Advanced portfolio evaluation 1-magazine

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

2.  I decided to call my magazine Debut as I felt
it reflected new film in one word in a nice
way. LikeTotal Film I decided to add text into
the first letter, mine saying ‘The Latest Film’
so my audience would feel like they were
getting the most up to date new in the movie
world.
 I used red as I feel it helps to really grab the
audiences attention as it stands out against
the background and is a colour that is often
used for movie magazines.
 The size of the font is large and takes up a
large proportion at the top of the magazine.
 The font itself is very bold and stylistic
making it more striking for an audience to
look at. I used the black strikes on some of
the letters to add detail and definition to the
word. I didn’t use the line on the letter U so it
would slightly stand out more and with theT
being silent it makes you pronounce the U
more prominently and helps to engage the
audience.

3.  In previous examples I've looked at the background
helped to show a lot of the narative for the film.
However, in this the background is just plain grey
and it is more about the character.
 I originally felt that the background for my
magazine should portray the narrative of my trailer
but I felt this cluttered my cover. I decided to
make my cover more actor lead, however I left her
in costume and still with the symbol on her hand.
As if the experience of the film hasn’t left her and
she’s still branded from the movie.
 The characters facial expression is very stern and
serious and the use of eye contact helps to connect
with the audience.
 I wanted her body language to have a strong
stance showing the powerful woman, a statement
I wanted to make though my cover.
 I used the typical placement for my movie title and
splash as I felt it would work well with my image. I
challenged conventions by using the same title I
used on my trailer as I wanted to develop
continuity throughout my products.
 I used the caption World Exclusive as I felt it would
excite and engage my audience. In the trailer we
established that the film is based on a best selling
book so it already has a large following meaning
that my audience would want to know as much as
they can and follow the film.

4.  The magazines cover lines are done in black, the fonts don’t change
drastically but are bold and stand out well on the page. Challenging
conventions I decided to add little details to make the text easier to
comprehend and to also make certain aspects stand out. I decided to
make the actors names bigger as this is what I want my audience to
notice first. In this day and age following people on twitter and
Facebook are normal and people, my target audience want to know
what there favourite actors are doing so seeing their names on the front
cover would want to make them purchase the magazine.
 My cover lines are related to films and to movie related topics I feel my
audience would engage with and feel excited to read.As I am in my
target audience I felt I knew what would interest my reader so used this
to my advantage.
 I wanted to portray my magazine as an already well established brand.
So decided to use cell lines mentioning ‘ Debut Film Awards’. I used
direct address to engage my reader.
 I decided to incorporate multi-platform links by using social media links.
This was to attract my younger audience in the modern technology era.
 I feel my cell lines, colour-scheme and fonts conform with the typical
codes and conventions of magazine posters.

5.  Generically I used my pug to state something I wanted
my audience to know. I used direct address so it would
make my audience feel more involved with the magazine
and feel like more of a collective, making them feel like if
they voted it would be important and matter.
 I used yellow to make it stand out on my page and the
black text to make it bold and more powerful and easy to
read. These colours are often used in movie magazines.
• I again used the same colour scheme as the pug as it was again something I wanted to stand out on the
magazine. I used phrases that I thought would entice my audience to want to know more and ultimately
purchase the magazine.