the lay-out for my double page spread on a Mojo interview with Gene simmons. The interview will consist of a background bio on the band, and a question and answer section.