Flat plans

This was my first idea for my front cover. I have used bright and feminine colours to attract my target audiences attention as females like colours such as pink and purple, and as they are aged 11-15 they will be attracted to the brightness of them. My masthead uses the font I have chosen from my other blog and looks appealing and intestesting. My main sell is about the 'Pop factor' which is a TV show I have invented. I got my inspiration for this from TV shows such as 'Pop Idol' and 'The Xfactor'. The main image is going to be of a character called Rosie Louise who has just won the 'Pop factor' and is going to share her views in an exclusive interview. I have used other sells such as 'Celeb love secrets revealed' and 'Hot stuff, new boyband reality releases their debut' to attract the target audience as they will be interested in hot boys and secrets. I have used language such as exclusive, shock and secrets to make it seem dramatic and that they can only find out the information from my magazine and nowhere else. My slogan is 'Britains no.1 stop 4 pop'. I have used No.1 and 4 instead of Number one and for becuase its more friendly and appealing to my target audience. Also stop and pop rhyme so it makes it fun and chatty and reminds the reader of the title of the magazine. I have used a rhetorical question, this draws the reader into the magazine and makes them feel like they are part of it and their not just going to be reading things about other people. The price of my magazine is £1.40. This is suitable for my target audience because they are of an age of which they get pocket money, so this seems a reasonable price.

 This is my second idea for a front cover. I have used the same font for the masthead but have filled it in blue and contrasted this with pink outline. This makes it appealing to the target audience becuase they are feminine colours and are  bright and eye catching. My main sell for this cover is about a hot new boyband called 'Reality' that release a debut album. The word 'hot' makes it attractive to the target audience because my target audience is females which will be interested in hot males.Other sells are about the pop factor show and real life stories. These both sound interesting and exciting. As with my previous front cover design the price of the magazine will also be £1.40.

I have come to the conclusion that I will use a mixture of both of my front cover designs when creating my final magazine front cover as I feel elements of both covers are important and make it appealing to my target audience.

This is the design of my contents page. I have situated the masthead at the top of the page so it is clear to the readers that they will find the contents on this page. Around the edge of the page is the list of contents which is split into groups which are: News and Views, Celeb Gossip, Fashion and TV&Reviews. It also includes a flash about an exclusive pull out of my hot boy band which will attract my target audience. I will include a note from the author, this is very common in most pop magazines, as it allows interaction between the author and readers, this will especially appeal to my target audience.Underneath there will  be an image from a story featured in the magazine to catch readers attention.

This is my design for the double page spread of my magazine. The main headline is 'Victory for Rosie'. Rosie is the winner of the the 'Pop factor'. I have chosen a headline about a new artist and on latest gossip so that the reader can get exclusive new gossip about them. On the left hand side is the main image of Rosie. Scattered around the main body text are pull quotes of important gossip which will attract the readers attention and make it more interesting. The page will also feature information on the next series of the pop factor. This will make the reader want to buy the magazine again because it advertises future gossip and information. This will also increase interaction with the reader because it will allow them to follow the star. I have also included a section that focuses on the rest of the contestants from the show. This adds variety as it doesn't just focus on one person from the show.

Fonts

I have chosen to call my magazine 'The pop stop'. The word pop relates to the music genre I have chosen and the word stop makes people want to stop and look at the magazine. I need to find a suitable font for my magazine cover that is suitable for my target audience. I have used http://www.dafont.com/ to do this.

These were my final three favourites that I have chosen that could be used in my logo. The first two are curved which makes them more suitable for the female audience. Also, they are informal and would be used on a teen magazine rather than a broadsheet newspaper. The first font has hearts and is in a grafitti like style, the second font is a bubble style font and the third one is quite strong and bold.

My final choice of font for my mast head of my magazine was the first one. I chose this becuase it was the most feminine which made it most suitable for my target audience. It is also informal so looks friendly and inviting.

For the title of my contents page I picked a font that looked attractive and suitable for my target audience.

I have picked this font because it looks interesting and fun. I think it is suitable for my target audience because it is curved which makes it informal and suitable for the younger population.

This is the font I have chosen for the main headline of my double page spread. I think it is attractive and looks exciting so will draw the readers eye.I will use different colours in the font and the shadow to make it look interesting.