Flat Plan

Here is a flat plan of what I would have inside a complete magazine. Obviously the whole magazine won't be completed, but flat plans are a great base to make sure that you know exactly what type of magazine it is going to be so that you can understand your magazine as much as possible, including things to write about in the contents page, how long your article will be and can even help with the design/style of the magazine. From doing this plan, I now know what I would like and not like inside my magazine, and has given me a idea of who this magazine is aimed at.

Contents page Draft

I wanted a similar theme to the front cover to show that they are the same magazine. I think the colour scheme makes the reading easy to read. I also used lots of photos as I didn't want too much writing.

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Draft Of Magazine Front Cover

Here is a final draft idea of my Dance music magazine front cover:

I decided to use bold fonts and lots of writing to make it look as if the magazine is jam-packed. I used these colours because I wanted them to match the magazine name "Neon". I've included some secondary images as the main image is very simple. I also inserted a bar code at the bottom corner to make the magazine look more realistic.

New Magazine Photos

When I took my first photo shoot for my magazine images a few weeks ago, I was really happy with them. They looked very professional and posed, as I used a white background and the DJ was wearing smart attire. However, when I actually went to make the magazine front cover, the image didn't quite match the style of magazine I was going for. My magazine genre is dance and the title name is "Neon" and the image I picked would have been perfect in an Indie or a fashion magazine. Automatically I realised that I needed to have a more fun, relaxed or colourful photo on the front cover, so I decided to take some more and that I could use the previous photos in the double page spread. In this shoot I decided to dress the model in a funky tropical shirt with headphones around his neck or on his head, as well as having sunglasses on his head, around his neck or on his eyes. I stood him in front of different backgrounds, such as a cupboard and a bookshelf. I also took some images of him holding some vinyl's to give the images a sense of style.

This is my favourite image and I think I'll use this for the front cover.

In the double page spread the interviewer asks the DJ what his other hobbies are, and he says he enjoys flying, so here is an image I can use that will link with that text.

Final Mast Head Ideas

Universal Pictures research

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