1. Evaluation
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
My magazine use’s many conventional techniques of real media magazines, for
example; bar code, title, interview, contents page, colour scheme, people,
layout, extras and posters.

3. Bar Code
I have added a bar code to my magazine to make it more
authentic. With my bar code I have added at the bottom
the price which is £2.50, the date of the magazine and
the issue no. This will also make it look more authentic.
Whilst creating my bar code I looked at other music
magazines bar codes and that’s how I got the idea to add
the extra details at the bottom.

4. Title
I added a title to my magazine to draw the audiences attention, I
made it this style because it was bold enough to grab the readers
attention. Also with this title I wanted it to stand out enough that
if you saw it you would automatically know it was from the rock
magazine I created. It also makes the magazine unique, which
makes it stand out from other magazines. I have followed typical
magazine conventions of having the title at the top of the front
cover covering the top, from left to right. This title also reflects
the type of magazine I have created which is rock, it represents
this genre because it is bold and because of the white streaks
throughout the word. Also the name ‘PARANOIA’ would appeal to
my target audience.

5. Interview
I found writing the interview for the double page
spread hard to start, but after researching other
magazine interviews online and look at hard
copies in front of me, I found it easy to type up
an interview. It made me look at life threw a
different perspective and give the artist I created
an interesting background and past. I found by
doing this I could connect with the image I was
trying to create for my target audience, which
would help draw them into the interview.

6. Colour Scheme
By using this colour scheme it made my magazine
stand out more. It would appeal to my target
audience and it fit my theme well. These colours
complement each other, which makes my
magazine look better, more professional and
more authentic. It also makes my magazine more
visually appealing than magazines with colours
that don’t suit each other and are to bright or
bold.

7. Contents Page
For my contents page I used the idea of having the content of the
magazine with the page numbers on the right side of the page. I
made them content bold enough to catch the readers eye and
easy to read. I also stuck with the colour scheme like the rest of
the magazine pages. I used images along the sides to draw the
readers attention. I used the images as little advertisements, for
example; the top left image is advertising an interview with ‘Roxie’
on page 47 and the bottom left image is advertising posters on
page 30. I feel I could’ve added more to my contents page but I
like how it fits in with the rest of my magazine the clean,
minimalistic look and it has the same colour scheme and font as
the rest of the magazine.

8. People
I have used my own images throughout this
magazine, I have used three different models. I used
Caitlin as my main model, she was my new upcoming
artist ‘VIXEN’. Caitlin is my cover artist on my front
page, she’s on a album cover on the contents page
and she’s the artist on the double page spread. Then
my second model is Hayley who I used for an
advertisement on the contents page for an interview
with another female artist called Roxie. My third
model was Tayla who was a advertisement for a
poster later on in the magazine. I used these three
models because they fit the genre of my magazine
and to help put across a professional magazine, to
make it look more authentic.

9. Layout
From doing all my research before designing my magazine I
knew that the first glance of a magazine will often decide
whether we will buy the magazine or not. So I wanted my
magazine to look good so when my target audience glance
at the magazine I want them too want to look more and to
buy the magazine. The first glance of the magazine is based
on the front cover. So I knew the layout of my front cover
had to be good. I added all the conventional things a
magazine has to my front cover, such as a mast head,
skyline, slogan, main image, anchorage text, sell lines, price
and bar code. Looking at my front cover now I think it would
attract my target audiences attention and draw them to buy
it. It fits in with my theme and genre well. I used the
magazine UNCUT to help design my front cover, as it has
that simple, minimalistic and clean look I was aiming for.

10. Extras
For my contents page I created an album cover for my
main cover artist. I used in my contents page to
advertise the double page spread interview on that
artist. This gave my magazine more of a professional
look because in every other magazine I researched
they had an advertisement for a new album coming
out. Also it added to the double page spread by
adding the album that they were talking about in the
beginning, which advertised it more.

11. Posters
I was advertising free posters that come with my magazine
to promote and encourage people to buy my magazine. I
advertised the free posters on the front cover and on the
contents page. By advertising a free product more people
will be inclined to spend £2.50 on the magazine because
they will think that they are getting more free than they are
paying for. From advertising the free poster on the front
cover it will encourage more people to buy the magazine
with their first glance, because they will see they bold word
saying ‘FREE’.