Blog 4- Flat Plans

I have drawn out two front cover flat plans for the magazine, both are very different from each other and comparisons are made clear in the descriptions.
I chose this bold heading so it stands out on the shelf and catches readers eye. I also decided to use a sans serif font because it is a modern style of writing which will attract a younger audience, which is my intended target. The date and price is clearly shown in the top right hand corner. I decided to have a resonably priced magazine falling in the C2DE catogory. This is because my target audience is younger people, such as students, who will be spending their money on education, therefore it is affordable for them to spare the money.
There are heading for the main stories and a few other pictures to make the cover look very busy and interesting.
The layout of the page is very cluttered like the rock magazine i analysed in the 3rd blog. I have decided to use a similar layout so it fits in with the rock style.

The picture is in the centre and takes up the majority of the page, therefore, is the main focus.

I need to choose a bright and bold colour sceme for the magazine so it stants out like other rock magazines do.

I have also created a second weaker rock magazine front page flat plan. We can see that in comparison to the first magazine it doesnt stand out or follow the main bold theme's of most rock genred magazines. It looks very spaced out and there is not a lot to look at, unlike the first magazine where there are other pictures displayed in different formats and the main heading are put ib bold boxes around the page whereas this magazine only diplays the headlines down one side of the page all in the same way with no pictures to back them up. Also the style of writing does not fit with the rock genre because it is in a scripted handwritting. This front cover would not appeal to rock fans as they would be looking for something different and individual to buy that stands out from other magazines. The majority of people that buy rock magazines are aged 15-40; but mostly teenagers. This magazine may not appeal to younger people as the price expensive and most students will not have the money to regulary buy this magazine reducing the amount of readers and magazines bought. Therefore this is an example of a weak Rock genre magazine as it will not appeal to the target audience.

For the contents page i used a very similar style to the contents page i analysed in blog 3. Most of the page is taken up with pictures. I decided to use a slanted film strip style to make it look more querky and different. The contents of the magazine is then displayed in a simple easy to read format down the side showing the stories and page numbers. The writing used throughout the magazine including the contents page will be a continuous theme of sans serif style which relates to the genre used.

I also added an advertisement at the top simlary to the analysed contents page. This advertisement will interest rock fans as they may be intersted in saving their money by having a regular subscription to the magazine which will work out cheaper than buying it weekly/monthly.

I think the layout is effective because i used a template from another magazine which follows the theme of most rock magazine and i also incorporated some of my own original and different ideas, such as the style the pictures are displayed in.

I choose this layout because again the style is very querky and individual. The writting through out the magazine will be in sans serif font to follow through with a modernised style. The name of the band 'Stereo' is in bold and large capitals to stand out and so readers will be drawn to it and recognise the band name, therefore, it is more likely they will read the article. I decided to have a question and answer story which is more interesting for readers because they can hear what the band has to say rather than stories about the band. This will interest fans more because there is more interation with the band and it shows the article is more reliable because it is from the bands point of view and not the journalist. It is important for the readers to know that the band has connections and a friendship with the magazine producers because it creates a more recognisable name for the magazine. The pictures again take up a large amount of the page to grab the readers interest. Large pictures may influence someone to buy the magazine if they are flicking through to see if it interests them because the pictures are the first thing someone will look at when they turn the page therefore if the pictures are interesting and individual it mnay encourage people to buy the magazine.