Grayce Durden AS Level Media Evaluation (Question 1/7)

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

2. FRONT
COVER

3. Barcode &
price
Puff
Strapline
Cover lines
Main image
Masthead
Date
Competition
Use of
magazine
conventions

4. I created my own magazine logo using Paint. I am happy with
the outcome of the title as the letters are misshaped and
arranged wonky – successfully giving it a distorted messy
look which supports the name itself. I made the logo black so
it stood out against the light coloured background. By
creating the logo myself, it is more creative and individual,
and avoids plagiarism of another logo.

5. These are the cover lines I created for my magazines
front cover.
On the right hand side of my magazine’s front cover I
added ‘Nirvana 50 Years Tribute’ at the top in a big font
size as Nirvana are a well known famous band and are a
big deal to my target audience as their popularity were at
their peak when the audience were younger and more
than likely heard them often on the radio. I also added an
eye catching red puff to draw attention to two exclusive
articles. As the two articles are exclusive I put them in a
puff to put emphasis on the exclusiveness and hopefully
make the audience want to read the articles.
On the left hand side of the magazine, I added a list of the
most popular artists/bands that are featured in the
magazine. This is to draw the most possible people to my
magazine as it gives a variation of artists within the
indie-rock music genre; hopefully each person who is
attracted to the magazine enjoys at least one of the
artists shown. This encourages them to buy the
magazine. I also used the artists own fonts/logos they
use for their names in order to encourage familiarity to
the audience.

6. VSDISTORTION NME
I feel that my magazine is quite successful as it looks similar to the
professional ‘Q’ magazine. For example, ‘Q’ magazine’s main image for
their front cover includes a long shot image of Lily Allen’s full body, and
my magazine’s main image is also a long shot showing their full body.
Both main images are wearing indie/rock style clothes (leather, stripes
and black). They both use similar colours such as black and red which is
effective and supports the indie-rock style of the magazine.

7. Contents
Page

8. Use of
magazine
conventions
Title
Images
Date/Issue No.
Magazine
logo
Page
numbers
Magazine
articles
Preview
Caption
Advertisement

9. I created the top left image and the bottom two images. The bottom two images are simple
photos of two artists I created for my magazine ‘Cecilia Jones’ and ‘India Stone’, and by
including these images it promotes their music and gives a preview to the audience of
articles that will appear within the magazine. The top left image is an artwork of the artists
new single ‘Inked Heart’. For this artwork I included her face, star ratings, commentary
quotes from other music companies, and fonts and colours that compliment each other to
make the artwork attractive.

10. In comparison to NME (a real media product), my magazine also includes the
magazine logo and the date on the top of the contents page. However I included
the issue number whereas NME didn’t. Also, I put these details on the side of the
title in order not to take away attention from the title, however added them in
order to constantly remind the readers of the magazine’s name (in order to gain
popularity) and also to provide information.

11. Double – Page
Spread

12. Use of
magazine
conventions
Main title
Introduction
Pull quote
Page numbers
Main image

13. I created this title for my double-page spread using a sans
serif font Franklin Gothic Semi for ‘Joycie’ as I used this font
thoroughly throughout my magazine. I then used a serif font
from DaFont.com for ‘Carter’. ‘Joycie’ is written in bold
capital letters and in red to draw attention to the artists
name and imprint in the reader’s memory due to its size. I
used a serif font in black to add elegance to the name and
also stand out against the light background and the red
‘Joycie’ which lies above and behind it.
I made this pull quote using a sans serif font (again Franklin Gothic
Semi) and put it in speech marks in order to allow reader’s a preview of
the upcoming interview shown on the spread. I made sure the quote
was captivating, dramatic in order to create a sense of curiosity and
interest in the reader to make them want to read the interview and find
out what “really opened [her} eyes into the real world”.
This appears at the end of my interview and I added this to make my magazine look
professional as they are promoting the artist’s music and is relevant to the interview. It also
promotes the two music platforms that allow audiences to stream media from (Spotify and
iTunes).

14. In comparison to NME, my magazine uses the same convention with regards to the
title. Both magazines use sans serif and also a decorative and elegant serif font. They
both also have an introductory paragraph, as well as a bold main image in which the
artist is looking into the camera lens – used in order to captivate the audience. I used
a mid shot of the artist in order to how detail of her face in order of the audience to
remember her. I made her put her arms on her waist as it connotes a sense of
dominance and power as if she is taking the music charts by storm and dominating
the chart; it also sends across a message of strength to fans. However her smile is
soft and welcoming which entices readers.