Flat Plans

 I have made flat plans and rationale for front cover, contents page and double page spread. I put my ideas down for colour scheme, images, text, layout and font.

 

Front Cover

On the front cover of my magazine I plan to use a three-shade colour scheme of red, white and black this will make the magazine gender neutral. The Masthead and main sell lines will be in red, as this is the brightest colour, this will contrast against the white and black making them stand out immediately. The background of the front cover will just be a plain white so the masthead and main sell lines stand out against it. The main image of my magazine will be a mid shot of a girl, this will attract the male audience and also the female as other females will aspire to look like the model. The Mise-en-scene will have for props I plan to use old records this links musically, the model will have bright red lips and dark smokey eyes which will subtly match the colour scheme. The model will be doing the invitational pose with a direct gaze to attract readers to the magazine. The camera angle will be at the angle of the model with her looking towards the camera at the reader.I plan the image background to be white so that all of the focus is on the model and which will draw the reader in to read the magazine.

Contents Page

For the contents page I will follow the same colour scheme as what I have used for the front cover, this will make the magazine look more professional and be clear and easy for the reader to read. I will put on several images the show what the more important articles are. The images will help the reader understand about the different articles.  The mise-en-scene of the images will have props relating to music. Next to each of the images I will put a page number, so the magazine is easy to navigate around. The title will be a contrast of two colours, red and white, this will make it stand out and make the page look energetic. the text is very simple and informal, this is again so that it is easier for the reader to understand it and read it. I will have the name of the magazine underneath the title, this is so the magazine is always known throughtout. The font I will use for the title will be bold, this is so the reader can find the page easily when flicking through the magazine. The layout of the contents page will be very appealing to the eye. The format will be very simple which will assist readership because it will be in three main sections. Im not putting elements of the page in diagonals, instead to create a energetic layout im the convention in different sized boxes. The vocal point of the page will be the main image, this image will be for the main article. The contents list will be on the side and will be easy to read. I will try to assure there will be no deadspace however I will also try and make it not sure crowed. I will fill dead space with different coloured backround.

Double Page Spread

For the double page spread I with the same house style and colour, so the magazine will be consistant and sophisticated. I have again chose to use the colours red, black and white. These colours are gender nuetral and it is a good three shade colour scheme. The colour scheme will also connote with the mixed genre of music. The headline colour will be red and this will contrast with the article text as it will be black. The main article image will also contrast with the rest of the text. The image I have chose will be a sophisticated image, the mise-en-scene of this will connote with music as she will hold props such as microphones or a guitar. The body language of the model for my main article image will be inviting. This will help grab the reader attention for them to read the article. The camera will be angled so the that model has a ey line match to the reader. I will have the image on one half of the page, this is so the space looks well filled. The narrative voice for the main article text will be quite formal it will be spoke it third person. The article will have qotations throughout, I will have a pull quote so that the reader will carry on reading the article. The font I will use for the headline will be a bold font because it will be eye-catching. The font I will use for the text will be simple so that it is easy for the reader to read. The layout will be simplistic with the article image covering half of the page, this will assist the readership as it will be easier for the eye to read it.

Photoshop task

I created a Simpson's movie poster and applied all my knowledge on photoshop to make it.

This task was peer marked, my peer awarded me a mark of 36/40 which is a grade A.

The feedback which my peer gave me was that the images I used were of a good quality and are relevant. The colours I used are good and contrasting. The things which I could of improved on were to make the title slightly lower, the release date could be bigger and more noticeable and there was no use of blending options.