FLAT PLANThis is my flat plan draft for my Pop music

magazine. I have used examples from a Billboard magazine and a We love Pop magazine as a guide

to construct my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have used different features from both magazines, combining them in a

way that would suit my target audience.

I have used the idea of having the artist name in bold with a pull quote describing the artist underneath it. Similarly to where it says 'Taylor Swift' on

the Billboard magazine. I have kept most of the text on the left side of the page like both of the magazines. I have chosen a masthead that goes all the way across the top of the page like the Billboard one. I liked the conventional

idea that the We Love Pop magazine uses by putting images of the free posters included in the magazine. So I have recreated this with different text. I also used graphics on the page for example the circle which is on the We Love

Pop magazine. I've kept minimal text on the right of the page as both magazines have either none or very little text on that side.

For my contents page I have used conventions from a Top of the Pops magazine and a Billboard magazine. I included the innovative feature of

having a labelled copy of the front cover as an image. This is an idea from the Top of the Pops magazine which I thought was quite creative to put on a

contents page. I have also used the quote 'inside the mag...' as it suits the theme of the magazine. I have adapted the idea of the magazine having it's

own music chart similarly to the Billboard one. I feel that it’s quite an informative feature which would attract readers who are older teens to young adults, again relating back to my target audience. I have also taken inspiration from the layout of the Billboard magazine but only for the bottom half of the

page.

I have kept my double page spread quite simple so that I can

use lots of colour. I have only included two images across these

two pages in the flat plan draft however I’m considering putting in

a few more. I liked the idea of have the title overlap onto the

second page just like the Billboard one which is why i have

incorporated that into mine. I preferred the we love pop

structure of the text and so I will structure mine in a similar if not, same way. I want the image to be

a medium shot as it tells more about the artist.