If you Google
'magazine flatplan' you'll see that what we are doing is slightly different, but it serves the same purpose. Before you start arranging, writing and taking pictures, you need a
rough idea in your head of what the final magazine is going to look like.
1 - Find your 'inspirational' cover and double page spread. You will have already annotated these, and considered how they encode ideology and notions of celebrity. I've picked a spread from Kerrang! magazine. You will also have a front cover.
2 - Grab two sheets of A3 paper. Turn one horizontal and fold it down the middle. This is your double page spread. The other sheet will be your front cover.
3 - Now, simply sketch out your front cover and double page spread. This can be as rough as anything, but you will need to consider columns, gutters, images, sidelines, pull quotes, stand-firsts and everything else that a magazine is supposed to have. You can use your 'inspirational' magazine as a guide, but remember to hit the minimum requirements. For example you need at least four images. You may wish to have more! You can find a list of everything you need to include just below
4 - Submit your work to your teacher. You'll get some brief feedback next week if there's anything wrong with it. If it's fine, then you're good to go!
Remember: the deadline for shooting your images is coming up very soon! Make sure that you contact your models and sort out costumes, locations and equipment!
The magazine project
- Create a front cover and double page feature article for a new music magazine to promote your artist or band to the target audience.
- Length: 3 pages
Minimum requirements
- Your print production must be 3 pages in length, including at least 4 original images in total
Front cover
- Original title and masthead for the magazine; strapline
- Cover price and barcode
- Main cover image of the band or artist to establish their identity
- Main cover line relating to the artist or band plus at least 2 further cover lines
Double page spread
- An interview with the artist or band (or extract), approximately 300 words, to promote the new artist or band
- Headline and stand-first, sub-headings, columns
- One main image and at least 2 smaller/ minor images (all original and different from the images on the cover)
- Representations of at least one specific social group
- Pull quotes and/ or sidebar
