evaluation question 1

1. Band included on front
cover. Haven’t just
used main member but
all of the band. This is
to represent the band
as being all one and
that it isn’t just about 1
person in the band.
Name/title of magazine
highlighted and bold.
Stands out from the rest
of the magazine. This is
so that the magazine can
be spotted and the fans
of the magazine can
always put the name to
the magazine.
Barcode
Give aways used
in both
magazines. This
would reel in the
attention of the
audience
because they
would purchase
the magazine to
get these give
aways.
Yellow was used for the title and anchorage in the NME magazine and
we also decided to use this colour. This is because it connotes
liveliness and activity. It is a loud colour which would shout out to the
audience and get their attention.

2. The layout of each interview is varied. In our magazine the
questions and answers are clearly separated, this would make it
easier for the readers to read and understand in comparison to
the NME double page spread which is harder to understand and
it isn’t all as clear. This in a way undermines the audience of our
magazine because it suggests that they are less intellectual
than the audience for NME.
Main image includes all of the band in both double page
spreads. We decided to do this like the NME front cover
because it then implies that the questions answered was from
the whole band as a unit and not just 1 of the members
answering the question. Both photographs make it look as
though the band are ready to perform, both are set on stage
with the lighting and everything organised to a certain
atmosphere. The lighting in the NME double page
photograph suggests that the band are quite dull and are
serious about their work and nothing more. On the other
hand in our photograph the lighting is much more natural
which implies that they are less uptight and that they enjoy
doing what they do.
We decided to include a pull quote from the article also.
We did this because it pulls in the reader to the article. The
best and more intriguing quote was used for this because
it would give first impressions of the article as a whole.

3. Band index used in both to inform
the audience of what to expect
within the magazine. It also shows
order in the magazine,
chronological order.
We decided to go against
conventions of the NME
contents page here because
we added more photographs
of other features in the
magazine. We did this to
make the contents page look
more busy and give us the
opportunity to use a wider
range of camera angles.
Offers/giveaways to give
the audience opportunities
to win things.
Main article image
included to
highlight their part
played in the
magazine. We did
this because it
would make it all
clear and easy to
work out the main
stories of this
magazine.
This magazine has a introduction to the magazine as a whole where as ours doesn’t
have this. The result of this is that NME magazine looks and is more interesting but
ours is more functional and easy to work with and read.
In our magazine there is clear house style shown which is constant throughout these. Although in the NME magazine
although they use the same font throughout the magazines they actually use different colours of their font within the
magazine. I think this highlights the consistency in our magazine in comparison to the NME magazine.
In both magazines the page numbers and names
are in different fonts, one of which is the colour of
the house style which again shows consistency.

4. 1 main image being the main
image of the front cover. We
decided to do this because it
draws attention to the one artist
which is the seller of the
magazine and the reason for
most people buying the
magazine.
Sub heading in smaller text
in comparison to the main
article. We did this because it
highlights that the other
articles aren’t as big and
exciting as the main one.
NME also did this as I think it
again draws attention to the
main article.
Both contain issue number, date and
price.
Title of the magazine being the
biggest text on this cover. We
did this and I think NME did also
as it’s the part of the cover
which would draw in the most
attention. It will be a well
known title which will catch the
eye of the readers.

5. Pull quote used from the
article. We decided to do this
as it pulls the audience into
the article. We chose one of
the best and most exciting
quote from the article as it
would be more intriguing for
the audience. Main image of the article is of who it is
about.We chose to do a mid shot for our
main image as it includes their face and
their expression.This firstly gives an insight
into how the artists initially are. It also
shows a part but not a lot of what the artist
is wearing and in ours we decided to dress
Quinn in floral pattern as it would be
portrayed as being more girly. But in the
NME magazine you can tell that the artist
isn’t as girly due to the checked shirt that
the girl is wearing.
The layout of this interview makes it clear
and easy to read which again meets ours
target audience of younger adults but
would also undermine the intellectual
ability of our audience in comparison to
the audience of the NME magazine.

6. In both issues of the
magazines we stuck to the
same conventions
throughout. For example we
used the yellow and black
house style throughout all
pages we have produced.We
did this because it made our
magazines look realistic and
shows that they have been
produced from the same
company.
We also used the same layout
on all pages and put things in
the same places. For example
headlines and photos.This is
because we wanted to make
it easier for readers to find
what they are looking for by
all the main things being in
the same place.
We decided to ask similar
questions in both interviews
as we wanted the readers to
learn the same things about
each artist and get a deeper
understanding of musicians.
Also because we consulted
our audience for the
questions we thought it
would be good to include
them in both interviews to
show we listen to what they
want within a magazine.
We stuck to many
conventions throughout all
our magazines to make our
issues look realistic and like
they could be sold in a shop.
Also it would attract our
audience more as it would be
a typical music magazine that
our audience would want to
read due to the different
conventions we have used.

7. Is it important to use conventions?
■ We thought that using conventions helped to make our magazine a success.The use of
the same colours and layout that is typically used in all music magazines helped to
make our magazine look realistic.
■ Also we stuck to using things like a band index and using interviews in the main article
as these are all conventions of music magazines.This helped to fit our magazine into
the magazines like NME and Kerrang as they used similar conventions and have a
successful music magazine.
■ Overall, we think it is important to use conventions as it gives the audience a more
realistic view of our magazine and gives it the ability to be sold in shops as it fits in with
other music magazines out there.