Front page plan

The following picture is my original drawn plan for the front page of my magazine.

Taking inspiration from Liam Gallagher's issue of Q magazine, my initial ideas consist of a deep-focus close-up with stories around the main photograph, along with a quote from the artist which is larger in order for it to stand out. I tried to use a balance of serif and sans serif font, which is a feature of Q magazine, and I labelled them to plan where I will use them and for what text. The main headline, which I have placed along the bottom of the front cover, will be witty and include the name of the artist in a clever play on words to entice the reader into buying the magazine to read what the main article is about. Similar to NME magazine, I placed the barcode portrait along the right hand side of the page so it would be out of the way of the stories on the cover - I also like this because it looks slightly different to many other magazines, without looking unconventional. I haven't decided on a colour scheme yet as this will depend on the results of my survey (which I have began to analyse) but I know that the background will be white, accompanied by some black text and another colour such as red - though I will try to stray from red because I don't want my magazine to be a copy of Q. The name 'INTRO' came to me a few days ago and I thought this was a perfect name because it can represent a number of things: first, the intro to a song so that is how it relates to music, and secondly, the aim of my magazine is going to be to bring new, un-charted music to people, so there is an introduction there.