1. Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your magazine
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
2. How does my magazine use forms and
conventions of real media products?
Guitar prop-
On my front cover, I included the use of a guitar, as
this is a stereotypical symbol of the Rock genre. As a
result, any potential members of my target audience
will be able to identify the genre of my entire
magazine. The magazine ‘Classic Rock’ includes this.
Dark colours-
I deliberately instructed to both of my magazine
models to wear a dark selection of clothing. With my
front cover model, she wore a black leather jacket.
This convention is similar on ‘Classic Rock’ magazine,
as the main model is wearing the colour black. As
stated in my Research and Planning, this is done to
represent the dark and serious mood that is created
by this genre of music.
3. How does my magazine develop forms and
conventions of real media products?
With my contents page, I have developed it, in order to
make it look more unique. The layout on the right of the
page is very similar to my final media product, as the
model is located in the same area of the page,
accumulating the same amount of space. Despite this, my
contents page is developed, as my model is stood in a
different physical position, with her arms crossed and her
body slouching. As a result, I did this purposefully to create
a serious mood.
As well as this, the contents sections for both magazines
are in a similar place on the page, both accumulating the
same amount of space. However, I have developed this
through the use of fonts, as they are different and both
reflect the moods of their specific genres. For example, I
used the font Origicide font, as it is dark and mysterious,
which links to the Rock music genre.
4. How does your magazine challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
With this ‘NME’ magazine, 5 models are used, with extracts
of posters shown in the top right hand side of the magazine
cover. I challenged this with my final magazine front cover,
in which I used just 1 model on the entire page. I did this to
represent the strength and passion of the Rock genre.
The cover lines on the ‘NME’ magazine are organized in
most areas of the page, leaving very little negative space. I
did not like this as it makes the page look too busy and
unprofessional. As a result, I organized my cover lines
around the page, including what I wanted to present. This
gave the cover lines room to ‘breathe’, which makes it
easier for the audience to look at and engage with.
