This is my PowerPoint presentation for the evaluation question 1: In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions or real media products?

1. Use
Front Cover
I have used a similar font for
my masthead and it goes
over the top of the models
head similarly.
Both magazines have a
coloured strapline going
across the top of the
magazine.
The magazine models look similar
because they have a simple face
and not a cheesy smile.
Both magazines
advertise posters
inside and show a
line of examples of
them.
Both of the magazines have a
coloured circle showing what is in
the magazine.

2. Develop
Front Cover
My magazine has a title
going across the middle of
the page advertising what’s
inside whereas top of the
pops has a circle.
My magazine has more
text and the other
magazine has more
images.
My magazine uses more bright, florescent
colours i.e. the pink and blue whereas the
other uses colours that match each other.
Make up and hair on my model looks more
natural which is good for it’s audience.
My model is not central
like the one on the Top of
the Pops magazine she is
slightly to the right.

3. Challenge
Front Cover
I have used different coloured
fonts when talking about one
thing but the other magazine
keeps it with one colour.
The Top of the Pops magazine
has lots of information in one
place where as mine is more
spaced out.
My magazine has a pink background
whereas the other has no background
this makes mine look more eye catching.
On the Top of the Pops magazine
you can see more of the model and
her hair is positioned differently.
My magazine uses one
font throughout most
of the page making it
look sophisticated
unlike the other
magazine using more
than one.

4. Use
Contents Page
These contents pages look
similar because they both
have two boxes going
vertically and horizontally
around the main image.
Both contents pages
have an editors note
on them welcoming
the reader.
Both mastheads on these pages
use and ellipsis, i.e contents..
The small font and masthead font
is similar on both magazines.
Even though both
magazines are
different colours they
have colour schemes
which make them
look neat and smart.

5. Develop
Contents Page
My contents page uses more
female targeted colours unlike
the other contents page where
they use unisex colours.
My magazine uses ‘regulars’ and ‘features’
subheadings for the content of the magazine which
helps the reader. Whereas the other magazine has
one sub heading reading ‘inside this month’.
In my magazine Ellie is not a
celebrity, she is just a
model. The Top of the Pops
only use celebrities on their
contents page.
The main image for my
contents has been cut out
and placed to the right
whereas the other is
squared and in the middle of
the page.

6. Challenge
Contents Page
My contents page looks
different because I have not
used as many images as the
other magazine has.
My contents page doesn't use all boxes like the
Top of the Pops for the text and images, I have a
circle which doesn't make it look as cubic.
My contents page has
one gradient background
where as the other looks
like it has two layers of
background.
I have used images of makeup on my
contents page not just images of people
like the Top of the Pops magazine have.

7. Use
Double Page Spread
Both magazines use
a quote from the
interview for a
masthead and they
change one word
into a different
colour.
Both Double page
spreads use pull out
quotes which stand
out to make people
want to read the
story.
Both magazines use one main image
and smaller images within the text.
Both double page spreads are
interviews and are in columns of
writing.

8. Develop
Double Page Spread
On my double page
spread there is only
two images but on
the other there is 3
which means mine
would hold more of
the story.
Both main images
are different poses
but they both put
across a happy
atmosphere.
The text on my double page spread is in
two different colours which shows it is in
a pop magazine because they are bright
and the other magazine has just black
font.
The main image that I have used has
been placed on one page to show that it
is a poster, includng prices of what she is
wearing.

9. Challenge
Double Page Spread
My image has a
background on it as
it is a poster, unlike
the other magazines
image.
My double page spread has a gradient pink
background which shows that it is a pop
magazine however the other magazine just
has a plain white background.
These double page
spreads are different
because my
interview doesn't
spread across both
of pages.
My double page spread uses more light
colours and the other is more contrast.