1. Evaluation question one
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2. Conventional structures of magazine
These are a few examples of traditional magazine
front covers. The mast head is usually at the top of
the page to advertise the brand therefore selling
more. Also this is in the top left because of how the
are traditionally stacked in shops. The top left is
almost the only section you can see of a magazine
so that’s why I have made it big on the top left so
its easily visible. Other common features include
the main image and the cover story line across the
middle of the page.
There are many similarities I have shared with the magazine
in the top right, these include things such a bold title fonts
and eye catching colours. I have taken inspiration this cover.
Also I have high quality images and have similar amount of
text present on the page. The differences include the main
image position and the advertisement. My main picture is
slightly to the right as you look at it.

3. Front cover inspiration
This is my main inspiration for my
magazine cover. I have taken
inspiration from this cover because it
appealed to me and the target
audience I was aim for. It conveys a
sense of mystery and sophistication
which is perfect for my target
audience -18-24 year. I particularly
like the bold brand titles which are
just simple but effective. I tried to
make my own distinct title with a
fancy font. My model also looks
similar to the original model on the
left, white, same style of clothing. I
have also added some lighting effects
to my main picture to make my
magazine look better and more
appealing to my target audience.
I have made sure mine matches the
magazine cover I have chosen best I
can because this was the ideal
magazine cover for me. As much as I
have copied the cover, I have included
some of my own creativity in there. This
is thing such as the title ‘Tripplemmm’
These sort of modern magazines have
inspired my final output. I am trying to
appeal to the UK market as this is were
I believe I would have the most
success. I have chosen to use this fancy
font because it looks like a front from a
popular console game called GTA. This
creates a feeling that my target
audience can relate to as most of them
play this game.
‘Q’ and ‘NME’ are very popular brands which target the
audience as mine. They provide the latest trends and
up coming music. An added bonus with my magazine
is that my model is half way through singing and gives
it a better impression of a music magazine. The NME
cover on the left is a music magazine, but the cover
doesn’t represent this as it is simple a close up of her
face, nothing to do with music. Also the cloths he is
wearing looks like he is an actually singer rather and
the NME one which doesn’t give you that impression.
http://www.qthemusic.com/ http://www.nme.com/

4. Contents page
I set the layout as one column on the left hand side,
similar to what I have researched. I decided to keep it to
one column because then the reader are not over loaded
with information. I also ensures that the text was
readable so my audience could understand.
I decided to make the contents page
similar to the examples beside. They are
of UK conventional layouts. I used a main
image of the model to highlight that his
story is the main feature. I also included
another picture of my cover to emphasis
the main story. I have three columns like
a traditional contents page, the left hand
column contains text because it is natural
for people to be drawn to the left hand
side of a magazine after looking at the
main image, this is because in the UK we
read from left to right and it becomes
second nature. I think that this product
out of my other two is the most
conventional to existing magazine. The
research material had inspired my own
logo so that it could become a potentially
recognised logo. I have made my
contents page busy with picture because
after background research I found my
target audience like lots of different
pictures to look at rather than being over
loaded with text.
These are to similar
pages I have made my
self to add on my
contents page to make
it look more
professional.

5. Double Page Spread Research
material
Following my house style and what my surveys have said I have created
this simple and intuitive design. I have used bold titles in quirky fonts and
my colour scheme is similar; red, black and white. I haven't used the
conventional UK layout however I have copied a design but add my own
creative twist, such as advertising my logo as much as possible and giving
it this look which appeals to my target audience. As I'm appealing to my
target audience which is around the same age as me, I will know what they
are looking for and want which will help my product sell! Although I have
some UK conventions such as using shapes to highlight quotes, similar to
the magazine on the right.
My research shows that the text always
seems to be on the right hand side of
music magazine double page spreads.
This is probable because the image is
the main attraction to the page.
When making all of
the parts to my
music magazine I
believed that detail
was always
important as this is
what separates a
good music
magazine from a
poor one. Example
of this detail on my
double page spread
is in the bottom
right and left with
the page numbers
and date.