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 they 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 as bold title fonts and eye catching colours. I have taken inspiration using 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 aiming
for. It conveys a sense of mystery and sophistication
which is perfect for my target audience -18-24 year olds.
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 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 where 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 clothes he is wearing looks like he is an actual 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 readers are not over loaded with
information. I also ensured 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
emphasise 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 magazines. 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 pictures 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. 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 added 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.