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

2. Masthead
My magazine is called Melodi, when researching for a, I looked for key words that
associate with music so it matches the theme of my magazine. I choose Melodi because
the melody of a song is what sticks in a person head and I would like to convey this
meaning and use it for my media product so that that the audience has my magazine
stuck in their head. Both the masthead “Melodi” and “Billboard” are conventional
because they both link to music, mine being linked through a song and Billboard being
the name of the charts. I took inspiration from Billboard with the colored in areas as I
think it makes it stand out and attract more attention, however I used my own style
font and thinness of the masthead to create the right tone for my magazine. To add
originality and uniqueness I changed the ‘Y’ in Melody to an ‘I’ which gives it a younger,
fresher feel to the magazine which will apply to my target audience of teens and young
adults, similarly to the audience of billboard which bring to top chart music, as my
magazine is of a similar style.

3. Mise En Scene
For my main image on the front cover I decided to take a medium shot as most
successful music magazines use medium or close up shots, this will help to show
more emotion giving the target audience a feel of the magazine and its articles. I
used this by making my model smile lightly and looks more normal and down to
earth rather than fully posing so that the readers can tell that it is going to be a more
natural and laid back interview with the artist. I took inspiration from many
magazines such as Q, vibe and NME and saw that most the images used on the front
cover are all staring directly at the audience, therefore I also copied this method as it
involves the reader more and engages them so that they feel more apart and
I used Photoshop to edit my image to make it
brighter with more contrast and added more
vibrance to the image so that it isn't as dull and
bland. However I agree that better lighting
would have made these photos much better for
my magazine. I choose a top that I think shows
the pop nature of my magazine yet still
something anyone would wear to keep the the
tone of a normality.

4. PeopleIn my magazine I have used a range of artists such as Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit, Bruno
Mars and Taylor Swift. I have used these artists because they are well known by my
target audience as their music is aimed for the same age range as well as my
secondary audience. By including artists that have a very similar demographic it will
appeal more to the people I want it to. The people I have included have also had
major hits in the last few months therefore is relevant now which will entice more
readers to buy magazine as it is the latest news. I have included both male and female
artists so that it will apply to both genders which is my target audience. Also they are
all quite young musicians which will also help in getting the right people to buy my
magazine as it is of a similar age range. The genre these all have in common is pop
music which is the main genre of my magazine as it focus’s more on the charts which
is full of pop/indie song right now.

5. Title, Font and
stylesFor my magazine I decided to use a range of different fonts to give some variety and
professionalism to it, even though I’ve used these fonts I have also kept consistency
throughout my magazine by re-using the font again. For example, to keep the tone of
the magazine I have used the title font for the contents page title as well, giving it so
familiarity. On the front cover I tried to keep the font in a certain style to the the artist
or theme that goes with it. My contents page age have mainly used just one font as it
is all one piece and should go together as one. My double page spread is also mainly
one font for the article but the font change for the title and pull quote which makes it
stand out more and more important. I got many of my fonts from dafont.co.uk which
allowed me to use more exciting and bolder fonts.
This font displays my title and contents page, it demonstrates
the initial idea of the magazine therefore I wanted it to stand
out. I colored in the spaces to add more excitement to it.
This is the font I used for
my double page title, I
wanted it youthful and
new which reflects the
artist.
I used this font on my
front cover to
represent Taylor Swift
because I think that it
is a very classy yet
young style.

6. Copy/Written Content
In my magazine I have used language that I think is appropriate and appeals to my
target audience. I have used exclamation marks, for example “up and coming artist!”
which gives more emphasis and excitement making it look more important and loud
which will attract the reader as they will want to be apart of it. I have also used ellipsis
“the next big thing...” which tells the reader that there is more about this headline
within the magazine and add more mystery too it by stringing along the sentence with
an ellipsis. “brining you the biggest and best” has the personal pronoun “you” which
makes the reader feel more involved and like your directly talking to that person
specifically, it seems more welcoming and friendly.

7. How is genre reflected?
to reflect the genre I used a range of different things. One thing was the people I
included in my magazine, people like Take that, Olly Murs, Ed sheeran, Taylor Swift,
George Ezra. These artists all have the same genre which is reflect in my magazine by
including them in it. This will attract the right audience I wanted for my magazine and
will clearly show the genre.
Another way I reflected the genre is through colours. My colour scheme was red, blue
and green, this was to keep it gender neutral and colorful and also reflects the genre.
The research I’ve found shows that these colours are used in similar magazines and
the ones that I have taken inspiration from.
I also tried to find fonts that would suit the genre style and poses for the model to do
that would go well with it. The clothes she is wearing also reflects the genre as its to a
modern style and a pop kind of look that is in at the minute.

8. Layout of Front Cover,
Contents Page and
Double Page Spread

9. Front Cover
For my front cover I have chosen a typical
pop/chart music style to suit my genre so it would
appeal more to my target audience. I have taken
inspiration from magazines such as Billboard and
Vibe. And tried to use a similar layout so it would
attract the right audience but also tried to add
some uniqueness adding in my own fonts and
styles.
I put the models name and sub heading across
the bottom of the page and in bold so that it
stands out as the main headline and links to the
photo used.

10. Contents Page
I have followed the conventions of a of a
typical music magazine as I have kept the
same or similar colours through out it. My
contents page displays the colours from
my masthead on the front cover as red and
blue. This gives it familiarity making it
seem like more of a professional magazine.
My contents page is styles in a well known
way to most magazines in a column style
with images supporting the articles
included.
i have also used an advertisement for the
magazine as I have seen many magazines
do this such as NME and Q.

11. Double Page Spread
I have tried to follow a similar
layout to previous music
magazines by using columns for
my interview article layout and
different colours for the questions
and answers, still keeping my
original colours throughout my
double page.
I have included an image to show
the artist being interview like
most magazines along with a pull
quote. This demonstrates my
knowledge of other magazines in
my research as I have applied
their main styles to mine as well.