Planning and Evaluation of the article

I looked at two articles in my chosen genre.
The first was an article on Slipknot live by 'Kerrang! Magazine'. Because of the heavy rock genre of this band, the review was quite serious. The effect of this was it really dramatised the readers imagination when the writer was talking about the violent mosh-pits and the general toughness of the crowd. The text itself was quite copy-light even for a big band. This is because the people reading the magazine are implied to be dumb or just not big readers.
The second magazine article I looked at was an interview with the Foo Fighters by NME. The tone of it was quite relaxed and jokey; but I believe this was down to the genre of the band, but mostly the topic on what they were talking about. I feel reviews are a good way for fans to discover the truth of a band, and to make the reader feel closer to the band aswell.
I decied to go for an interview in my double page spread because I wanted to get an insight to Rise Against, and for people to discover what they are really about. I liked it because it's very personal and I believe many readers will find it enjoyable to read.

Flat Plans

These are my flat plans for my magazine.
I decided to use a standard setup of my magazine (headline, dominant picture, extra information etc) to keep a familiar face to my magazine, and so readers won't be intimidated by it. Readers can get put off reading something that seems different. For my headline (Rise Against) I put it at a slant to get a rebellious look to the magazine. This relates to my target audience and genre of the magazine, for rock music and the people who listen to it are often associated with the word 'rebellious'. I tried to put something everywhere to show the reader that there's a lot inside the magazine to read and enjoy.
For my contents page I kept it plain and simple, but interesting to look at. I didn't want readers to get confused on page numbers or featured artists in the magazine. Furthermore, my target audience of lower/middle class, would easily get confused so I took this into account.
My double page spread features lots of pictures. Readers often skip through pages and stop at a page that seems interesting to read. I used lots of pictures with bright colours for attraction, and I kept the text copy-light for my target audience of lower/middle class won't want to read much. From this I decided to split my page into 3rds. 1rd reading, and 2rds pictures. I gathered my target audience would prefer to look at more than read more so I took this into account.