Drafting and planning

In relation to my post on Wednesday 30th September, here is my own version that is highly similar to SCENE BIRMINGHAM.

I used the same sort of font as Scene, a bold square font. This will immediately capture the attention of the audience for the front page.

Similarly I used more than one image and this looks great because it makes Birmingham appear as a busy city with loads to do, inversing the stereotype of a slow, less intelligent inhabitant of Birmingham. The images are all of key places that will appeal to tourists.

Differently to Scene, I used the colour blue rather than kept the consistency of black. I think this breaks up the dullness of the magazine and makes it seem cooler and more inviting. 

I have included key conventions such as a masthead, dateline and cover lines. This makes my frst draft look highly professional. 

Now that I have found the sort of first page I want, I can go onto the layout of my one page contents page. As I have the main images to give me inspiration for the content within my magazine.
Another idea I have come up with for my contents page is the idea of taking pictures of the new train station in Birmingham - the key part of the train station is the architecture and a huge eye is a part of this. As my magazine is called insight, this could create a high level of symbiosis and will look very effective. I will have this picture behind my masthead.