This document summarizes the key elements of the magazine front cover, contents page, and double page spread (DPS) that was created, along with how it represents social groups and its target audience. The front cover uses an unusual masthead font, dominant central image, and cover lines/article teasers. The contents page mixes conventions from other magazines and uses color consistently. The DPS features an informal artist interview formatted across three columns. While the magazine does not explicitly represent a subculture like "emos" or "goths", it would appeal most to the "hoodies" subculture interested in hip hop and R&B. It aims to consider issues of gender, age, and ethnicity through inclusive

1. Evaluation

2. 1) IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA
PRODUCTS?

3. Front Cover

4. I used an unusual font style for
I have used a header to attract
my masthead to make it stand out
I have based my front the audience and also to give an
and also so that it can be easily
idea of what else in in the
cover around the magazine.
recognised as a lot of magazines
do.
magazine VIBE
I have used a dominating
medium close up main image .
I put cover lines on my front cover The image takes up most of the
to attract the audience and show page
what is in the magazine
I have included artists that my
target audience said that they
liked and others on my front
cover again to show what is
I made the font size bigger for the
included inside the magazine.
main article and also I made it
stand out by use FX effects on it
(bevel boss)
I tried to use colours that would
attract both males and females. I
changed my colours once while
construction however I still feel I
The barcode has been placed on the
could have use better colours.
bottom left hand corner to keep it
out of the way. I have included the
date and issue number as all
magazines do. The background to my cover is
plain and simple as VIBE For my cover lines, I used drop
magazines has them. I used a shadow to make them stand out
gradient background so that it and make them important.
isn't completely plain and boring

5. Contents Page
and DPS

6. My article is around and NME
Like my front cover I have used I included the masthead on both Like the Dizzee Rascal article, I used
article that featured Dizzee Rascal. I
plain background (gradient) to stop the contents page and DPS to link a bold title heading which stands
used a mid shot of my artist for my
the attention directing away from them together. Also I put the date out from the page. Also I used a
main image. However I used a plain
the main focus of the page. and issue number on it. short description of the article.
background rather than a busy one.
I have use different colours the
I based my contents page on a mix on contents page which I thought NME article to match the genre and
I used a Q&A for my DPS which
would suit my genre. I used the idea of a editors letters from NME which colour scheme of my magazine. I
makes it more informal and give the
makes the magazine for friendly. Also I used the idea of having the haven’t used a very small text size
reader more insight. I used 3
masthead down the side of the magazine from an XXL magazine which had as it can put the readers off by
columns to clearly format the text
quote instead. I used colours that would attract both males and females. making it seem like there is a lot of
text.

7. 2) How does your media product
represent particular social
groups?

8. Do you represent a sub-culture
e.g. ‘emos,’ ‘goths,’ ‘hoodies’?
I don’t think that my magazine represents a
certain subculture however I think that it would
attract the subculture of ‘hoodies’ which most
people would associate with the genre Hip Hop
and R‘n’B.

9. Do you deal with issues of
race, ethnicity, gender, age, soci
al class or disability?
I feel that my magazine may have to deal with
issues of age as it have to attract male and
female teenagers between ages 16 – 19. So
those above the ages would be unfamiliar with
the artists in the magazine. I have tried to deal
with gender by making the colours and images
appropriate for both.

10. 3) What kind of media
institution might distribute your
media product and why?

11. Which companies might distribute your
magazine e.g. IPC, Emap or Bauer?
Do they already distribute magazine of a
similar genre?
I think that companies such as Prometheus Global
Media or Harris Publications would be suitable for my
magazine as they already publish magazines such as
Billboard and XXL. My magazine is of the same genres
as these magazine but also their magazines are
targeted towards men mainly whereas mine is for both
which would fill the gap in their business.

12. 4) Who would the audience be
for your media product?

13. Define your target audience in terms or
age, social class, gender, ethnicity and
psychographic profile?
The audience for my magazine is mainly males however also targeted at females. The
age range of my magazine is 16 – 19 though that is just my main focus. The social class
of my magazine is class C1 (working class) however it may attract other classes too.
The ethnicity of my audience is any however is mainly based around Afro Caribbean
and Asians. In terms of a psychographic profile, the person would be someone who
enjoys listening to music, going to gigs and is generally an outgoing person. The mood
of the genre varies depending on the song. Though the mood is commonly moody and
quite harsh.