1. QUESTION 1 –
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
2. For this question I am going to compare my magazine created to
another established and published magazine, to show that I
followed the codes and conventions of a music magazine. In
creating my magazine I chose a ‘VIBE’ magazine as it was the
same genre as mine and is well established.
3. COMPARING MY FRONT COVER
From looking at my magazine you can see that I have incorporated a bold title
that is like the vibe magazines positioned on the right. The font of my magazines
masthead similarly follows the same block capitals as the vibe magazine, making
it stand out and attract my target audience.
In addition the use of my cover lines
shows that I am following the codes and
conventions of a specific kind of
magazine. I included my cover lines in
order to attract the likes of my target
audience. This was through the use of
Perpetua titling font, showing it to be
clear, bold and still look realistically like a
music magazine.
4. COMPARING MY FRONT COVER
The use of my record positioned behind my barcode was used to show the
difference in my magazines compared to the rest. Also enforcing the theme
of ‘retro-styled’ RnB music magazine, that would immediately attract to my
target audience.
Another way I have stuck to the codes and conventions of a music magazine
is due to my barcode, issue line, date line and price of the magazine. This is
also displayed on the vibe magazines.
The image of my protagonist follows a medium close- up shot and is looking
directly into the camera to engage with the target audience. All magazine
models are posed and are looked at from an angle.
5. COMPARING MY FRONT COVER
For this I have used a selling line of ‘Greatest’, including
the word ‘RnB’ indicating the genre of the magazine. I
used different colours for the font, showing diversity and
also so I could remain keeping the target audience
engaged.
The left thirds main cover line was done in red and black,
also at a large scale. This was done to show the target
audience this was the main article within the magazine.
6. COLOUR SCHEME
As my magazine is RnB of genre, I used black as my main
background colour. I chose white and red as my supporting
colours because they are also widely used for RnB magazines,
which is similarly like the two vibe magazines. Additionally I
have chose these colours as they will be versatile to both
genders. These colours are associated with my aimed target
audience of 18-21, as these colours are widely used in their
material possessions and clothing.
7. COMPARING MY CONTENTS PAGE
For the contents page of my music magazine I
followed the codes and conventions of an
official contents page. This included features
of an editor’s note, establishment of the
features of this month and features of every
month and a clear title. I allocated numbers
on contents to show my target audience
where to find the certain features, that they
be more eager to read.
My masthead follows block capitals and has a black
header behind it to make It stand out. This is the
same design that my front cover masthead had,
which shows consistency, showing to my target
audience it is the same magazine.
8. COMPARING MY CONTENTS PAGE
For my contents page I would consider it not
having a main image, this is due to all the
Images being roughly the same size. However I
used a medium-close up shot and long shot to
display the models. I used the image of a
model singing as I wanted it to still be in the
theme of music. I also used the image of the
model with the record as I also wanted the
record to stay consistent throughout all pages
that ‘Lana Mosely’ was in.
My colour scheme stayed consistent throughout my contents
page, as the fonts and shapes all remained the same colours.
For the headings of certain features I used block shapes to
define and make them stand out. In having these different
coloured fonts and shapes made the splitting up of the
magazine easier for my target audience to read.
9. COMPARING MY CONTENTS PAGE
I used an editors note for my contents like
one of my exemplars. I thought this would
be good for the contents page because it
makes the magazine more inclusive of the
target audience, as it displays a note
specially directed to them.
10. COMPARING MY DOUBLE PAGE
SPREAD
For my double page spread I used the template and idea of
the Alexandrea Burke interview, as her interview was similar to
my storyline of a winner of a singing competition.
My quotation was meant to be taken from Lana Mosley
summarising the painful background she has come from,
before she had come to fame.
I made the main image keep the prop
of the record for the double page
spread, to show the magazines
consistency of music representation.
I have also used codes and
conventions by using a drop
capital to start of my opening
line of the interview.
I used another image of my artist to show
variation, like the exemplar double page spread.
