2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products? (music magazines)
Real music magazines usually have a large
mast head with some sort of effect to allow
them to stand out more and look more effective.
Here you can see I’ve used a slight drop
shadow and more of an inner shadow of the
colour grey, making it look less 2D and more
effective.
NME magazine also uses more than one colour on
the masthead. The central red colour then a white
frame with a black frame around that. Helping to
create a sort of 3D effect and make it look more
exciting.
In almost every music magazine, the masthead
uses capital letters and often has some sort of
effect. Kerrang used simple block capitals with a
slight decoration due to the genre of the magazine.
My magazine and NME magazines mast head
involved shadowing whereas kerrang uses lines
and ragged edges of the writing to create their
effect.
3. In what ways does
your media product
use, develop or
challenge forms and
conventions of real
media products?
The artist who is on the front cover is often
also named in other magazines. I gave it the
same effect as my masthead just not as
prominent as I didn’t want them to look equally
important as each other, yet I need to keep up
a house style, using the same font and very
similar effect.
Kerrang also uses the name of the artist on the
front cover. The central image is Biffy Clyro and
the name is going straight across his chest in
block capitals, emphasising his importance in that
issue of the magazine.
4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products? (music magazines)
In the top right
corner of my
magazine, I
include an
exclusive feature
in my magazine.
People are going
to be more
interested in a
magazine which is
only new if it has
something to offer,
whether it’s all the
time or just in
some issues.
Mise en scene of the image –
The expression of the model
I used has a sort of negligible
smile/grin with a serious, calm
posture which allows a lot of
confidence to be shown.
It connotes fame and slight arrogance.
My models clothing type is simple and not
very effective. This also helps to connote
the arrogance due to the lack of effort in
posing and implies a sort of ‘not caring’
personality.
The barcode allows it to look realistic because
every magazine, not only music magazines,
must have a barcode on the front cover of it
as it allows it to be easy to scan when buying
it.
5. Contents
The spacing out of my title ‘contents’ is only
used in one music magazine I’ve seen. It takes
up quite a lot of space on the page and this is
helpful as the size of the other writing is very
small. It’s quite unique compared to the simple
layout other magazines use.
NME magazine uses ‘inside this week’ instead of the
typical title of ‘contents’ yet I believe this doesn’t make
a clear presentation as it isn’t obviously stating what
the reader is reading. However this is quite effective
as it’s unique, it’s NME’s thing.
6. A note from the Editor is a
nice thing to put in a music
magazine, as people may feel
better about a magazine if it
includes something
welcoming.
7. The use of pull quote
are used in all double
page spreads as it
allows the audience to
read something
appealing before they
read the complete
article.
Here is another music
magazine which uses a
pull quote.
8. The large title naming the
artist/band is good as it states who
the readers are going to be reading
about and it’s often what intrigues
people to read if it’s a good group.
NME portray this also with ‘the
teenagers’ yet the colour scheme on
NME’s looks a lot more professional
than my final product.
