3. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
COLOUR based my magazine similar genre magazines like
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Classic Rock, Uncut, NME, Q and MOJO.
SCHEME I used a black, white and neutral brown colour
scheme for my contents and cover. A lot of rock
magazines use a similar simple colour scheme,
using one colour alongside black and white to draw
attention to certain things. The colours also relate
to the music in these and my magazines, as they
are moody and dark conveying the mood of the
music rather than a bright colour which would give
the wrong impression. A good example of this
being used in real media products is this cover of
Classic Rock, using almost the same colours as my
cover as this is the closest example of my
magazine. It also has red and yellow in the top left
with the Free CD feature, similar to the small area
of red and yellow on my cover from the Reading
and Leeds logo. Other examples of a similar colour
palette to my cover are a few MOJO covers using
black and white with a light brown colour and NME
which uses this brown colour alongside It's red
black and white house style.
4. COVER IMAGE cover of classic rock uses a similar style image to me as there is a lot of contrast and a mostly da
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ious things and have a loud and heavy sound. Most of the people are front men or individual artists, and are m
5. STORIES AND PUFFS
alternating the colours between white and my accent colour, making the feature more interesting and make it look more p
ng and Leeds festival. I have also put these icons on my front cover, as this interests the type of group I want to appeal to.
subheading, “reunite for the first time in 10 years”. The artists in this genre of music often make comebacks from old band
6. ...STORIES AND PUFFS
nes which feature “of all time” or “greatest ever” are aimed at an older audience such as Classic Rock, whereas more specif
bout a free CD of the top 20 tracks. This relates to the audience as they prefer the quality and meaning of having the music
