For my front cover I had chosen to make my masthead really big and place it at the top of my page in the middle so that it was clear to the reader what the name of the magazine was. I would like the colour of my masthead to be bright and bold so that it will be easier for them if they wished to purchase it again in the future. My research findings found that the reader would prefer bright colours and therefore, making my masthead bright it will have a slight advantage over those who have dull colours.
I had chosen to place my date and issue number in the right corner underneath the masthead in a small font. This is so that it is neatly kept out the way and will not take any emphasis away from the mastehead but will link them together. The selling line of "music that pops" will be in line with the dateline and will be a little bit bigger than the dateline but not too big. I would like it just to sit to the bottom left of the masthead.
My main image will be placed in the centre of the page and will be a medium close up of a female with long hair and bright coloured clothes on. My magazine is pop genre so this is appropriate both for the genre and the target audience's age range of 11-16. I would like her to be wearing make up and to look really pretty so that it reflects how pop culture is stereotypically. To the sides of her face there will be 4 or 5 cover lines which will be mentioning stories on the inside of the magazine and will be famous names such as "Beyonce" and "One Direction" who are also popular in pop music. Beneath these will be the main cover line. This will be the headline story for the artist on the front cover and will be a big statement which will draw the reader in. It will be a bigger font than the cover stories and a little bit smaller than the masthead. The colours will be striking and will capture the readers attention.
My main colours will be pink, orange, white and black as these were the most popular answers for the questionnaires I had previously handed out on the music magazine research. I will try and match the clothes of my model to the colours I have chosen for my colour scheme as I want the model to blend in with the magazine and not look out of place. My barcode will be placed in the bottom left hand corner out of the way so that it is not drawing attention away from any of the stories or features on the page.
To the right hand side of the magazine, slightly upwards will be a plug, this will either be for a free poster or for a free product included with the purchase of this magazine. I will place it in a contrasting colour to the white background, and this will make it stand out more than any of the cover stories. My research findings showed that people would be more likely to buy a magazine if there were some sort of chance or reward to purchasing the magazine.
For my contents page, I kept the colour scheme the same and tried to make sure that the overall appearance and layout was similar. The contents header will be big, bright and bold like the masthead and will be slightly smaller in order to fit in all of the contents along the left hand side. I plan to have the numbers on the left hand side of the stories featured so that it can go in ascending order.
There will be a long shot image placed in the contents page of the magazine. I chose for it to be long shot because I would like it to take up a large amount of space. It will be placed beneath the contents title and above a small story or text box next to the contents collumn. The box will have a coloured background of probably pink and then black writing so that the colour scheme is not distrupted.
For my double page spread I would have my title big and clear taking up nearly half of the left page. Beneath it will be a small description of the content that will be discussed (an interview). The rest of the page will be the interview and in the middle of the text will be an important quote from the interview.
The right page will consist of a medium close up image of the artist and to the right of her will be more of the interview and an additional photo of the artist which can be a "behind the scenes" style photo with a green screen or some sort of editing area to show how she creates her music.
Again I will stick to my colour scheme and will try to balance all of the colours out equally so that one colour doesn't dominate over all of the rest.
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