media evaluation

1. Evaluation Question 1-
In what ways does your magazine
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. Use – front cover
I have used inspiration
from the we love pop
magazine for my front
cover. My main cover
photo is very similar
to the main cover
photo on the we love
pop cover as the
person is directly
addressing the
audience and the size
of the photo takes up
most of the space on
the cover.
I have also used similar fonts for my headline.
The bright pink font is used in we love pop
which is also used in mine and the positioning
of the headline is in a similar place.

3. Develop – front cover
My magazine uses
more colours than
the we love pop
magazine as they
only use mostly blue
and pink whereas I
have used purple,
pink, yellow, green,
white and blue.
Also the we love pop magazine has more pictures than my
magazine. I only use two pictures whereas the other
magazine uses 10 to show the audience who is featured in
the magazine.

4. Challenge – front cover
My magazines mast
head is across the top
of the whole page
whereas the we love
pop magazine has the
masthead small in the
corner. The masthead
on my magazine is one
of the biggest features
on the page but the
masthead on the other
magazine is not.
Also the we love pop magazine has an
information bar at the bottom with
information about what is in the magazine and
the barcode on it whereas my magazine
doesn’t have a bar it just has information
around the sides and a barcode at the bottom.

5. Use – Contents page
I have used inspiration
from the top of the
pops contents page as
I have used a bar with
the masthead in at the
top similar to theirs. I
have used orange font
as it stands out on the
green background as
the white does with
the pink in the other
magazine. I have also used a column with text to inform people what
is in the magazine similar to the columns on the top of the
pops magazine. There is a subheading and then page
numbers and information which are features on both
magazines.

6. Develop – contents page
My magazine only
has one picture on
the contents page
whereas the top of
the pops magazine
uses 3. The images
are similar with
more than one
person in them but
the quantity is
different.
The page numbers on the we love pop magazine are a
lot bigger than the page numbers on my magazine. As
they are so bug you immediately know that it is a
contents page whereas my numbers are quite small.

7. Challenge – contents page
My magazine has social
media links to
instagram, facebook
and twitter which the
top of the pops
magazine does not
have. They allow the
audience to interact
with the magazine and
get involved. They also
are specific to my
target audience as
social media is popular
amongst teenagers.
Also the top of the pops magazine features a picture of
the front cover on their contents page which my magazine
does not have. This is so they can show the features that
are on the front cover and tell the audience what page
they are on.

8. Use – double page spread
I have used
inspiration from
this double page
spread as the
image I have used
is very similar to
the other one. The
images both take
up a full page and
are directly
addressing the
audience.
Also the columns that the text in are
similar. They use a small font and and
take up the other half of the page. The
layout of these double page spreads are
very similar.

9. Develop – double page spread
My magazine uses
quotes from the
main story around
the side of it to
give an insight to
the readers to
what the story is
about whereas the
other magazine
just has one as the
main title.
My magazine has information at the bottom about
how to read more on the article with a web
address whereas the other magazine only has a
web address but doesn't’t say what it is for.

10. Challenge – Double page spread
My magazine has
social media links
so that the
audience can
interact with the
story and can get
in touch with the
magazine whereas
the other
magazine doesn't’t
have this feature. Also my magazine has a bar at the side with an
insight to the story and the title of the page which
will interest the reader if they are just flicking
through the magazine, the other magazine does
also not have this feature.