Question 1 evaluation

1. Q1.In what ways does your
media product use,
develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real
media products?

2. Masthead
Here is three examples of different
music magazines that all show the
conventions of a masthead. From
researching and looking at
different magazines I have learnt
that the main image covers part of
the masthead, however you are
still able to see what the name of
the magazine.
This is the design of my front cover.
Here you are able to see that I have
followed the convention of a
magazine masthead and I have
placed it at the top of the page and
the main images is covering part of
the masthead. I have placed my
main image over the masthead in a
similar way to the three other
music magazines.

3. Fonts
I have decided to use the three same examples of
mastheads to show how they all use similar style of font.
For each example shown here you are able to see that they
all have used a bold font which stands out on the page.
They have done this so that the magazines target audience
will see it and it will grab there attention. A bold font will
also contrast from the other fonts that are going to be used
through out the rest of the magazine.
This is the masthead that I have decided to use for my
magazine. While I was looking at different fonts I kept in mind
the conventions of a typical masthead on a magazine as well
as thinking of the genre of music that I am doing and how the
mast head font will link to that genre. Also I had to think
about what my target audience would like and what will grab
there attention.
This was the original masthead that I had chosen to
use. However this was before I had taken the images
and finished designing the layout of my front cover.
When I was using photo shop to create my front
cover I discover that this font was not bold enough to
be a masthead and did not stand out on the page.

4. Fonts Here is an example of where I have
used a similar font style for the same
word, this is win. I have done this so
that it will stand out on the page. It will
do this because the font is completely
different from the other fonts that I
have used.
Kerrang magazine has also done this in
a similar way by getting the audiences
attention by making the font
completely different

5. Drop caps
In all three of these examples of double page
spreads they have used drop caps. Drop caps are a
convention of a double page spread.
A Drop cap can be used to make the page look more
interesting as well as being able to clearly show
where the article for the double page spread starts.

6. Pull Quotes
Using a pull quote is another example of a
convention of a double page spread. A pull quote is
when something that the artist being interviewed
has said that maybe will make the audience feel
differently about the artist or create an impact to
the audience. In the three magazines that I am
using as examples they have all used a pull cap on
there double page spread. They have kept to the
conventions of a double page spread because they
know that the audience will be expecting to see
one on this page.

7. Style of photography
In both of these example magazines you are able
to see that they have placed the artist in the
centre on the page as well as using medium shots.
Both of these images have been taken for different
magazines but have been taken in very similar
ways meaning that this is a convention of the style
of photography in a magazine.
This is my magazine front
cover. I have decided to
follow the conventions of
theses two examples by
taken the photo of the
artist at a medium shot and

8. Page Numbers
In this example of a contents
page Kerrang magazine have
placed there page numbers
on some of the images.
Kerrang has done this so that
the page looks more
interesting to look at as well
as making it easy for the
readers to find what page to
go to for the main stories.
Using the page numbers like this
is a convention of a contents
page in a magazine. I have
decided to use this convention
on my contents page. This will
allow my readers to find the
pages easily.

9. Colour scheme
I have research different magazines that are based around a similar genre to mine to see what
colour scheme they use. Here I have shown two different brands of magazine. Both of these
examples have used the same colours, these are red, black, white and yellow. These four
colours have been use because they will appeal to the audience.

10. Barcode
Another convention of a magazine
is a barcode. As I was researching
front covers I found out that every
magazine that I was analysing had a
barcode on the front cover. I also
realised that they have placed it at
the bottom of the magazine, this is
so that it will not distract the
audience from the main image and
stories.
I have decided to use a barcode on
my magazine to keep to this
convention.