1. EVALUATION QUESTION 1
In whatwaysdoesyour mediaproductuse,developorchallenge formsandconventionsof real
mediaproducts?
What to addressinthisquestion:
All formsandconventionsof musicmagazineswhichyouhave incorporatedand/orchallengedin
your production.Youshouldanalyse eachpage separately.
Conventionsincludethe magazine masthead,coverlines,puffpiecesetc.Eachdifferentpage will
feature a separate range of conventions.(A conventionisalongexpectedwayof doingsomething).
Title:My title isa simple ‘D’
capitalisedwhichrepresents
the magazine Deal.Ialsohave
the word contentssplitinto
three sectionstoadda unique
feature tomy contentspage.
These have bothbeendone
before byreal magazines
howevertheyare still notvery
commontherefore itcouldbe
arguesI am not following
conventions.
Issue & Date:This followsthe
conventionsof areal
magazine andgivesmy
magazine a realisticeffect.All
magazineswill have these
featurestherefore Iadded
themto mine.
Features:Ibelievethatmy
featuresuse anddevelopthe
conventionsof areal
magazine.Myreasoning
behindthisisI useda fairly
typical layout,howeverIalso
addedmyown twist.The
blackand red theme isused
throughoutas the colourof
each line changes,until it
comesto the mainfeature of
the magazine,DReidz.As
youcan see hisname is ina
brightyellow,this
emphasiseshisimportance.
Main image:Formy mainimage
I decidedtouse anotherpicture
of D Reidzwearingthe same
clotheshoweverina different
pose.I thinkthischallenges
conventionsas manymagazines
use picturestakenin different
costume etc.However,this
couldbe confusingsoI decided
to stickto the same setof
photoswithdifferentposes.