Preliminary task: Brief - Flatplans.

I have created 2 flatplans. One for my front cover and one for my contents page.

FRONT COVER.

On my front cover, I have included the main conventions of a magazine such as Masthead, image, coverlines, pullquote, date, pug, and bar code. I have put the coverlines and the pug on the Left Third as this is the only part of the magazine to be seen when lined up on the shelf. The reader can see the coverlines that entice them to want to get the magazine. I have included a date and a bar code so the magazine is realistic.

CONTENTS PAGE.

On my contents page, I have included the different features I would expect to see when opening a magazine cover such as header, image of editor, introdction to magazine, image with a main story, puffs,adverts, page number and various smaller stories. Although not all magazines have a picture of the editor and introduction to the magazine, I think that this is nessassary because it gives you a brief indtroduction to what the magazine will be about. I tried not to put too many stories on the contents page as readers may have found this boring, so I added a photo along with a main story to make it more exiting.