The document describes how the author's magazine uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. The author copies elements like mastheads, banners, and cover lines from magazines like Mix Mag and Vibe. Elements are then developed, such as changing graphic colors and image placement. The author challenges conventions by adding an image in the masthead and using action shots related to the music genre. Conventions from additional magazines are then used, developed, and challenged, such as positioning images and text, and sizing mastheads. The author works to ensure the magazine style remains consistent while experimenting with design elements.

1. Evaluation
By: Mia Jones

2. In what ways does your magazine use,
develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products

3. Use
Feature article
photo
Feature article photo
Small barcode
Small barcode
Graphic feature
Graphic feature
Bold white
mast head
that
contrasts
with dark
background
Bold white
mast head
that
contrasts
with dark
background
Yellow banner Yellow banner
White and yellow
cover lines
White and
yellow cover
lines
Advertisement
Advertisemen
t
headline
headline
I have copied elements from this other magazine on the right.

4. Use
• I have used an action shot of my model playing music I got this inspiration
from looking at the action shot used on mix mag of the model jumping
and this motivated me to get an action shot for my cover page and double
page spread. I also decided to use a bold white mast head in comparison
to a dark electronic themed background like mix mag. I thought that the
effect of the drop shadow on mix mag’s head line made the text stand out
therefor I applied a drop shadow effect to my head line. I also liked the
yellow and white cover lines and the yellow banner because the colours
looked professional on the page so I decided to use the same colours for
my cover lines and the banner. I also added all of the necessities such as a
bar code, an advertisement and a corner graphic feature and the price
because from my music magazine research all of the magazines included
these feature. The mix mag also includes a small shot on the top right
hand side of the page. I also added a small image, I used an image of head
phones I thought this looks effective.

5. DevelopWhite graphic
feature instead
of yellow Yellow graphic
feature
Image on the
left
Image on
the right
White
headline
no
yellow
used
White and
yellow
headline

6. Develop
• I then developed my magazine by making my text stand out more than the
text on mix mag because I thought that Riven kova stood out in an all
white font in comparison to having one word in yellow on the headline like
mix mag’s. I also thought that my feature article photo looked better on
the left hand side rather than the right. I changed the corner graphic
feature to white because the contrasted successfully with the green
background. I also preferred to have a larger barcode so I free transformed
it and enlarged it.

7. Challenge
Record image for the letter ‘O’
Action
shot
related to
dance
music.
Action
shot
No imagery used

8. Challenge
• I challenged mix mag by adding a feature they hadn't thought of and that I
had not seen on any other magazine whilst I did my research. I changed
the letter ‘O’ in the mast head, ‘Euphoria’ as an image of a record because
not only does it fit in perfectly with my genre it also looks interesting on
the pages composition. I also challenged mix mag with the feature article
photo I used on my front cover, the image mix mag used looks effective
however I wanted to take it to the next level and take an image that
represented my music magazine throughout, I did this by choosing the
models clothes, getting him to play a record, and to pose with a slightly
serious face.

9. Use
Large bold mast head
Large bold mast head
Majority of the text is on
the right hand side
Majority of the text is on
the right hand side
A shot of a
model
serious
facial
expression
on the left
A shot of a model
serious facial
expression on the
left
The word
features
is in a
bolder
font
The word
features is
in a bolder
font
Small
amount
of text on
the left
hand side
Small
amount
of text
on the
left hand
side

10. Use
• I used this Vibe contents page in order to decide the composition of my
music magazine’s contents page. Therefor many of my features are placed
in the same places as in vibe. I have used the same features as vibe such
as including a bold mast head, a shot of a model with a serious facial
expression to attract the audience, a small amount of text on the left hand
side of the page to fill a space as the majority of the listed features are
placed on the right hand side of the page in a column and the ‘features’
heading is in a bold font in comparison to the rest of the text.

11. Develop
Use of arms
Use of
arms
Similar font, different
arrangement
Similar font, different
arrangement

12. Develop
• The use of arms within the main image has
developed from one arm to the use of two
and placing them in front of the face whereas
the arms on vibes image are around the
models shoulders. Also although the fonts of
the mast head are in a similar font I have
developed the text into a different layout by
having it placed diagonally across the top of
the page whereas Vibe has the text in a
column.

13. ChallengePositioning of the
image
Positioning of the
text
Positioning of
the text Positioning of
the image

14. Challenge
• I faced the challenge of where I should place
the photo of my model in order to represent
her eye as the letter ‘O’ in the word‘contents’.
Another challenging factor was ensuring that
the theme of my magazine reoccurred
throughout the pages for example, dark
background so I had the challenge of creating
a dark background.

15. Use
Similar white text
Similar white text
Image on the
left
Image on the left
Majority of the
text is on the
right
Majority of the text is on the right
Different colours
for headings
Different colours
for headings
Small amount of text
on the left
Small amount of
text on the left

16. Use
• After I had completed my double page spread I
found this other double page spread that is
similar to mine. My image is placed on the left
and the text is on the right, with a small amount
of text on the left page. They are both stories
about famous artists who have been interviewed.
Both of the magazines have a similar bold, white
text for the mast heads font and different colours
are used for the headings in the text in order to
make them stand out in comparison to the rest of
the text.

17. Develop
Placed my mast head
on the left
Mast head is placed on
the right
Free transformed
image
Larger image

18. Develop
• I developed my magazine by placing my mast
head on the left. I also developed my image by
free transforming it in order for it to fit on the
page and so that the text slightly overlaps the
models head because I thought that this
looked effective. I also cropped the image into
a mid shot like the other magazine by using
the crop tool to remove the bottom of the
image.

19. Challenge
Positioning of the
image
Positioning of the image

20. Challenge
• I didn’t face many challenges however a
struggle I faced was deciding how to place my
image of the artists record, I didn’t know
whether to place it straight or on a diagonal.