mock up

Introduction
I am now going to create a mock up of my magazine that I  have planned to create. I have created a publisher file of what it could look like and how I plan the layout. I will also discus what I have done and why I have done so. I will also plan the magazines contents page and double page spread, as by doing this I can plan what I want it to look like instead of making it up as I go along

front page

I drew the outline of the front cover that I want. I decided on the title of the Beat as this got joint first in the vote and I preferred this name over sound wave. I want the title to be colourful and eye catching. I also would like the style to be as graffiti. I also want the front cover image to be of a rap/hip hop artist as this is more urban. I have planned where the text is going to be however I haven't included what this will be ; I have decided that I will include articles about current artists, competitions and real life stories as this is what the Readers want (this is what I was told in my market research)

Contents page

I have decided that I will use the picture of someone hip hop dancing as this is a photo that i would like to try and take and also experiment with different poses in order to get the right one. I would like to have some smaller images on the front cover of what is going to some in the magazine and next to the photo I will have the page number that the picture corresponds to.

double page spread

I have decided that I will run an article about a current artists. I would like to have a large picture and the title on one of the two pages and the article / interview to be on the other side. I would like the font to be very eye catching as this will catch the readers eye along with the image which also needs to be successful. On the article page I would like to have several smaller image of the artist in Polaroid photo. I will then have the main article. underneath this article I will have an offer for the tickets to see the artist related as offers is something that the readers wanted (as discovered through my market research

 Polaroid photo