This is the first question for my Evaluation

1. Evaluation
Q1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
Front Cover:
The final piece tomy frontcoverwas inspiredbyKerrangMagazine.There wasalot aboutthe way
theydo theirfrontcoversthat I tooka shine toand wantedinmy final frontcoverdesign.
I firstlystartedwiththe mainimage.Atthe start of my frontcoverthe mainimage wasquite hard
because Ihad useda fair fewpeople thatIfeltwouldlookgoodonmyfrontcoverbut afterdoing
more researchthe people Iusedat the start didnot workwithgenre I chose to domy final after
(Rock).Whendoingmore researchonKerrangfront coversI discoveredthatthe wayIalso usedthe
camera didnot suithowI wantedmy mainimage to come out like.
So I finallyfoundsomeonewhoIthoughtwouldlookreallygoodonmyfrontcoverand whoalsohad
the enthusiasmtogetthe final outcome Iwantedandfeltlookedgood.Idecidedtotake loadsof
differentphotosfromdifferentanglesandpositionsnotonlyfrommybutthe personIchose for the
mainimage.
Afterlookingthroughthe imageswhenlookingfora picture IlikedmostI
came outwithwhat Kerrangmagazine hadusedona fair few of theirfront
coverdesigns.The mainimage usedforthe a singularpersononthe front
coverimage was a mid-shotphotoof whomeverwas/isfeaturingonthe
frontcover of that magazine issue.
That person wasthenplacedinthe middle of the page eitherholdingan
object/proptomake the readermore curiouson whatthat persondoesfor
the musicindustryalongwiththatthe personinthe mainimage wasusing
theirface to give off a mysteriousorangrykindof mannerto go withthe
genre of musicthat the magazine specializesin.
Some of the mainimagesKerranguseshasa lot of headline/coverlines in
frontof the mainimage to bringout whatit goingto be featuredinthe
magazine itself,some alsohave the mastheadforgedroundthe mainimage mainly towardsthe top
of the forehead.
I had made sure that, like othermagazinesincludingKerrangmagazineIusedadirectaddressfor my
mainimage,thissignifiesthatthe person/peopleonthe frontcoverare lookingatthe
reader/audience. Ihave usedmostof the codesandconventionsfromKerrangmagazine toputinto
my final frontcover.
The strapline onthe Kerrangmagazine Ichose to use for my frontcoverand withthat I changeditup
withsome of the top bandsthat are therefore featuredinthe magazine issue alongwithsome
graphicfeaturesbeingplacednexttothe bandnames.
It couldusuallybe a star to resembleaform of celebritystarorstar band. I chose to use thisformy
strapline because Ilikedthe ideaof itandhow itlookedonthe magazine,the onlydifferencewith
the straplinesusedonthe Kerrangmagazine issuesisthatI have useda differentgraphicfeature by

2. the namesof the bandsalongwithdifferentbandnamesthathave beenusedonthe Kerrang
magazines,I have researchedintorockbandsto see whichbandsthe publiclike/enjoytoread/know
aboutthe bandtheyare buyingthe issue tofindoutaboutwhetheritiseitheraninterview ora
concert whereaboutsorevenjustgeneral knowledge aboutthatband/person.
I alsouseda custom mastheadthatwas boldwitha specifictype of fonttogetthe full Kerrangeffect
I was planningforalongwiththatI alsousedphotoshopensure thathappenedandbythat I mean
that the engravedlinesinthe Kerrangmastheadgoingthroughthe entire mastheadwasalsousedin
my mastheadformyfront coverfinal.
I changedmy mastheadintoaraster layeron photoshoptogive me the abilitytocute linesoutof
my mastheadquite likethe Kerrangmasthead,the cutoutlinesonmymastheadare notin the exact
positionorlengththatKerranghave usedfortheirsso I have nottotallyusedthe ideaforthat.
Contents Page:
The final piece tomy ContentsPage wasmostlyself-inspiredbut
alsogettingideasfromdifferentcontentspagesfromsome
magazinesunderthe namesof NME & Kerrangmagazine.
I have chosento use 3 columnsonmycontentspage at the
bottomof the page withimagesrelatingtothe articlesbeing
featuredorregulatedinthe magazine.
There are 3 titlesIhave for each individual columnthe firstone
on the leftbeing“Features”forthe articlesthataren’talwaysin
the magazine issue,justacertainmagazine issue.
The secondone being“Regulars”forall of the articlesinthe
magazine itself havingeachseparate article withtheirown
sectionforeveryissue thatispublished,thisthereforemakingit
match the codesand conventionsalsoincludedinareal music
magazine.
I have also includedmyownlittlesectionusedformymagazine
withthe title inthe thirdcolumnbeingcalled“BandIndex”thisis
the sectionusedtohelppeople findoutwhatisthe highestvoted
bandout of all of them,it includesupto10 differentbandsgoingfrom1-10, 1 beingthe highestand
10 beingthe leastoutof the 10 differentbands chosenforthatissue eachtime the magazine is
released.
To helpfindoutwhichisthe besteach new issue thatisbroughtout 10 random bandnamesare
broughtout and placedtowhere the publichelpdecidewhichbandtheyprefer/enjoyoutof all the
bandsused.
The imagesusedformy contentspage are placedina randomorder dependingonthe size of the
image ineach sloteachmagazine issue usuallywilluse upto5-6 imagesinthe contentspage like
Kerranghas done withthisissue righthere.
The imaginingorderIhave usedon mycontentspage isn’tas randomlookingasthisissue of Kerrang
I have usedan orderof the firstimage usedbeinginthe topleftcornerthenleadingrightontothe
nextimage whengettingtowardsthe endof the page itleadsbelow the firstimage thengoing
across to the rightagain (only2 horizontal columnswill be publishoneachcontentspage).

3. 1 image maybe a lotbiggerthanothersdependingonwhatthe article isaboutand if itrequiresa
largerimage to fitwhat is featuringinthatspecificarticle.
I have addedthe mastheadat the top of the page andbeside the mastheadIhave alsoaddedthe
title “Contents”withthe date justabove it(theyare bothinthe same fontonlythe date is slightly
smallerthanthe title).
The page numberislocatedat the bottomof the page below the 3 columnsonthe leftside.The font
usedforthe headlinesusedinmycontentspage were the same fontalongwiththe size too,I had
alsochose to put boarderlinesroundthe 3 headlinestomake themstandout like Kerrangmagazine
usesBOLD headlineswithadifferentcolourforthe fontsaswell (Kerrang’scolourchoice forthe
headlinesisabrightyellow). There are page numbersnexttoeacharticle onFeaturesandRegulars
to helpthe publicaudience quicklyskiptothe article theywantto readthe most.
Double Page Spread:
The final piece tomy Double Page Spreadwasalsoslightlyself-inspiredlike mycontentspage,Idid
getsome ideasfromNME & Kerrangalsolike mycontentspage.
I have decidedtouse some
ideasfromthe codesand
conventionsfrombothNME&
Kerrangmagazine alsowithmy
ownideas…
WhenmakingmyDouble Page
SpreadI chose to have the
backgroundimage take upboth
pagesof the DPSto give the full
double page effectforthe
audience whowouldchose to
purchase my magazine.
It didnot fade like mostDPS’s,
whenI tookthe photoI made
sure it wasbig enoughto cover
bothpages.
I likedthe thoughtof the mainimage of the featuringpersononthe DPSwas goingto be on one
page while onthe otherthere wasgoingto be writingandfor the DPS I have chosento doand
interview formyDPS sothat it includesanintroductiontowhatthe interview isgoingtotalkabout. I
decidedtoaddsome quotesintomyDouble Page Spreadto give itthe connotationsthatother
musicmagazinesdo.
The quotesI have chosenforthe connotationsinmyDPSwere “Practice makesperfect”or“Enjoy
and expressyourself inanopen manor”. Ithendecided thatthey wouldbothlookgoodas beingina
differentfontandbeingboldina box withthe quote(s) intogive itthateye-catchinglook.
The actual textitself includingthe introductioninalsoina box to make it standout more when
beingeditedontothe backgroundimage soitcan be read butalsoto give ita bitmore style forthe
audience toread/lookat,withthatbeingputintothe DPS I have alsoincludedastandfirstlike other
magazinesdowhetherornotit ismusicrelated.

4. For my standfirstI have put a capital letteratthe beginningwithitbeinginadifferentfontthan
some of the othertextandalsoa biggerletteringsize unlike the restof the textinthe Double Page
Spreadand I have made the standfirsttext boldtoo,the text“Charlotte Smith…”thathas been
writteninthe standfirstI have put ina biggerletteringsize thanthe restof the standfirstalongwith
a differentcolourtomake itstandout alsowhothe interview isabout.
The intervieweesname isinbigwritingonthe firstpage on the DPS locatedinthe top leftcornerso
as youopenthe page youcan start to get intothe article fromthe get go. The page numbersare
locatedonthe bottomleftcornerof the firstpage of the DPS and the secondpage numberison the
bottomrighthand corner.
The main image Ihave used issimilartowhat NME magazine useswiththe personbeingonone of
the pagesand the textbeingonthe otherpage. I have also useda propin the makingof the final
designon the mainimage to give the audience thatmysteriouslookthatmake the readerinterested
(eye-catching).