Plan For The Front Cover

Here is my plans for my front cover. Please excuse the drawings and the colouring in of this page. I'm no artist ha ha.

The main image I am going to be using is a of a boy that sort of has the Justin Bieber/ One Direction/ Boy Band Look about him. He is going to be my main story and the double page spread inside of the magazine will be based on him.

He is going to be a singer who is already well known and his songs are in the charts. He is going to be someone in which the girls all fancy and want to have a chance to meet him and fall in love with him. Therefore the audience of the magazine will want to buy the magazine because of this artist.

I am going to have him standing in front of a white background (as if he is performing a photo shot). He will be wearing a shirt and tie. This way he will look smart, professional and good looking. I also think that I am going to place all kisses over his face. It gives the feel that all the girls love him and that he loves the attention from the girls. It is also as if all of the girls are fighting over him. It would add to the story which will be linked to him. "He talks about his music, fans and what all the girls are thinking.....LOVE!' Then maybe underneath saying 'Could YOU be his ideal girl?' This would defiantly get the audience of girls interested. They would want to know whether they are or not his ideal girl.

The headline of the story will be on the left hand side of the page. Above this will be a circle with a competition. 'WIN!!! A chance to meet _____ At A Concert In New York' By placing this in a different shape would draw the eyes of the audience towards this competition. As the audience are females they would defiantly be interested in winning this competition. The girls would jump at the chance to meet this artist.

Right at the top of my magazine will be the title of the magazine. I have named my magazine 'Sound'. This was the most hardest part. I couldn't think of any names, then when I thought up of some good ones, they were already taken or used for old magazines. I am going to place this in bubble writing. This is the style of font which mainly attracts the audience of my magazine. It creates the younger image. I am going to continue to use the bubble writing through out the whole cover of the magazine.

Above the title of the magazine I am going to write the date for the magazine, the issue number and the price. On the left hand side I am going to place the date. I am creating my magazine as a weekly one. The issue number and price will be placed on the right hand side of the page. I am going to set the price of the magazine at £1.60.

Underneath the title will be the selling line. I am going to write 'hot gossip, hot music, hot stlye'. This should then entice the audience into buying the magazine. It also informs the audience what the magazine will be about and based on.

At the top left hand side, above the competition and below the title for the magazine, there will be another story. It will be of a girl singer who has been caught kissing with another major, well known artist. The title of the story will be named 'EXPOSED' Then the names if the artist.

On the opposing side of the magazine there will be a section where is says free posters. By including this on the front cover will allow the audience to believe that the people buying the magazine are getting a deal. They are getting something free. I will include two photos of two different boys. The backgrounds of the photos will be bright colours. Next to the photos I am going to place a caption which should attract the audience into wanting the poster such as 'Yummy Poster of _____' or 'Kissable Poster of ______'. Something that the audience will be interested in. The photos will again be off boy singers. Ones that the girls are majorly interested in.

Underneath that story, on the right hand side of the main image, I will place a list of the other singers/bands which are included within the magazine. I will use bullet points to create the list. After naming one I will place a pink line underneath to split the list up. It will make the list eye-catching towards the audience.

The main colours in which I am going to use throughout the magazine are different pinks and purples. I think this would be a good idea as the main audience for my magazine will be girls. These are the colours which illustrates this view and also want the girls would want to see. I think that in some places I should include other colours such as yellow to give it a contrasting feel and make it look different. Than just one or two colours.