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- 2. QUESTION 1 Magazine coversthat have broken conventions: Billboard hasn’t followed the rules of conventions as to follow the rules of conventions the masthead would have to be written across the top of the magazine, whereas Billboards cover has has put it down the side instead to show there individuality. Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Magazine covers that have followed the rules of conventions: This magazine has followed the rules of conventions as it has the clear masthead written across the top of the page, A large photo shopped Image located in the center of the magazine and clear subtitles which are all the typical conventions of a music magazine cover. Typical Rules and conventions of a music magazine :A clear masthead located at the top of the magazine, A large photo shopped image located in the center of the cover, Clear subtitles, A clear colour scheme that runs throughout the whole magazine representing the genre, Addition information: A barcode, price, date, website and issue number.
- 3. FRONT COVER OFMAGAZINE Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? In my magazine cover I have followed all of the rules of conventions as it makes my cover look more professional and well written, here is an example of some of the conventions I have followed: Masthead :For my masthead I have used a large clear font and located it on the top of my cover. Cover lines: For my cover lines I have used a clear font that will stand out as it different to the masthead and the colour white as it stands out amongst the background. Additional Information: For my additional information on the front cover I have included the date the magazine was issued, the barcode and the price. Colour Scheme: For the colour scheme I have used bright and vibrant colours such as: neon pink, red and blue as it represents how the music being represented is upbeat and funky.
- 4. ARTICLE OF MAGAZINE Q1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? For my article I have deiced to follow the rules of conventions as it makes it look professionally done. Here I have used the slogan: ‘Its like everywhere I go people know me now ’. I have used this slogan as it emphasis how her life has changed and she’s gone from being an ordinary person to a well know celebrity. Here I have used graphics and bold writing to emphasis the pages numbers and make them stand out. The heading ‘My music makes me feel alive’ is written in bold, neon pink writing so its stands out. The title makes us want to make us wan to listen to Shannon’s music as it is telling us it makes her happy and buzzing which is what teenage girls want their music to make them feel. In the main photo of the artist Shannon, she is looking at the camera lense as it makes the article feel more personal due to the fact it looks like she is looking directly at the target audience.
- 5. CONTENTS OF MAGAZINE Q1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? For the colour scheme I have gone for bright and vibrant colours to represent the upbeat, funky music. I have added a picture of the front cover along with page numbers as the page numbers are linked subheadings found on the front cover so if the reader is interested in a particular subheading, they can find it easily. A list of what is in the magazine, is listed in a vertical format or columns, as this is typical convention for a magazine contents page. Furthermore I have used a pink font to show off the magazines theme colours.
- 6. QUESTION 2 Q2.How doesyour media product represent particular social groups? • My magazine genre is pop. My target audience is teenage girls ranging from 13-18 years, my magazine is aimed at the girls rather than the boys therefore the main focus is on Shannon an upcoming female pop artists as young teenage girls aspire to be like the older female pop artists. • I have targeted girls by using girly colors to attract them to the magazine such as; neon pink, yellow and red, I have also dressed the artist Shannon in a pretty, floral dress so it catches their eye as they want to look like her and want to know what clothes she wears and therefore buy the magazine to find out. • I have targeted the age group of 13-18 years by using more simplistic language so they find it easy to understand, for example I have used the quote :”My music makes me feel alive” . I have used this quote as it’s a very clearly implying that she gets a buzz from her music career and how much she loves it whilst staying simple and easy for the target audience to understand. I have also done all the photo shoots in different states therefore it will attract the target audience as a lot of teenagers want to see what they look like.
- 7. QUESTION 4 +5 Who would be your audience for your media product? Archetypical reader=Is what you would expect the person to be and look exactly like that would buy your magazine. This is Lucy. Lucy would be the Archetypical reader to buy my pop magazine. She is 16 years old, single and studying A levels at St.Peter’s high school. Her favourite artist of all time is Katy Perry and her idol is Arianna Grande. She also likes to listen too: Taylor swift Britney Spears The latest album she bought was Arianna Grande’s new album Dangerous Woman. Lucy likes to go to concerts and festivals. She goes to watch big named artists once every couple of months, the last concert she went to was Britney Spear’s. It was In Las Vegas at the Axis Planet Hollywood resort and casino . She is looking for to going to the v festival in the summer.