2. Question
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms of conventions of real media
products?
3. Real Product My Product
The structure of any magazine all depends on the type of image used on
the front cover. The differences between the real magazine and mine is I
used a ‘group’ which is typically unusual for the genre I went for. For
example the rule of thirds would not work with my magazine as I have
two people on the front, who aren't fully on the image. As though my
magazine is not focusing on the models, this could have been something
I did not take into consideration when creating the magazine.
4. The masthead is in the same format, at the top of the page, is large font and
almost reaches across the whole page. Even though the text is completely different
to a real magazines masthead, this is the font that was most popular to my focus
group.
The colours used for the backing of the front cover are
completely different, using a bright colour would not
have gone with the type of image I chose for the
magazine and the seriousness of my models faces in
the image, which is a contrast to the Paramore band in
‘Rocksound’ who are a lot less serious and are having
fun.
5. Both magazines have the main focus of the magazine written
across the front cover, over the magazine models. This is so
the information jumps out to the audience to tell them what
is the main story in the magazine, which is a main selling
point in most magazines, depending on the model. Different
text and colour was used for the bands name in the real
magazine. I also included it on my front cover.
Most magazines in all genres
usually include a button, usually
promoting free gifts for the
buyer or some sort of
quiz/competition but I
challenged this by using the
button to promote another big
story that would be inside the
magazine.
6. This real products is the one that is most similar to my product. The factors they have
in common are; The image type is very similar, mine just captures a close up shot,
instead of the medium shot ‘NME’ used on their models. Again the main cover line is
over the models on the front cover. All other cover lines are placed on the left of the
cover. Many different fonts and sizes are used across the whole page. No secondary
images are used on either. Buttons have been used and the barcodes have been angled
differently to a normal magazine. Bothe include a header which includes more reads
in the magazine and news.
7. My Magazine The plus sign used on my
magazine at the header of
the page isn't normally
used in a rocker magazine
like this issue was aimed
Vibe Magazine
towards, its mainly used in
multi genre magazines
such as, Billboard, Q and
Q Magazine Vibe. So this is what I used
from the other aspects of
the actual magazine I
planned to create a multi
genre magazine. I did this
so I included aspects from
Billboard Magazine a Multi genre magazine
and a rock / rockers
magazine as this issue is
aimed towards them.
8. I found inspiration from the Billboard contents page and did design
mine very similar to it. I did it as I liked how it sectioned off different
parts of it, telling the audience about different parts in the magazine or
different things about the music industry right now.
9. I included the charts on my contents page
just like Billboard do, which would be
updated weekly. There are a few differences, I
didn't included as many as I found it hard to
read the small text they have used. Do to the
large text I could go any higher then 10 and
couldn't have as many categories. I also put
the date on the upper half of the chart box.
The similarities are the title ‘No.1’. We both
included the title of the magazine on the top
right hand corner and used a grey colour
scheme.
10. I like how Billboard sticks to
one group of colours
throughout their magazine.
So I though I would but with
a more expressive colours;
red, blue, white and black.
These are also the colour
schemes on the DPS and
Front cover.
I used the same text as I did
on the front cover for the
competition. ‘Win’. The
contents are centre right on
We both included 4 images on the contents page. both magazines. I black that
All the images on my contents page were taken sections background out as
from me. The gig one was at a concert I went to 2 all the background to the
years ago and decided to use it in my contents page images were black so it they
and the other 3 were staged just for the magazine. didn’t look out of place, say
I placed the front cover in the top right corner as I with a white background. It
noticed this was common in magazines, I done it to gives it more of an effect.
just give it the effect of an actual magazine.
11. A typical double page spread in a multi genre magazine is by having an image
covering up one page and normally an interview of the main model on the other.
This is what I wanted to achieve in my magazine and I believe I did. I included a
pulled quote on the image page as do real magazines, this quote brings the
audience in and makes them feel as if the models are talking to them.
12. Columns are used in all magazines especially when a interview with an artist is the
main focus of the double page. That is exactly what I used.
These are the two images I included on my double
page spread. The one on the left I included to show a
emotion of the model, (laughter) and that its a very
natural image. Then the one on the right is of ‘DUO’
performing which is common in Q’s magazines.
There was an image of Coldplay performing on the
double page spread that I bought.
13. I didn't use a drop capital in my magazine as I have noticed in most rock/punk
magazine they don't use them very often, so I used the conventions they use on
my double page spread as this issue of Junkie is based on a Rock/Punk/Pop duo
group. I used columns as they do and plenty of images across the pages. Different
coloured text and different sizes and fonts. Live gig images and analysis of the
photos. Pulled quotes too.
