The document discusses the development and challenges of real media products for a magazine cover and contents page in the folk/indie genre. It summarizes how the author used layouts from magazines like NME, Billboard and Q as inspiration but developed them by simplifying colors, removing extra elements, and challenging conventions like featuring the cover story small on the contents page to attract readers to other articles. The author believes challenging busy layouts fits better with the folk genre's casual, calm nature.

2. ‘USE’ OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS – MAGAZINE COVER
I loved how
‘NME’ always
have there
masthead in the
left-hand corner
as it looks
simple and
I also love how
‘Billboard’ normally
have their cover lines
down the left hand
side as it allows there
to be a more of a focus
on the picture. I also
had the idea of using
a variety of fonts for
Within this ‘Billboard’
magazine cover they have not
just used 1-2 colours as a
colour theme but instead have
used a much broader colour
theme focusing on the colour
pink. Similarly, I have also
used a broader colour scheme
focusing on burgundy.

3. ‘DEVELOPING’ REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS–MAGAZINE COVER
I have developed real media products such as this one.
I have not added in any banners or extra pictures or long taglines.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 however it is folk/ indie, which is often associated with a casual
calm nature therefore a busy double page spread would not be appropriate.

4. ‘CHALLENGE’ REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS–MAGAZINE COVER
I believe I have challenged forms of real media products as I have created a magazine which is explicitly for the
indie/folk genre. I think this because in my research I did not come across any music magazines that were
associated with just folk music. As featured above on both ‘Rolling Stone’ and ‘Billboard’ the artist Taylor Swift is of
a folk/indie genre, however the magazines have fitted her into the magazines popular style. For example ‘Rolling
Stone’ magazine is associated with rock music and Taylor is made to look quite rocky and edgy. I wanted to
challenge this and create a magazine that explicitly presents artists of a folk/indie genre, especially as these genres
are very up and coming.

5. ‘USE’ OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS – CONTENTS
Within this Q
contents page their
use of bold lines
make it visually
effective. I also
incorporated this
into my contents
page.
I love this layout as I
think it was clear and
effective, I used this as
a stimulus layout for
my contents page
Overall, I used examples of
Q’s contents pages as I think
they are really effective.,
especially because of the
simple colour scheme of 3
colours. I also did this for my
contents page.

6. ‘DEVELOPING’ REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS–CONTENTS
I used this layout as a stimulus for my own contents
page. However I developed a few thing to do with it.
I added a bold box to
highlight the
masthead.
I did this as I believed
it fitted in with my
aesthetic design.
I developed the colour
scheme as I used the
idea of a simple colour
scheme but just kept it
to 2 colours to
enhance a indie/folk
feel.
I developed the
thickness of these
lines as I wanted to
even up the heaviness
of the page as I had
added in the bold
black box at the top of
this page. So I made
sure to carry it on
throughout.

7. ‘CHALLENGE’ REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS–CONTENTS
I believe I have challenged forms of real media products within making my contents page as many current contents
page have the main pictures of the magazines feature article, for example is this ‘Vibe’ contents page. However my
cover story is situated in the bottom left hand corner and is a smaller picture than others on the page. I challenged
this because I felt that the magazine cover attracts the audience already to the cover story, therefore the contents
page should aim to attract the audience to other articles. This will mean that the audience will be attracted to read
other articles and not just the cover story one, if they enjoy these other articles this may mean that they buy my
magazine again.

8. ‘USE’ OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS – DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
I used this layout of a double page spread as inspiration for my double page spread as I believed it would
fit perfectly with the indie/folk genre of my magazine. I used the same font and put it in a similar layout. I
also used the idea of having a photo over the whole of the double page spread. This is because I believe
that it is very aesthetically pleasing, therefore fitting into the specific style of the folk genre.

9. ‘DEVELOPING’ REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS–CONTENTS
I developed this media product as I added columns of text. I developed this as I think that is important that
there is text on a double page spread, otherwise it may be seen as a waste of a page. I believe that putting
text on a page like this means that the text is easier to follow as due to photo in the background, there is
an illusion upon the audience that there is not a daunting amount of text therefore not putting the
audience off.

10. ‘CHALLENGE’ REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS–CONTENTS
I challenged real media products such as this one.
I have not added in any banners or extra pictures or long taglines. I have challenged 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 however it is folk/ indie, which is often associated with a casual calm nature
therefore a busy double page spread would not be appropriate.