Flat Plan

Here are my flat plans for my contents page and front cover, which will help when I come to make my final pieces for these, with placements of everything.

Here are comparisons between my flat plans and some real magazine covers and contents page.

Rolling Stone influenced my decision for the main cover story, and cover line placements on the bottom and right-hand sides as it places it not directly in front of the cover star but still somewhere noticeable.

Clash had some influence on how my masthead looks, in all caps and bold. My colour decisions haven't yet been chosen, but the boldness of the white in Clash's masthead may further influence my magazine's masthead.

NME's handwriting styled coverline has influenced my decision to have a more handwriting styled coverline for my main coverline, as I like how it feels as if the artist has written it themselves making it seem more personal.

I liked how Q's circular graphic looked, and feel that it stands out against both pure text and a more square structure

I took a lot of influence from Mojo's contents page layout, as I liked how the top section looks, with the magazine name repeated, and the box with the date and issue number. I also liked how the contents articles curved around the artist. While I haven't got a neat curve, I do feel that it somewhat influenced my choice.

I was also influenced by Billboard having a top charts section in their contents page, along with some of the comments I got back from the focus group I had, I feel that this creates a general interest in the magazine.