Final Double Page Spread

Final Contents Page

Final Front Cover

Photoshoot Planning Timetable



Final Ideas

 I now have a complete idea in how I plan to create my 3 products due to the research I carried out. The results of my questionnaire will help me with this because I know now what my target audience are interested in.

I plan to price my magazine at £2.50 because I feel my magazine includes everything my target audience is looking for and I believe will be willing to pay this for my magazine. My magazine will be a weekly magazine which I think is good  and that there is enough to fill a magazine once a week.

The cover storys in the magazine will be an even spread between features, news and album reviews along with sometimes adding in a change to win something and/or a poster to get some brand loyalty and keep customers interested. Pictures will be alongside text as well to keep it interesting and keep sales high.

The stories will be a mixed variety and ranked in size on which is most important and relevant that week. All stories must be what the target audience are interested in as well as extra chances to win prizes and things to encourage them to buy the magazine and act as a unique selling point for the magazine.

The last thing I needed to decide was the font, story, colour scheme and title ideas for the 3 products I will be making myself. There will be a variety of fonts used with different colours and styles however they must all compliment each other and look professional. The story I have chosen for my front page and double page spread is the 'Evolution to Fane' story as I feel it is most interesting and most relevant as it can relate to the target audience which is students. The colour scheme I will be using is the

BLUE GREY BLACK WHITE SKY BLUE LIGHT GREY colour scheme but I also plan to add in some red for things I wish to stand out. The title of the magazine I have chosen is 'Exclusive' as I feel it is most relevant and adds a sense of it being unique and different to competitors and therefore encouarge the market to buy it.

Double Page Spread Ideas

The first idea splits the page in two with images on one side and text on the other which is generally how most magazines layout double page spreads. The images are on the right page, the main image is an extreme close up of someones face as a side profile, I feel like this is an effective way of displaying an image and looks different which is what this magazine is all about. Next to the main image are smaller images made to look like polaroids to give a nice effect and stands out as the polaroid also acts as a bright white border. There is also a quote between the two images which is a commonly used feature in magazine to catch the attention of the reader and encourage them to read the full story.
On the left page is the story itself and the title. The title is at the top of the page in large font to stand out and the text follows underneath in two columns which take up the width of the page.

The second idea is spread out accross both pages, both the images and text are the width of the page and the title also runs accross both pages which is in large font to stand out and catch the reader and there is a tag line just below it to grab the readers attention further and get them to read the full story. There is a quote in the top left of the left hand page which is a commonly used feature and is very effective in getting people to read the story. The text is in very short columns but there are five of them spread accross both pages. The columns being different heights gives a nice effect however my final product could not use this feature as it is unprofessional for small text to go accross the middle as it sinks into the crease and becomes unlegible and therefore this is a design flaw. The images that spread accross the page would be fine and able to be seen however I think it would still ruin the effect slightly as someone give a big line going through them doesn't look professional and is unattactive.

The third idea follows the style of the first by having images on one side and text on the other which is also what most double page spreads do. The main image on the left dominates the page and would be a mid shot. The head of the person would be joined by the title on the left and quote on the right. I think this gives a nice symetrical effect and looks professional. The title is a large font to stand out and is at an angle to look unothodox. The quote is placed in a star to catch the readers attention even more than the quote already does. On the right page are two columns where the story will be written which take up the width of the page. The left column is shorter in order to fit in a sub-title for the story. The sub-title is bold to stand out and in large font but in a smaller size than the title to show the difference.

Contents Page Ideas

This first idea has the masthead at the top of the page along side the letter 'E' which stands for the title of the magzine which is exclusive. Above the masthead is the the magazine website, issue number and date which is useful for consumers and can be easily seen and found by their position. The main image is just below the masthead which is on the left, it is joined by two more images which a given the look of being a polarioid which is a nice effect. Each image will represent a cover story which will be mentioned in the list of content which takes up the majority of the right hand side of the page. Below the images is an editors letter which is a nice extra feature for the user and gives the magazine a more personal touch. There is a tiny image of the front cover on the right of the editors letter which is very conventional in magazines as research has shown.

The second idea again has the masthead placed at the top of the page in big text where it stands out clearly for the user to know where they are in the magazine. The letters of the masthead do not go in a straight horizontal line, they are spread out slightly which gives the effect of looking different and exciting which is suitable for the title Exclusive and as the target audience is teenagers generally it will attact their attention. The list of content goes down the page in cronological order but all the text is spread out in different places left and right across the page. This follows the same design of the masthead and again makes it look interesting and exciting. Where there are gaps in the text there is an image placed which will be an image relevant to the particular story next to it.

The third idea is very similar to the second, the list of contents follows the same pattern by going down the page chronologically and spread from left to right and again the relevant images are slotted into the gaps created by the text. The difference with this idea is that the masthead is vertical down the left hand side which again is unconventional and suits the magazine name 'Exclusive'. This means that the list of contents can start at the top but has all be moved to the right. Below everything else is a letter from the editor which is a nice feature for the user.