Intentions

Front Cover


Name: Boast, I chose to name my magazine Boast as it relates to younger people as it gives the impression of talking and gossiping, along with articles about music. It also links with the slogan that will be placed on the contents page that says "Alot to boast about.." relating back to the magazine name so the audience knows exactly what it's called.


Image: For my front cover I am planning on placing one female model on the front, with a simple dress in a block colour print. I want the pose to be quite a relaxed, hand on hip pose which is typical of the genre that I am recreating for my magazine. I am also considering having two female models on the front of my magazine as 'Top of the Pops' covers tend to have more than one model on the front along with other photographs around the main image of other stars inside the magazine.

Font/Colours: Font styles are really important within my genre for the audience as it needs to be quite fun and jazzy as it needs to stand out and attract the readers attention, this is typical conventions of a pop magazine as it seems quite different from other magazines as it has a much younger audience than the typical music magazine reader. I will typically use bright and eye catching colours such as pinks and purples and blues as these are typical of the target audience as they are quite girly and young colours appealing to the audience directly.


Contents Page


Images: For my contents page I am going to use my actual magazine cover as a photograph labelling the text on the front page and giving the audience the page number that they are each placed on so that they can find exactly what they want to read about straight away. I am also using an image of one of the models included within the magazine to represent what else is inside the magazine for them to read about.

Layout: The page is going to be laid out by using rectangle columns to present each article simply with it's page number, along with highlighting or underlining specific articles that are the most interesting and the most important that the reader might be interested in. I will place the slogan at the top of the page followed by the photograph of the magazine cover just underneath it, with the columns surrounding it and the model photograph in the bottom left hand corner.

Fonts: Once again it's going to be quite similar to the fonts I used within the front cover of the magazine, but I will use the website dafont.com to find a suitable font for the page that fit in within my genre and will attract my younger audience.


Double Page Spread

Images: Typically for my interview double page spread I am going to use the same model that is included within the front cover, but in different poses and with other members of her band as the front cover model is going to be a part of a girl band and then will be brought together with her band mates inside the magazine on my double page spread. Either this or I shall include the band on the whole front cover of the magazine. But the sample magazine I am using as my guide throughout the process of making my magazine shows a close up of the model which I shall stick to along with inside have close up and long shots of the model or models. The images are going to be taken inside a studio with a white background.

Layout: My layout is going to be quite simplistic inside the magazine as my sample magazine has a clear white background with the model posing infront of the white background, which is what I am going to follow with my double page spread. Also the text shall be surrounding the photographs with a quote from the interview giving the double page a title to give the reader and insight to what the interview is about.

Fonts: With my double page I am going to use much calmer colours and a simple black colour to type up the interview and some of the text with the main title being a completely other colour to attract attention to the interview. The font style may be more simplistic than the front cover and contents page even though I would like to bring in some fun and bubbly fonts to continue the theme throughout the magazine, showing signs of consistency.