Flat Plan

In order for the production of my magazine to run smoother, I have created a flat plan for all of the pages I will be creating. They will serve as a guide as to how the information I include on my pages are to be laid out. 

Front cover

FRONT COVER: For the front cover of my pop music magazine I intend to have a teenage female to model in a head and shoulders shot. An alternative idea would be to have the model in a mid shot as, when thinking about my target audiences' preferences, some teenage girls like to see what the model on the front of a magazine is wearing. Many girls look to magazine models in order to gain an idea of what is fresh in the fashion industry. I will be sure to take both of these shots when the time to take my photos approaches in order to see which one looks the most effective.
As I will prefer to have a shot and snappy title, it will be bold and large to make it stand out more at the top of the page this will catch the eye of a potential consumer making it more likely that they will purchase it (that is if my magazine were to be put on the market). Some ideas I had were either something similar to 'RAW' or a spin on the word 'pop' such as 'Pop-sane!'. In turn I thought that my model should be wearing some sort of animal printed clothing to mirror the take on the word 'roar' which I turned to 'raw'. The word 'raw' to me, would relate to the gossip side of my magazine with it being 'raw' and 'fresh'. However I decided to settle with something that would instantly tell the reader what the magazine is about. 'POP CRAZE' was the best one I could pick as it screamed pop music and gave off the feel of a young, fun and of course crazy magazine .
The quote layered over part of the model is a common feature of a magazine which contains within it some sort of interview. Since my double page spread will consist of an interview, I thought that the quote on the front cover may entice the reader to read inside the magazine. I see it as a 'teaser', to make the reader want to read on.
The circle nearby the models shoulder which contains the text 'EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW INSIDE' is included as I thought that this would create an authentic look to my magazine, it will hopefully make my front cover look more official. 
The overall layout of the pull quotes and features inside etc. around the model is not to overcrowded as I have observed on some pop music magazines for teen girls (such as magazine 'top of the pops'). I wanted to create a look that was simple yet interesting at the same time.

Contents page

CONTENTS PAGE: Many of the contents pages in the magazines I have looked at are pretty simple in the way the information is laid out. For my magazine, although I am going for the more mature approach to the traditionally girly teen pop magazine I have decided to create a contents page flat plan with elements that will hopefully serve as yet another 'teaser' to make the reader want to read on.
The heading of the page 'CONTENTS' appears slightly deformed (to the untrained eye!), however my aim was to make it appear as if the title is so packed with gossip that it has started to leak. Now that revisit my drawing, I think that this should have actually been underneath the word 'GOSSIP!' which would be playing on the phrase 'JUICIEST GOSSIP!'.
I have made sure to include a picture of the same model on my front cover on my contents page so that the reader will know that there is a feature about her further into the magazine. This is also to ensure that my magazine will have a running theme (continuity). I have also made the contents title purple to match the title on the front cover.
I have always had the idea in my mind to make my magazine fun in a subtle way, so after researching different music magazines I was pleased to see that this could be achieved with the smallest of features. As you can see, some of the pictures are shown as Polaroids, I decided to include these to add that scrapbook feel to the page; making the reader feel a sense of ownership of the magazine.
The shape on the bottom right hand corner is there to catch the eye of the reader. Within it contains the text 'EXTRAS', again running with the idea of subtle fun, I have decided to include perhaps the text 'free poster' as from my questionnaire I found that some of the people I asked enjoyed having free posters in a music magazine.

Double page spread

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD: This is where my interview with my made artist will be placed. The title of my double page spread is large and takes up a lot of the top quarter of the pages. This is a way of introducing the artist with a bang. Instantly the reader knows this person's name and this may prompt them to want to know more about her. The words 'Under the skin of:' is included as I thought it would be good to use it as a spin on the idea of a new artist in the music industry. The reader will think that they will know more about her than anybody who has not read the magazine.  The 'B' is a larger font than 'CHRISTINA', I thought that this would be a way of introducing the importance of her name as, a lot of artist today are known for their stage names of shortening of their birth names. I thought that this would make her name appear more official. Again I have used the colour purple to make the colours run throughout the magazine. The pictures are placed on the pages in a way that I can place the text around it so that the page does not look too dull.
The pull quote is placed at a slanted angle to give the page more of a interesting perspective and so that not everything is placed straight, it to make to page look more interesting. It is also quite common in magazines so I know my double page spread will look more authentic with this feature on it.
I have also included a box on the bottom of the head and shoulders shot sub-headed 'FIRE QUESTION TIME', this is where I plan to provide the reader with short, snappy and fun questions and answers from my artist.