Harry Iggleden AS Media Studies. Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your media
product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?

5. I have used continuity by using same font styles, colour schemes, and layouts to create a house style.
By using the same font throughout the magazine, I have allowed my magazine front cover, contents page, and
double page spread to connect together, it allows them to look similar and jointed, rather than them looking like
separate pages from different magazines.
I have used three colours, black, white and red to create a colour scheme. The use of a colour scheme creates a
house style for my magazine as it again links pages together, the colour scheme was important for my magazine
as it makes each page connect.
The use of the same Artist, NCUBE, on my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread creates a
house style and shows continuity in my products. By using the same artist, it shows what relevance the front
cover has to the double page spread. As people who see the front cover will know who the featured artist and
article will be about, as this is conventional of music magazines. A magazine wouldn’t have a photo of an artist
not included in the magazine on the front cover.
My magazine does not use a puff, this challenges conventions as most magazine use puffs to attract buyers to
the magazine. I haven't used a puff in my magazine as I want readers to really care about what they are buying,
rather than just buying for the chance of winning tickets or getting a free song.
My magazine matches many layout conventions of magazines, this is because my magazine features many
properties found on other magazines…

6. Main Artist Name
Stands Out
Barcode
Skyline in different
location
Info about
edition
Use of colour
scheme

7. Masthead
An important convention to use as
it gives a magazine a brand
identity.
I have conformed with
conventions here as all magazines
feature a masthead.
Centre Image
It gives a visual aid into the
main feature of the magazine.
I have conformed with
conventions here because my
magazine would be very plain
and boring without a visual aid.
Feature Article Cover
Line
Gives a textual aid into the
mean feature of the magazine.
I have conformed with
conventions here as
I want the reader to be able to
see who and what the
magazine is about.
Skyline
A skyline lists some artists or features of the magazine.
My skyline isn't right at the top of the cover, this challenges
conventions to make my magazine seem unique and
challenge how other magazines lay out a skyline.
Footer/strapline
A footer acts in the same way as a skyline does, however instead of
being at the top it is at the bottom. My product conforms with
conventions as it is in the correct place and try's to sell the mag.
Barcode
The barcode allows the
magazine to be sold, and it is
a convention as the
magazine couldn’t be sold
without one.
Cover Lines
These are used to allow the
reader to see what is
included in the magazines.
I have used them to give
more detail to my cover.
‘The Gaze’
The gaze is found in music
magazines, this is the artist
looking at the reader.
I have used this to create a
bond between artist and
reader
Date and Edition Number
This is used to show when
the magazine and how many
editions have been
published.
I have conformed with
conventions to allow the
reader to know the info is up
to date in my mag.
Font and House Style
I have a house style to allow the
magazine cover to flow
together, however I have
challenged conventions by not
using a variety of texts to create
a slicker look on the front of my
magazine.

8. The use of THIS WEEK as my
heading for the magazine is
conventional as it allows readers
to know what is coming up in
this months edition, rather than
thinking it is a specific article.
PAGE NUMBERS allows my
magazine to follow conventions,
page numbers are an important
part of my contents page as it
allows the reader to navigate to
a certain article or feature.
The use of columns is
conventional as it gives a more
sophisticated look to the
magazine. I have used this to
make my contents page look
professional and look like it has a
specific order rather than being
messy.
The use of images is important
as, like on my front cover, it
provides a visual aid to the
reader in identifying and
describing a feature of my
magazine.
I have used subheadings to break up and
categorise the contents page. It gives the
magazine a structure to follow and for
the features and articles to have
dedicated locations.
The subscribe box is used as a marketing
tool on my magazine, it is on the
contents page to allow people to sign up
to receiving the magazine. It is becoming
a convention to offer digital copies, I
have done this to appeal to my audience
as the majority would rather read on an
iPad or Phone.
Feature Stories makes my magazine
seem professional as it is important for
readers to know what they are reading,
it makes my magazine seem ‘real’ as
there is more than just one double page
spread inside, but there is many stories
of varying lengths and subjects.
It is conventional to allow the colour
scheme and font style to run through to
the contents page from the front cover.
This makes the transition seem seamless
and smooth, and creates a sense of
continuity within the magazine.

9. I used a colour scheme that
continued from the front
cover and contents page.
This creates a simplistic look
and provides continuity
throughout my magazine.
A slight convention was
broken when I produced my
magazine, it is conventional
for the image to be on the
left, however to make my
magazine different I placed
it on the left.
The masthead is again matching the
front cover, and the contents page.
The matching allows the magazine to
flow throughout and shows a sense
of structure, as it is clear to see
which feature on the contents page,
and which cover line on the front
cover is matched.
I used page numbers
throughout, from my contents
page to the double page spread
to create continuity and a house
style to match conventions. I
made the number for my double
page spread 68, as many
monthly edition magazines are
around 120 pages, and I want my
DPS to fall in the middle.
I haven't used a standfirst on my DPS,
this is because I have made the first
paragraph bold. This is because the first
paragraph sums up the article very well,
taking away the need for a standfirst.
I have used the font
Arial, size 11 in the
article text.
I have used Arial Black
and Arial Bold
throughout so the
transition to Arial isnt
really seen in my
magazine. However,
many magazines use
Arial 11 in the articles so
it is still conventional of
my magazine. Some
magazines break this
convention and use texts
more suitable to the
genre.
I have used drop caps in
my article to first show
the start of the article,
and secondly to section
and give a flow to my
article.
I have included a pull quote to
allow the artist to sum up the
article, this is a different take on
the use of a pull quote but it
makes the article personal.
I have made the title ‘A Fresh
Start’ red, this was done to make
it really stand out against the
photo and the rest of the article,
again summing up the article.
I have included my name as the writer and
photographer, this is because it is
conventional to sign the work with a name. I
have included a web address to increase usage
of my magazines website too.