This is a slideshare showing my layout decisions compared with my flatplan.

1. Cover layout decisions

2. The images above are of my flat plan front cover and my final front cover and as you can see there are quite a
few differences between the two. So through this presentation I will be explaining what my layout ideas were
and why they were changed and I will also go through the things that remained the same from the flat plan to
the actual front cover.
Flat plan Front Cover Actual Front Cover

3. The Image:
As you see the images
that I used are both in
the centre of the cover
but the flat plan was a
different shot from the
real cover as the plan
was a mid- shot. The
shot also wasn’t that big
to cover the masthead
like it did in the real
cover. Also in the image
on the flat plan had one
of the artists with a
saxophone but this idea
was not included in the
actual cover as here
wasn’t one available to
use. In both, the artists
are wearing similar
clothes and there angle
to gaze would be both
directed straight.

4. The Masthead:
On the flat plan and the
actual magazine cover,
the mastheads were
both positioned on the
top of the page and
contain the same type of
handwritten font. It also
says “UK’s #1 Hip Hop
Jazz Magazine” on both
but on the flat plan it
has it underneath whilst
on the actual cover it is
on top as I felt that there
was more space above
the masthead than
under. It was also better
to put on to so that the
audience could read it
more easily and clearly.

5. The Features:
By looking at the magazine flat plan
you can see the difference of where
the features are compared to the
actual version. For example there is
all the information on the left hand
side of the magazine and there is
also an odd shaped graphic on the
right. The reason that I changed this
was because I wanted the features to
be more spread out and so it didn’t
look cluttered giving a professional
feel to it. I also think the lines that I
added gave a good touch to the
magazine as it separated headlines
clearly and made it look neat. I did
keep a couple of things from my flat
plan like the triangle graphic on the
left but I did make it smaller so that
it looked nicer. I also kept where the
artist name is so that it could be
clearly seen by the target market. I
also thought to add a issue number
to make the cover seem more
authentic and I place it under the
masthead as it didn’t make it look
cluttered. I also added the price on
top of the barcode so it could be
seen by the reader easily and would
make it seem professional.

6. Alignment:
I also decided for my
front cover that I will
align all of the parts of
it. The reason I did this
was to make the cover
look neat and
sophisticated. It also
made the magazine look
more professional. The
way that I aligned my
cover was by using the
gridlines on Photoshop
and aligning everything
with them. I also made
all the writing go to the
side that it was on so
that everything was
organised and in line
with each other.