2. In what ways does your magazine use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Within my magazine I have taken inspiration from existing media content with indie genre conventions to help create my
magazine. I looked into not only existing indie magazines but indie artists and the type of magazines they appear on. For
example Lana Del Rey appeared on a popular magazine, Billboard. From this I have taken the natural surrounding
background idea and applied it to my front cover in a way which suits my house style which I wanted to create for the
magazine.
Magazine cover
The brick wall which is seen on my cover
makes the image look less intentional and
more rustic which is what I wanted to
achieve.
I also looked at vogue, which is a fashion
magazine, however included the artist, Lana Del
Rey. From this cover I took and developed the
font and the positioning of the masthead.
From the
magazine
‘Carmen’ I liked
the look of a
mast head being
at the bottom of
the cover and
not
conventionally
at the side or
under the
masthead. I look
this and applied
it to my
magazine
3. Magazine cover: use, develop and challenge
I have used a banner to put
a cover line story from my
magazine in. This makes it
more interesting than just
having it on the
background, as well as
bringing attention to it.
I have chosen to have the color yellow featured
on the cover of my magazine. I think this stands
out from the neutral background and the white
which I have also used. This stands out without
becoming to pop and keeps in with my genre.
I decided to use a natural back ground, like this fashion magazine on the left. Even
though this is a fashion magazine the artist which is featured comes under the indie
genre, this giving the cover conventions of the genre. I did this by using a brick wall
behind my feature cover photo. This makes the image look less posed and looks more
natural, which appeals to an indie audience.
4. In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products? Contents page
I creating a house
style by adding a
banner to my
contents page and
using the color
yellow. The boarder around the page
and the numbers I used from the
contents page above. I felt this
made the information stand out
instead of it being on the
background image.
On the magazine to the left the main image used is used as the background image, from
this I took inspiration and used one of my images from my contents as my back ground.
The image which I used there was a rural/ natural feel to the image again, like my cover.
Unlike the image on the right where the models are leaning against a wall.
My contents page aspires to the house theme of my magazine which was set by
the cover. My cover has used different aspects from a wide range of magazines,
however I have changed and developed them so that they suit my magazines
house style and genre. For example the use of a image as the back ground.
5. In what ways does your magazine use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Double page spread
The use of darker colors behind the text I got from the contents page to the left. I felt
like this suited and complimented the artist, as he is older and within the indie
umbrella. I have also used the positioning of the main image within my double page
spread. I have placed it in the bottom left hand corner (image placed on left side).
6. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
Magazine cover
7. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
Contents page
8. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
When I was creating my magazine I wanted to try and convey originality through not only the way I presented it but
with the content I wanted to include. I created a double page spread of an older musician who was in a very popular
band from the 90’s. On the cover page I have included an image of the main member of the band who the article is
based around. Then I have used images of his family and former band members.
Double page spread
