These are my flat plans for my music magazine "Indie Kids", I have included the front cover, contents page and double page spread. While creating these I thought about the conventions of a Indie music magazine and normal music magazine, and how I could involve them in my design while adding original ideas also.
I was inspired by 'The Fly' and 'Indie' when creating the front cover, I wanted something simple that had an indie feel to it. I centred the models to the middle of my front cover like 'The Fly' as I feel this makes the magazine eye catching and shows that they will be the main part of the magazine. I also added graphics like 'The Fly', I really like the idea of graphics as they add an element of fun and movement to the page. I was inspired by 'Indie' Magazine when choosing the text as I liked the uses of thin text, because it does not draw the attention away from the models but still fits in with the indie theme. I also put my masthead in the middle of the magazine (like 'Indie'), this is not commonly seen on magazines (most have the title spread at the top or on one side), I decided to do this as indie is a genre that does not follow conventions and goes out to find something that is not commonly done so I feel like putting the masthead in the middle will represent the genre of indie well. I put my models in indie clothing to continue the theme, this can also be see in 'Indie' as the model wears accessories and clothing associated with the indie genre.
For my contents page I was inspired by 'Q' and 'NME' when drawing out my drafts. I made the choice to have the word "Contents" at the top, as inspired by 'Q' and the words "This Week" as inspired by 'NME', I think this allows the audience to know what the page is for and informers them that the magazine is weekly. I also continued the graphics on to this page and with kept the "This Week' text the same as the masthead to link the front cover and the contents page together. I put a thin box on one side of the page like both magazines added images like them to make sure the page remains interesting and shows the verity their is to offer in the magazine. As inspired by 'Q' I made a small review box as from my research I have done I found audience's like to be informed of all the details in the magazine and appreciate extra touches. I want to give all the pages a running colour so that on every page their will be one matching colour, this will help to make all the pages link nicely together.
My double page spread was inspired by these spreads from 'Q' Magazine (left) and 'NME' (right). I liked how both magazines had one main photo on the left of the spread as it draws readers in because of the size and makes it seem like there is less writing(this may be appealing to readers who do not want to spend a long time reading but still want to know about the artist). I also used the concept of large lettering from both magazines as I make the firs letter of the sentence large, this creates an idea of importance and draws in reader to make them read more. From 'NME' I decided to use the large quote, I like this because it feels personal as if the artist themselves is reaching out to the audience with their words. I also likes the use of graphics and decided to continue the theme of my graphics when I saw that the 'NME' spread used graphics to add character to the page.
