The document evaluates how the media product uses, develops, or challenges real media products in its forms and conventions. It provides examples of how the student's music magazine cover, contents page, and double-page spread use conventions from real music magazines, such as simple designs that focus attention. The student also describes ways they developed conventions, like adding side stories and effects to make the magazine seem more attractive. Finally, the student explains how their magazine challenges conventions by using bold color schemes, large prominent text, and unique design elements not found in the real magazines.

1. EVALUATION
1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE THE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

2. FRONT COVER
Real media product My media product
USE:
I used this magazine as inspiration for my
final front cover for my music magazines.
I liked the simplicity of this magazine in
particular as I thought it left enough
space to include and focus on the main
genre of the magazine (indie) and the
model. There aren’t any side stories or
images on this cover either which allows
focus and attention from readers to be
drawn to the model representing the
main story of this magazine
DEVELOP: CHALLENGE:
I developed the real media product in my music magazine by including Rather than having a dull colour scheme, I chose the colour scheme
more things on the cover i.e. side stories. I also added conventions such according to the colour my model is wearing to make the magazine
as puff lines to persuade readers to want to purchase and read my seem more attractive. The masthead and text on the real media
product as there’s an incentive. magazine product is white which isn’t really eye-catching for readers
as the background is quite dull itself. To challenge this, I chose a very
dark colour for my masthead and font according tot the colour that
my model is wearing. In fact, most of the font on my title page is in
colours such as dark green and black in order to stand out.

3. Real media product CONTENTS PAGE My media product
USE:
I used this music magazine to give an
ide for how mine will look as I found
the layout and contents quite simply
but still attractive. I liked the close up
shot of the main artist as it felt as if the
reader could get ‘up close and
personal’ with the main artist of my
magazine. I also used the masthead of
the music magazine on my contents
page as well in order for readers to be
familiar with the name of my magazine
and are aware of the logo so it
becomes more recognisable and well
known. I also kept all the subheadings
and text on one side of the page which
allows the focus to be on the main
image of the artist as well as the list of
contents.
DEVELOP: CHALLENGE
As well as using some of the features of this real media product, I I challenged this real media product by reducing the amount of text on the
developed it in ways I thought would be more effective. I used my page. Rather than keeping the text small and a little harder to read, I
main image as the background for my contents page which made enlarged my text which allowed me to put just the most important page
the magazine focus more on my main artist as a whole. I also numbers to side stories that I thought readers would be most interested
added the main story about her as one of the biggest texts on the in. I also didn’t use any side images which gave more focus on my main
page with the heading “NATALIE” which is eye-catching and draws story. I used effects such as reducing the opacity so rather than the
the attention of the reader straight to the text about her. It is also background pictures and colours looking too bold, it blended in giving a
easy to recognise that this is the text that goes with the main soft tone to my music magazine and making it look slightly more classy
image on this page. and expensive which matches my audience profile.

4. Real media products DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD My media product
USE:
I used the idea of the large text being one of
the main focuses on the page and covering a
large section on the page because I thought
it looked attractive and was quite unique
DEVELOP:
I developed this by putting a block background
behind the text so that the text could stand
out more against the background and also to
stand out in comparison to the rest of the
page. I also made the text slightly smaller so
that my interview was able to fit on the page
as well as the large text
CHALLENGE: USE:
I used the idea here on this magazine of the
I challenged this feature on this real media
subheading being on the other page with my
product in my media product by rather than
image of the artist so the page wouldn’t look
using the a descriptive caption of the main artist,
too much like a poster for a child's magazine
I used a quote from the interview. Almost
but more of a sophisticated way of indicating
imitating a floating quote as well as a masthead
this was the main image to match the tory on
for the page. I also made the text size range from
the opposite page.
different sizes to make my text look a bit random
and unique whereas in the real media magazine,
the text size was kept the same however the font
DEVELOP:
I developed this by making my text slightly
style changed. I also didn’t make the masthead
larger so it isn't mistaken for the description
as large as the masthead in the real media
for the image i.e. where it was taken etc.,. I
product because I wanted more space for my
also put a block-style background behind
interview. This meant I had to also make my
the text so that the text was easily
interview text smaller as well as the masthead.
recognisable in front of the main artists
black skirt.