Evaluation Q1 - Conventions

1. Evaluation

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

3. THE FRONT COVER

4. The cover line of the magazine
is behind the main model. This
shows that the mast head in
part of the magazine whilst the
artist is always changing, so Is in
the foreground and main focus
of the magazine

5. • A head and shoulders shot of
the model, puts all view on
the main artist for the cover.
There is also a small gap
between the top of the head
and the top of the magazine
to show that the image does
not fill the page but is instead
centred. The artists are also
looking down the camera.
• The image is also broken up
into thirds. The eyes are
always on a centre point of
the image.

6. • The cover lines appear as a
border around the artist, to
again show focus on the
artist. In neither one of
these pictures is the text on
the artists face.
• The title of the text which
sometimes includes a pun
or just the artists name
appears in a larger font than
the information.
• The writing stay minimalistic
so therefore the focus again
is on the image.

7. • A small barcode sits in the
bottom left corner. This means
that all other information is away
from the other text and images.
• The size on my barcode is also
similar to the Q barcode, all the
takes up less space due to there
not being a white border around
it
• On my cover there is a red bar
including more information
about who is in the magazine,
similar to this is a bar at the
bottom of the Q magazine,
which talks also about the
magazine

8. The largest writing on
the front cover is
always the artist or
bands name to draw in
all attention to the
name, so can be
spotted by everyone.
Followed by the cover
story's which are both
smaller, and also in a
different colour and
font

9. The artists posture and clothing all represent
how the artist wants to be perceived.
In the smiths cover, the band are in black and
white connoting the classic style of music they
use. They are also hugging showing the
relationship of the members along with the
quote “We were one of the greatest bands ever”
In Adele's cover, she is very feminine, in her
purple clothes and her similar matching eye
colour. The posture she uses her fingers to touch
her lips in a flirty mannerism.
Alex turners cover shows him in his parker coats
with his long hair, also similar to his genre of brit
pop/rock music.
Finally my cover includes a pop/rocker from the
late 90’s and 00’s. With his ‘born again’ acid wash
jeans and low cut tops and aviator sun glasses.
The hair is also similar to this, made re famous
through David Beckham in the early 00’s, but also
through the punk era of the 90’s. The black
colours also represent dark punk and rock.

10. There is usually a quote or strap
line which will appear below the
logo or name of the magazine. The
strapline often refers to the
magazine or type of music it
covers. Q’s strap line is ‘Discover
Great Music’; This means that the
magazine covers the great music
and that it the best place to find it.
Rewinds strap line is ‘The Music
That Matters.’ this means similar
to Q that the great music that
‘matters’ is in this magazine.

11. CONTENTS PAGE

12. • Similar to the front cover,
the contents pages are
also all split into thirds
• In the left third, there
should be at least one
photo that takes up a
third. But also a photo that
takes up 2 thirds across.
• In the far right third is
usually the table of
contents.

13. The mast head of the
contents page, should follow
the same house style as that
on the front page, but also
include the logo of the
magazine and the issue
number or the word
contents to help introduce
the page.

14. • There are a range of different
images in the mainstream
magazines. They often
include a band and an image
from a live performance.
• The page numbers appear
with a black border upon the
pictures.
• There is also added
information at the bottom of
the page, like the date and
websites to visit.
• Often, like in Q , there are
breakers, to break up the
different pages on the
contents page.

15. A review section is likely to
appear at the bottom of
the page. In Q the review
section lists a bulk of
singers and bands who are
appearing. Like wise with
some similarities, the
Rewind review lists a few
in a vertical line, with the
page numbers appearing
next to them

16. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

17. The idea from the letter appearing
behind the text came from Q and
represents a kicker.
The colour is to fit the house style
colour and stand out from the rest of
the magazine, from the black and
white.
The letter usually acts as a kicker or
drop letter, but I have used it as the
letter of his name, as an added extra
stylised image to use to develop the
magazines house style.

18. The artists name or pull
quote appears in a large
text on the opposing
page to grab attention
for people to know
what the article is
about. This is also the
most important
information so should
appear to be the largest
font on the page

19. Featuring somewhere on the image is often
a caption referencing to the photographer,
the reason it was taken and what the photo
is called. This is conventional in most music
magazines as it explains the photo and why
it was taken

20. Other conventions include:
• There is usually text at the bottom referring
To the name of the magazine, the issue number
and the date.
• There are often thin line breakers through
out the page which separates the page up
through the title and article and the bottom
of the page.
• The imagery always dominates one page,
depending on the magazine and who it is
depends on what page. People like Lady
Gaga, Beyoncé and Jay Z usually dominate
the left hand side page as it is the first page
you look at and also goes against
conventions, so they stand out and can be
seen as different and powerful.