In what ways does your Media Product Use, develop or Challenge form and conventions of real media products

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

2. Evaluation of my front cover
My magazine follows the basic
convention as the title “Jukebox” is in a
bold simple font with an eye catching
color and 3D effect. Bold titles or
mastheads are used to make the words
stand out to the reader. The text has an
effect from adobe Photoshop. The effect
makes it seem 3D which is eye catching
to customers. The title of the magazine is
always a unique font to the rest of the text
in the magazine. I have taken the ideas of
the colour of my masthead off magazines
like KERRANG! And NME.

3. Evaluation of my front cover
An average magazine will always
have a large main picture on the
cover to get the audiences
attention or any reader who glances
at the magazine. My magazine
features an eye catching black and
white image, which automaticity
matches that direct connection to
the conventions of my magazine.
The image on my front screen stands
out a lot in black and white and is a
nice contrast with the red colour
font.

4. Evaluation of my front cover
The colours of a magazine will always be
simple and not to many so that it doesn't
clash and look to loud. For my magazine
the colour scheme I have chose is
red, black, and white. I researched rock
magazines and these colours were the
most popular.

5. Evaluation of my front cover
Magazines will always feature cover
lines to represent the stories that are
going to be inside the magazine.
Some of the main stories that are on
my front cover are in bold writing to
make them stand out.

6. Evaluation of my front cover
Every magazine will always feature a
bar code, the issue number, the
price of it and the date. My
magazine cover meets this
convention and features a barcode
issue number price and date. On my
front cover I do not have a website
address but I do have it on my
double page spread.

7. Question 1
Music magazine evaluation
Contents page

8. Evaluation of my contents page
I have used basic conventions such as
page numbers next to different
sections, this is to show what page
each story is on. This is the main
purpose of a contents page.

9. Evaluation of my contents page
I have a main image featuring
the artist displayed on the front
page. This is a key convention
of the contents page. This is
who the magazine will have a
main focus on and who the
readers will be most excited to
read about.

10. Evaluation of my contents page
Smaller images on the contents
page are to give the readers an
insight on who else they are
going to be reading about. I
have used this convention in my
magazine. I used 2 other images
which would also appeal to my
target audience.

11. Evaluation of my contents page
I have got my original logo from the
front cover on my contents page. (a
feature often used by magazines such
as KERRANG! And Q) After
researching I found out a lot of
magazines did this to draw attention
to the name of the magazine.

12. Evaluation of my contents page
I have carried out my house style
and colour scheme throughout
my magazine. My colours consist
of red black white and a hint of
yellow. These classic colours give
the magazine a distinct rock look.
Also I used the same font right
the way through my magazine.

13. Evaluation of my contents page
A music magazine double page
spread usually has one main
image that stands out and is
usually placed on either side of
the article. My product doesn't
match to this as I researched
other double page spreads and
found one I liked with different
images on it. I felt it looked more
appealing and pleasing.

14. Evaluation of my contents page
The artists name is usually
highlighted In big bold writing to
show the readers who the article
is about. My magazine follows this
convention as my background is
white so I used a contrasting
colour of bold black writing so it
stands out.

15. Evaluation of my contents page
The page number website and
name of the magazine is
normally featured on the double
page spread. My magazine
follows two of these conventions
as I have page numbers and the
name of the magazine. I do not
have the website but I would
include that on another page of
my magazine.

16. Evaluation of my contents page
On a double page spread there
is a lot of writing, which is usually
in 4 – 5 columns. I follow this
convention on my double page
spread. I chose to use black
writing as my main test as it is a
good contrast with white and will
stand out on the page. Also
make it easier to read.

17. Evaluation of my contents page
A stand first is used to show the
reader an insight to what the
article talks about. I used this
convention on my double page
spread as I thought it was an
important feature.

18. Evaluation of my contents page
The main image is usually spread
across two pages to show the
two pages linked together. My
magazine makes use of this
convention because my images
are lined across each page of
the double page spread.