1. Media- Product Evaluation
Question 1:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?
The media product that I have created is a music magazine. The title of the magazine that I have
created to use in my media product is directly linked to the music industry, I named it ‘Stereo’ as this
has connotations to music and it is short; this means that it is easy to read and direct to the reader. I
designed a colour scheme of black, white and grey, this helps bring out the modern apparel of the
magazine- I discovered that during my market research, people wanted a modern magazine. I have
kept the overall appeal of the magazine as clear and concise as possible in order to simplify what the
target audience reads. A sans serif font was used for my main text as this also related to the modern
texture that I was after, this helped the magazine become easily readable.
For the media product that I have created, I have used the Guttenberg Design Principle and a
professional house style to give the effect of a well-made magazine. To use the Guttenberg Design
Principle I placed my most important text- being my masthead in the top left hand corner of the
page, this is so it strikes the reader instantly. Therefore, in the bottom right hand corner, I have
inserted the barcode. As important as this is to complete the overall look of a real magazine, it isn’t
important to the magazines main content for the reader. Once again, this was all typed in a sans serif
font. The house style of my music magazine uses a modern triage of colours being black, white and
grey incorporated into a gradient across the page. I found these types of colours during my market
research, in other music magazines such as NME that uses these types of colours to reflect on their
target audience.
I professionally took photos in a photography studio to give me a high grade of good quality photos.
Using the rule of thirds technique, I made sure that my photos were well balanced and that the
entire main points of interest were included. The photos of the person being photographed were
given props selected by me such as a wooden guitar that helped me gain the most out of the photos.
I discovered that during my market research, these types of props would have been used in a band
image; this is along with the use of the rule of thirds which I found to be used in many of the
magazines I looked at.
The image editing that I have used on my images are things such as the colour replacement tool and
the sport removal tool. I firstly used the colour replacement tool in order to change the colour of the
clothing on the person I photographed. I changed the colour of his jumper from a red to grey; this
was done so it would match my main house style colours of black, white and grey. This also helped
me to encompass the sleek and modern look of my magazine as preferred during my market
research. I finally used the sport removal tool to remove any blemishes or spots to give the image a
much cleaner and professional look.
Overall, I feel that I have been successful in developing many of the conventions used in my media
product and that I have been able to learn a lot from developing a magazine through the creating
and market research that I conducted in order to create a successful media product.

2. Question 2:
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
For my