Evaluation Question 1

1. Evaluation. In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? On shuffle there is a pug over the title, just like on the NME cover the main image overlaps the end letter a little. My magazine also has a article at the top, information at the bottom and has a circle which has text on it. My front cover is different to NME’s as well as I have another large image which I have created that has another feature on it. My title has a shadow around it, which is similar to the NME’s white borderline. My magazine develops a little here as on NME’s front cover it has the main story and then a quote to give more information, however mine has the artist’s name and the quote ‘Who needs a band’ explains the article itself.

2. In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Shuffle challenges this contents page in the fact that a lot of them have a subscribe section, but I decided that to make mine more interesting I would add more images of the stories on the front cover. Mine starts to look different from this one as the ‘NME’ contents page only has one image, whereas mine has three. The pose that I have had the ‘Tangle Chicks’ do represents typical conventions of girl bands for example this pose is similar to one that the ‘SugaBabes have done. Using the word studio is used in many music magazines, as well as ‘live lounge’ which is a studio where artists sing other artists music and make it their own style. Here I have the same kind of conventions as I have a main picture and also have a different coloured box with different coloured, bold writing in it.

3. I also have lines that separate my text from other text. Mine is completely different ads my double page spread is focused on the main cover story, however on NME’s they have the cover story and as well as that information on other articles in the magazine. Similar conventions here are that I have block type font which has attitude and so does the magazine ‘NME’ I also have different coloured fonts to let the audience know what’s what. Small ‘11’ font Mine also has a quote, however mine is not in the text mine is on the image. Mine starts to develop as the text for double page spread on the NME magazine is just writing, however mine is more interactional as it is questions and answers.