Flatplans

Front Cover Flatplan



This flatplan is of my official frontcover for my music magazine. The mast-head is 'Pop Viva', I think it will appeal to my target audience as they can relate to the word 'Pop' and the word 'Viva'. Straight away my target audience instantly know what music genre this magazine is all about. Secondly they may recognise the word 'Viva' from the fairly new music channel called Viva. It features the latest songs from Pop artists. So my idea was to place them together. I have presented it in my flatplan in a central position at the top of the page so that it is easiest to read there. Also the size of the font is about normal size; not to be large, not to small. The layout of the mast head has central position to imply what magazine this is.The main flash is the cover story position in the centre of my page. It is focusing on The X Factor, the main flash says in bold lettering 'X Factor Special'. Also I chose to write 'VIVA EXCLUSIVE!' because the article as the main flash is the only magazine to have all the information on this topic. Using just Viva, instead of the whole magazine's name it shows a possible nickname for the magazine being much more recognisable. The font used for 'VIVA EXCLUSIVE' is very bold and in capital letters show that it is important new and needs to notify the audience immdiately. Also the lettering will be san-serif even with the capital lettering. For the words 'X Factor' i used san-serif lettering that isn't traditional serif it is bold, and going to be vibrant to draw the attention to the target audience. I used different lettering for 'Special' as the time of your had just past christmas as still in a winter, festive mood and spirals represent this with san-serif.The main sells are positoned down both sides of the magazines. The first one is positioned on the left-side about a third of a way down the page it is called 'Viva's New Shows'. I chose this as a main sell as it gives publicity for Viva the music channel and it may encourage the target audience to read Pop Viva and also watch Viva the music channel. If the reader follows on in the magazine then they might be interested more into the magazine. The next main sell is a free gift that is printed on the front of the magazine. The gift is a free little bag of haribo. I presented it as a main sells as in the actual magazine it could be a little article why the Pop Viva readers get a free gift. The font it includes a exclamation point as a free gift is rare and is an exciting point. On the right side of the page is the another main sell it is parallel in line with the first main sell. It boldly says ' New Albums Release 2010 *Christina Aguilera *Eminem *Amy Winehouse. This is a huge selling point for the magazine as it gives the latest information on the latest album releases and most of the target audience are interested when there favourite artists are releasing a new album. This main sells is positioned here as it is a key selling point and more easier to read on the outside of a page rather on the otherside of the page. My last main sell is an image of my pretend superstar know as 'Connor James'. His image is presented here as it gives the target audience an immadiate recognition of who Connor James is. My target audience may be a bit young to recognise just a name of an artist so an image helps out hugely. Then the font I have used is just stating 'Connor James Interview'. The plain use of language is enough information for the reader to attract them to buy and read the interview inside. On the frontcover of this flatplan I feature a strap line at the very base of the page. This lists some of the other key features that are feature in the magazine. It says 'Posters,Songwords, Tour Dates, Prizes. The font of the strapline will be in sans-serif as it then follows the theme of the frontcover with all the fonts in sans-serif, with different variations. The different features that are featured are separated with a symbol inbetween. The symbol that is used is a heart shape, infact when I present my photos in my photo blog, I will explain the heart-shape symbol is actually heart-shaped Haribo! The barcode is postioned sideways in the bottom right hand corner of the frontcover page. I have decided to place it there because I feel it doesn't detract the focus of the other elements of the magazine. The barcode will be used as a tool for magazine publishers to see how many copies they will sell of there magazines.The date and issue is presented under the masthead it is there instead of a tag-line. I chose to do the second week of January as the first week of January may start in December. Also it will be issue 1 as it is the first issue of the year. The price of the magazine isn't actually presented currently on the flatplan but it will be added to the real front cover.

Contents Page

The main head on the contents page is the 'Contents Page' as that is the title of the contents page. The type of font that is used is sans-serif as the three full stops after it imply that it continues. This continies by the information that is presented below on the page. The main flash is the boxes that are layed out down the centre of the page, which hold the majority of key information that is featured in the magazine and assist what page they are on. The first box has a image next to it of the pretend X Factor winner April Jones, this gives a preview from her double page spread interview that is conveyed later on in the magazine of pages 4-5. The language that is used is to attract my target to read on. The size of the font for the page number is larger than the text so they can read easier the text. Some readers in the target audience are too excited about an interview with there idol they just want to know the page number so they can read on. The next box down is all about a brand new quiz for a brand new year. The little sentence talks about the new albums that are released in the new year. It gives a snippet of what maybe to expected to be tested on in the quiz. The last box that is layed out down the centre is talking about Lady GaGa herself talking about all her latest news. The target audience would be interested in Lady GaGa's latest news as her lifestlye and music is forever changing; as they would aspire to her music as being a role model. Her own style of music is influenced many different ways so they can find out where in the UK she is playing this year. Down the left side of the page grid there is a photo of the Pop Viva's logo that is used when they are trying to sell something like a trademark. It is presented here as it reminds the target audience of what the logo looks like if they wanted to tell there friends about it or something. Parallel to this photo oppisite is a Haribo heartshaped sweet that is a key symbol to Pop Viva magazine it is part of the Pop Viva trademark. The last main sell on the contents page is the little information box with contact information to Pop Viva if anybody has any queries or want to know more information about us. 'For more music news go 2 our website http://www.popvivamag.co.uk/ (not a real website).


Another Front Cover




I chose this front cover as my second choice for instants the first design didn't work out. Also I used it to show another design I had made up for a pop genre magazine cover. The masthead is runs the width of the page it is called 'Pop Sheep'. I called it this as my target audience can understand what it means; it has been cleverly designed. The word 'pop' instantly shows that the magazine is for the pop genre. Then the word 'sheep' is chosen because pop music is short for popular so popular music. So sheep are known to follow in large groups, and popular music is followed by large groups of people. So I thought logically and put in together and thought 'why not have pop sheep'. The type of font I would of used would be serif as the serifs on the ends of the letters flick out. The main flash is focusing again on The X Factor partly as the cover star is Cheryl Cole who is a judge on the show. The little sentence underneath is an interview on 'her thoughts on this years winner!'. This cover story is an exclusive as now other magazine with have this certain interview. The thoughts from Cheryl Cole will cement a huge interest to the target audience as she is a huge, young role model to young girls. She is like an idol to them. Her thoughts will play a key part as she has heard the winner sing live from the start, so a true expert! The font used on the 'C' in Cheryl is made bold and stripy to highlight a symbol of a sweet from a traditional sweet shop. The rest of Cheryl is written in an handwritten to font as if was written like a diary. The X Factor journey has been like a journey. The sentence underneath also follows the same style of font which is known as sans-serif. main sells are placed on both sides of the page. Firstly I would to talk about the sell on the left side of the page about a third of a way down. 'NEW YEAR, NEW STARS! Read on to find out!' This sell implies that 2010 is a brand new year for new stars that may appear in the next year who is going to be successful and who the new stars of the future are tipped to be. The other main sell is all about the latest news all Lady GaGa. The article is underlined as sheep! because that is a nickname for the magazine and it is links in with following. As pop music is followed by a lot of people and Lady GaGa represents some of pop music. The font that is used for both main sells is sans-serif as the type of articles are informally used. I have given this front cover a strap-line as it gives extra information about the contents of inside. For this issue there is only one piece of information but it is very interesting. '50 OF THE BEST GIGS UPCOMING! This information is exiciting as it instantly gives key information about the latest gigs that are coming soon. The type of gigs for this target audience would maybe be something like 'The High School Musical Tour' or something. I used a little image of a sheep on the strapline to symbolise the mini trademark of the magazine cover. The barcode is positioned in the bottom right hand corner of the page facing sideways up the page so that it is in the way of the elements of the main features on the page.
The price of the magazine is actually presented on this page as I forgot to put it on there. The date is apparent to the reader as it is postioned in a place where a tag-line might be. The issue is for Monday 11th January 2010, so very mid into the month of January.

Double Page Spread


The layout of my double page spread is presented as a landscape position on a A4 spread. I have presented two images of the same person on this page of the cover star. One close up and one full length shot. I used this to show the cover star from two different angles.