Flat Plan for Magazines

In order to fully map out how each product will function, I have decided to create rationales alongside my flat plans which offer a more in depth view of what each product will feature. They will basically describe everything that I plan on including on every page and product from layout, colour scheme and conventions. These plans may change during the production of the magazine but they are just a general outline of what I want from my magazine. 

Front cover 

Masthead - I have decided to place my masthead at the very top of the page and also at the very bottom of the page, i have done this to separate my magazines name between the dominant image and the cover-lines  The top masthead will say " Addiction &" whereas the bottom part of my masthead will say "Lust". 

Strap-line - I have decided to place the strap - line underneath the top part of my masthead and it will state" We are all dreamers. Wanting to be completely out of touch with reality" or simply "we are all dreamers". Using a quote like this as a strap-line connects with the feelings of being a teenager (who are my target audience) because as a teenager you have dreams of what you want to do with your life and because teenage years are the hardest part of life, dreams are the only place many can escape to.

Dominant image - I have decided to place the dominant image in the centre because this is where people will look to, to see a image. My dominant image will link to the main sub genre that my magazine will be mainly focusing on. 

Essential information - I have decided to place the essential information (issue number, price and date issued) above the top part of my masthead. I have not made this very large because it isn't an important part of the magazine but many fans may like to see what day it was released and the issue number. I will not be adding a price on the essential information as I want my magazine to be free to teenagers around the North East. 

Cover - lines - I have only placed a few cover-lines on my magazine because i want the inside of the magazine to remain a mystery.I have located the ones i have placed on, around the dominant image so that it does not take main credibility off the model featured because this is the most important part of the magazine. 

Main cover - line - The main cover line will be placed at the bottom of the dominant image so that people know that it links with the dominant image.
Barcode - I have decided to remove the barcode from my magazine as it is not needed because of my magazine being free to the public. 

Content's Page
Masthead - I have decided to place my masthead at the very top of the page as I don't want it taking up majority of the page like I did on the front cover. I have also decided to add the masthead to the contents page as I want people to remember the name of my magazine so adding it various times will help them remember it. 
Heading - The heading will simply state " Contents page" as that is what the page is all about. 
Main Images - I have decided to add two main images one of which will link to my double page spread. These two images will be the most noticed thing on the page as people will see that with them being bigger images they are the most important topics in the magazine.
Sub images - The four sub images have been included to give my target audience a visual interpretation of what to expect in my magazine other than the two main images/topics. This will help give them more understanding of what to expect from my magazine and allows them to make up what they wish to read and what they don't want to read. 
Sub - headings & texts - The sub headings and texts give the target audience further knowledge of what is within the pages of my magazine allowing them to make a quick decision of what they want to read.

Double Page Spread 
Heading - The heading for my double page spread will simply be the topic of the article. It will simply state a celebrity's name as I want it the topic of the double page spread to be focused on a local celebrity that has came back home. 
Dominant image - The dominant image will take up one half of the double page spread, and will be the person who the text is talking about. Giving the model on the dominant image an entire page will allow the readers to see who it is I am talking about and draws a lot of attention towards him/her. 
Pull quote - The pull quote will be small quote from the person featured on the double page spread. It will serve as something that draws the audiences attention and gives an initial interpretation of the person the article is about.
By-line - I have to feature this somewhere on the double page spread as I need to give credit to the photographer and writer's of the article. 
Sub image - The sub images will be basic images that support the main body of text and give the audience a visual representation of what the text is talking about.
Main body of text - The main body of text will be small as my target audience will not want to see lots of text as it doesn't appeal to them and they want to see images.