Evaluation question 1

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

2. Use: I used the three colour rule and
similar font types to the ATM magazine.
This is shown through the compressed
masthead font and the main use of the
three colours Orange, Black and yellow.
Challenge: A challenge for me
was making the fonts within
my taglines stand out and
having an overall theme which
represented the genre well.
Develop: A development I made is the shot
type of the main image. Although it is a mid-
shot, my model is looking away from the
camera which breaks the stereotype of
direct address with the target audience.

3. Challenge: A challenge for me was
fitting the appropriate photos into the
right places on the contents page. This
was because the smaller photos were
sometimes not clearly visible.
Develop: A development I made was
to add more colour to the page
headings to make them stand out
more with the bright green and bold
white. This would also be aesthetically
more pleasing.
Use: I have used the same layout as in
the shown magazine in terms of text
and images and also the dark
background. This allowed me to
represent the genre of Drum and Bass.

4. Use: I used the simple idea of this double
page spread quite significantly in my piece
as it set out simply and clearly, using white
as a main background colour meaning the
pictures and font really stand out.
Challenge: I have challenged the
concept of having a big title to the
story, instead using a heading right at
the top of the page indicating which
story it is and relying on the pictures to
attract attention.
Develop: A development I have made is
to do with the arrangement of the
pictures and how I have used the same
style of pictures but arranged them in a
different way I thought was suitable for
my magazine.