Evaluation question 1

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions real media products?

Before I started my music magazine I looked at an existing music magazine to see how I should design my magazine and also to see how they used conventions. There are various ways in which my music magazine uses challenges forms and conventions of a real music magazine. For my music magazine I used conventions to make my magazine look similar to real music magazines. One example of conventions I used in my music magazine is a big masthead at the top of my magazine, I did this so it looks like a real magazine and I wanted the masthead to stand out; I used the Magneto font because it’s a stylish font and to make it attract the target audience. Another example of conventions I used was placing the masthead behind the model; I did this because it makes the music magazine look more professional.

Another convention I used was a magazine selling line. A lot of magazines use a magazine selling line as it is one of the magazines selling points and it also shows what the magazines objective is. The magazine selling line also is a way to promote the magazine. My selling line also to attract my target audience as it stated “U.K’s n.o.1 music magazine” this would clearly attract my target audience.

I also used a barcode and a dateline for conventions. I placed my dateline under my magazine headline so it could stand out.

I used cover lines as conventions as most magazines use them and they also give information on what things are included in the magazine. Another reason why I used cover lines is because it is one of the main ways to attract my target audience. The main cover line is the biggest as it is supposed to be eye catching so it has to stand out. One of my cover lines attract the audience as includes gossip about a big U.K rapper which my audience may find interesting. I added cover lines on the left and right hand side so one side wouldn’t look more interesting than the other.

I used a medium shot for my magazine because most magazines use it as a convention and because it make

the model used for the magazine stand out more.

My contents pages also follow and developed conventions. Firstly I used categories which is a very common convention that magazines use. I arranged my categories on the left side of the page so I could include some pictures on the right hand side to make it look more interesting. I arranged my categories on one side because

most magazines have it on one side so it makes it looks similar to real magazines.

I also included different pictures rather than one picture, which a lot of real magazines use as conventions. I included other images to show my target audience that the magazine has a variety of things to read about. 

My double page spread also uses and develops conventions. Firstly, I used separate colour scheme from my magazine front cover to make my magazine look more colourful and not boring.  I arrange my double page spread vertically as most magazines have it the same way so it looks more professional. My double page has two columns one with a headline and a image of my model I used for my front cover and the other side questions and answers of ‘C.Wizz’(the rapper model I used) which gives my target audience more information about the rapper so they feel closer to him which attracts my target audience even more.