Final Flat Plan

I have changed changed my magazine name from 'Kosher' to 'Bosher'. The reason in this is that I found out that kosher is related to Jews and Jewish meat, so from this I found it inappropriate to have this as my masthead. I have placed the masthead there because it is most effective if it at least 1/5 of the page. Able enough to grab the audiences attention and make them pick up this magazine rather than any other magazine. I have placed a skyline on my front cover because in my opinion it adds to the selling point of the magazine as when people will see it, they will think to themselves that this is a brilliant magazine and will persuade them upon purchase. Therefore I would be making more sales. The target audience would find this eye catching and appealing. The main image I have drawn up is basically the same image as the image I used in my proposal. The photo of Kid Cudi smoking whist not having direct gaze with the reader. With not having direct gaze with the reader this lets the reader think to themselves what are they hiding. Makes them want to read on and that is what you want from a front cover. In this photo the key prop will be the cigarette. Since he is smoking, smoking not only is related to dance music but when a artist smokes they are automatically given the 'bad boy' label. And a lot of music dance artists like to have the bad boy label. Makes them different from the rest of the artists in the world. So in a sense this sort of thing relates to indie music. The sell lines are placed to the right hand side of the main image. The reason for this is that this is where sell lines are most effective in my opinion. Just placed in the middle of the front cover so the reader is bound to see them, and if the main article doesnt persaude the audience to buy the magazine. A sell line will placed in the correct place and have a good content.  

This is the final flat plan for my real music magazine, Bosher. 

And this is the contents page. The main image you see on the right hand side is taken up nearly one half of the page. The reason behind this is that this will be one of my other articles and the person that I take a close up of will be pulling a blank expression, no smiling or posing. Just staring at the camera and having direct gaze with it. Therefore when the audience looks upon this it will engage the reader into wanting to expand on that certain article. I do not have the headline above the image because I want all that space to be that certain person and only him in that. No words, I think that this will make the image more effective. I do not have the issue date and the issue number on the contents page as I think that they are more effective and not needed when they are already on the front cover. I have placed the contents title in the same place as the masthead on the front cover. I have done this becasue people will know what page they are on and where to find the articles they want to read. I have the subheadings 'Exclusive', 'Regular Features' and 'This week only' and people will be able with this, to again locate where the articles are and it will make it easier and faster to get around my magazine.