As part of my research into my cover for my music magazine, i made a flat plan, and photo flat plan. Immediately above here is a flat plan; a flat plan is a publication as it is being produced. It shows where all articles and adverts/ promotional offers are laid out, and in what order. It allows complete control of the publication production, avoiding confusion. This flat plan i have made allows gives me a base in which i can work off when creating my front cover, it allows me to see where the pictures i have taken should be placed to get the best effect, and also where each feature would look best. For example the promotional offers would look good placed at the top; to the right, as this is where the reader is most likely to look when picking up a magazine, this immediately grabs their attention.
This is a photo plan i made for the front cover of my magazine; this allows me to see how my magazine would look with my photos in. (I need to get a main header, and also different fonts for the text). It gives me an insight as to what my magazine will look like when it is complete, and allows me to compensate for any mistakes and preview the magazine, allowing time for adjustments if they are needed. I especially like the background I have decided to use for the background for my front cover, after considering the look of the red background through this photo flat-plan, I can clearly see that it is too vibrant; hence drawing far too much attention away from other essential areas of the magazine, e.g. promotional offers and cover stories. Therefore I have decided to incorporate a black and red background, darking the colour significantly. I hope this will achieve its purpose in being less eye catching so the readers can concentrate on the main aspects of the magazine cover.
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