This is my original plan for the magazine;
most areas will be stuck to when designing the magazine spread. However the
size of images or text will vary throughout the process to achieve the perfect
composition that I feel will be most attractive and appealing to the audience. The masthead will remain at the top of the
page in each issue to make it recognizable to the audience and help create a
memorable image to the magazine. It will be red and bold in each issue to keep
a similar house style and give the magazine a professional and reliable
approach.
The barcode will be
positioned in the right hand corner; this is because after having researched
barcode positioning we decided that it is the recognisable position is there
and people will be able to find it easily. Also in the retail world it would be
easy to find, giving the approach that our magazine will be reliable and professional.
The date and price of the magazine will also be positioned with the barcode
this is because we fell it isn’t important enough to be sat under the master
head of the magazine but not irrelevant enough not to be on the front cover, it
well be easy to find if all the retail information about the magazine is together.
The cover lines of this issue will positioned under the cover story so the
audience can see what else is included within the interest without looking elsewhere
and losing interest.
The articles
included on the cover line will appeal to both genders as they will include factual
information about music or the main featured artist. They will be gossip based
so they appeal to the female audience too. The cover lines will be positioned
to the left side of the page; this will remain the same within each issue to
keep a consistent house style. Also the audience are likely to read Spine to
Trim.
In each issue of
Tune the skyline will be positioned in the same place and produced using the
same colours and font. This will result in the audience being able to recognise
the magazine image. It will be an incentive for the audience when they buy the magazine.
In each issue the incentive will be different to offer variation to the audience
and prevent them getting bored and finding it tedious.
The main cover will
differ in each issue, like every magazine issue does. The positioning of the
text and font might differ depending on the layout of the image. It would help
to do this as each issue would then be unique and interesting. The main story
targets both genders.
When we use the
title of our magazine within the magazine spread it will be in a consistent
font and colour to make it recognisable to the audience and it will help create
an image to our readers.
