Flat Plans for unit 5 products

These are my flat plans i drew for my magazine

The front cover of Metals Creed will have a bold red for the title that will stand out and contrast really well with the black background. There will also be reds on the sell-lines and some whites that will fit nicely and be the colour scheme throughout the magazine. The imagery will be of a girl doing the typical ‘Devil horn’ rock pose. This will appeal to the male audience and also the clothes she is wearing should appeal to the girls. She will be wearing dark clothes and heavy black make up that will allow the target audience to identify with the magazine and it will clearly show that it’s a rock magazine so it can be picked out if on a shelf. The font I am using is very bold and stands out very well.

The contents page will give the readers a clear layout of the magazine and means that they can see where each article is which makes it easier for the readers if they want to read a particular article. Under each page number I will put what article it is and then include a bit of what the article is about. The imagery on my contents page will be of a concert which will show the readers how it’s a real rock magazine. The title will be the same font as my front cover.

The imagery of this will be of the same girl mirrored on each page with a different t shirt on. The t shirts will be 2 of the album covers of the top ten best-selling rock albums. This should appeal to my target audience with them liking rock music. Next to each album name I will also have a picture of each album cover and below that I will write about each album and the band that got into the top 10. The image to text ratio on this double page spread will be about 60:40. This article will have sub headings for each album which makes it easy for the reader to see the bands/albums that were the top 10. The model will again be wearing dark clothing and have dark makeup, she will also be pulling a normal facial expression as to not draw too much attention from the album covers on the shirts. I am going to use butterfly lighting as I want the models features to really stand out and for these images to be really eye catching.

This font is again bold and draws the reader into the article. On the word rock I will again have spikes on the word which will be a theme throughout and a nice extra that really emphasize the word rock and should appeal to the readers.  I will be using a normal clear yet still bold font of Calibri (body) for the rest of the article as this will be a theme throughout as this text is easy to read. 

The font for the text in this article will be bold and easy to read, probably Cambria (body) which is the text I am using now. I will have decent sized text to make it easy for the audience to read. My headline will be yet again bold and stand out well. The imagery for this article will be of a rock concert where you can see the band members communicating with the audience, and you can see the clear, awesome atmosphere at a rock festival. 

The imagery will be of the band performing which should have good action shots and make them look really appealing to the audience. The colours will be dark and should outline the instruments and each member clearly.The header for this article will be bold and will also have a sub header of the name of the band. I have chosen the eroded text as it will look affective against a white background with the text being black and bold and will also not distract attention from the sub header that will not be eroded. This affectively should make the sub header stand out more which will give the new and upcoming band more notice which is my aim in this article. I will start my article with an image of the band and a paragraph on the background of this band and what sort of music they play. I will then go into the interviews of how they got started and what they are planning on doing in the future. I will also include a breakout box on the right hand side of the page that will include dates of when and where they have gigs.