Treatment

Below is my treatment of my magazine. This is like a mock-up, however, it is a bit more detailed and descriptive. It doesn't contain any images, but I have written about what content I want to include and what I want the cover lines to say.

Front Cover

At the top of the front cover there will be a masthead, which displays the name of the magazine, which is "FOCUS". In small writing above the masthead there will be a puff, which will say "Britain's No.1 music magazine". The genre of this magazine is pop music that is aimed at females aged 14-20. Underneath the masthead in small writing will be the price and the date. After conducting my questionnaire and asking females how much they're willing to spend on a music magazine, the majority came back with £2-£3. Therefore, my price will be £2.50. The barcode will be in the bottom right hand corner of the page. Underneath the masthead on the other side to the price and the date there will be the website address and the radio name. Most people in my questionnaire replied saying that they use the internet to read magazines and they listen to the radio. Therefore, I created a radio name and website address, which is "Focus.com" and "Focus Radio" for my readers.

The main cover image will be a close up of a solo female artist. The colours of her clothes will match the masthead and cover lines. The cover lines will be framed around the cover photo and will tell the reader what is featuring inside the magazine. The results I received from the questionnaire helped me decide what to feature in my magazine. So, the cover lines will talk about the latest music, the article featuring inside the magazine, the latest gossip and beauty and fashion. The majority of people answering my questionnaire said they would prefer to have vouchers as a freebie inside the magazine. Therefore, on the front cover there will be a cover graphic, which is a small circle on the page, which contains a small piece of catchy writing. This piece of writing will display that there are "free vouchers inside". Almost everyone said in the questionnaire said that they would prefer for a magazine to be published weekly. Therefore, my magazine will be published every Saturday morning. 

Contents page

At the top of the contents page there will be a masthead that says "CONTENTS". Underneath the masthead it will say what issue the magazine is, e.g. May 2015. There will be an image on the right hand side of the page containing a medium shot of the model. Next to the image on the left hand side, there will be some text that tells us what is in the magazine and where to find it. So at the top of the text it will say "featuring..." and underneath, the contents of the magazine will be listed. 

Splash Page 

On the splash page there will be one big picture covering both pages. On the far right hand side of the page there will be 3 small boxes, of which 2 contain a small amount of text and 1 contains a small picture. Across the middle of the picture covering both pages, there will be a masthead of the artists name. 

Double Page Spread

On the right hand side of the double page spread the whole page will consist of one picture of the artist. On the left hand side, there will be a box of text in the middle of the page that relates to the artist and around the box of text will be boxes containing smaller pictures. 


However, nearer to the time of when  I am physically creating this, these ideas may change.