Evaluation Question 4

1. E V A L U A T I O N
C H A R L I E C R U M P

2. I N W H A T W A Y D O E S Y O U R M E D I A P R O D U C T U S E
D E V E L O P O R C H A L L E N G E F O R M S A N D C O N V E N T I O N S
O F R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S ?
Question 4

3. ‘ U S E ’ O F R E A L M A G A Z I N E P R O D U C T S
- F R O N T C O V E R
• I like how ‘Maverick’ choose to have a MLS shot as you
get to see exactly what the cover star dresses and
looks like. I also like how ‘Country Music’ choose to put
have their cover lines down the left hand side of the
cover as it allows there to be more of a focus on the
cover photo.

4. ‘ D E V E L O P ’ R E A L M A G A Z I N E
P R O D U C T S - F R O N T C O V E R
• I have developed real media products such as this one. I have not
added any banners or extra pictures or long tag lines to the cover.
I have developed this as by making a page look busy with things
such as extra pictures and banners there is a manic nature
associated with it. This would be perfect if the genre of my
magazine was rock or pop however it is country which is often
associated with a casual and calm nature therefore a busy front
cover would not be appropriate.

5. ‘ C H A L L E N G E ’ R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S
- F R O N T C O V E R
• I believe I have challenged forms of real media products as I have
created a magazine which is explicitly for the country genre. I think this
because in my research I didn’t see any music magazines that were
associated with just country genre, even if it looks like it will be due to the
names of the magazine. For example, Taylor swift is originally of a
country genre however, they have fitted her into magazines of a popular
style. Here in these magazines they have made her look either quite edgy
and rocky or quite seductive and almost a sex icon.

6. ‘ U S E ’ O F R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S -
C O N T E N T S P A G E
• Although Q is not a country magazine, I think their contents pages are very
good and very effective, therefore I decided to do my contents page in a similar
style. First of all I really like that both of these contents pages have a white
background, therefore i decided to incorporate this into my contents page, i also
like how they use a colour scheme of mainly 3 colours, therefore i did this in my
contents page too. With the contents page on the left, I really like the layout,
therefore I did my contents page in a similar layout style. On the contents page
on the right, I find the bold lines to be current and effective, therefore I ave
decided to do the same in my magazine too.

7. ‘ D E V E L O P ’ R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S -
C O N T E N T S P A G E
• I decided to put a thick box around the masthead ‘Contents’ as I
believe it highlights the ‘contents’ also it fits with my aesthetic
design.
• I also developed the thickness of the lines between each story as I
wanted to even up the heaviness of the page as I had added in the
bold black box at the top of the page, so I made sure I carried it
through.
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8. ‘ C H A L L E N G E ’ R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S
- C O N T E N T S P A G E
• I believe I challenged the typical conventions of using one image
in the contents page by using multiple images. I think the cover
photo attracts people to that article enough that by the time the
reader gets to the contents page they don’t need another image of
the same story. I think it would be more appropriate to have a few
different images of different articles to attract other readers who
weren’t originally attracted to the main cover story.

9. ‘ U S E ’ O F R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S -
D O U B L E P A G E S P R E A D
• Here in their double page spread, they have used one half as a
just a photo of the artist, similarly in mine the left hand side is just
the artist, I did this because it means the fans can cut it out and
use it as a poster for their wall, as that is hat a lot of young fans
do.

10. ‘ D E V E L O P ’ R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S -
D O U B L E P A G E S P R E A D
• I developed this media product by changing the advertisement of
the other artists on the right hand side, to more photos of the
cover star. I did this because I believe that the audience want to
see more of their favourite star, not less of him and more of people
they are not interested in.

11. ‘ C H A L L E N G I N G ’ R E A L M E D I A
P R O D U C T S - D O U B L E P A G E S P R E A D
• I have challenged the usual ways of doing a contents page. I have
done this by not having photos all over the place and making the
whole page look messy and manic. I have also made the contents
age look less bay by not adding loads of tag lines. I did this
because country music is usually associated with calmness not
craziness.