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The document discusses how the media product challenges and develops conventions of real music magazines. It analyzes several elements of the magazine's design: 1) The front cover uses a close-up shot and free poster offer to catch readers' attention, while establishing a trashy, rebellious style through font and masthead design. 2) The contents page heavily features pictures over text in a mostly red-black color scheme common to rock magazines. 3) A double-page spread maintains the red-black-white color scheme and uses bold text and photo warping to encourage reading in a more professional design. Overall, the magazine challenges conventions through its extensive use of red and picture-heavy

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In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real products? Evaluation question 1
As you can see by my front cover I have used and developed my forms such as camera work. I have used a close up for the front cover which works well as it looks like a typical music magazine and it catches the eye of the reader. I also used different font styles to set the house style for the magazine. The masthead looks very trashy and rebellious, just the image my music magazine was suppose to give off. I have used a complex arrangement of quotes such as playing the pilots ‘I love to trash house parties’. I also added – ‘free posters’ to my front cover, this will make the reader more likely to buy it. The theme throughout my magazine is a very heavy/trashy style, which is aimed at students and is a very appealing style to this audience. My contents page is mostly red and black, this style is very common in rock/heavy magazines, I used it as it appeals to most rock fans and is a very stereotypical style to use. It works well on a white background and a collage of pictures.
I used this picture as my front cover of my indie/rock magazine. I believe it develops the forms and conventions of a normal indie/rock magazine, it has a medium close up of a single band member, Although there is a smaller amount of photos on this front cover than on a normal front cover. The band member on my front cover has a very indie look about him, his crew neck jumper and his ear stretch. This develops the forms and conventions of a normal indie magazine. I had to reduce the red eye in this photo as it is very distinctive in this front cover.
I also used this picture on my front cover. It develops the forms and conventions of a normal indie/rock magazine. Each band member in this picture fits to the stereo-type of the magazine, Smart and a indie style haircut and at a live music venue. This picture shows what would you would usually expect in a indie magazine. This encourages the reader to buy it. I believe the clothes that they are wearing develop the forms and conventions of what a rock/indie band would wear. People will buy this magazine if it fits the stereo types of the readers.
This is my contents page. I believe it challenges forms and conventions of a normal contents page as it has 3 main colours. Black, red and white. I have darkened these photos so they fit the style of the magazine. The contents page is very picture heavy, if i could go back i would put more text on it such as quotes and headers. The pictures fit in with the indie/rock stereotype. The biggest picture is of the same band member who was on the front of the magazine. I used him in my contents page along with some of his other band members, there is also some shots of the crowd there, to show the reader what the experience was like, so maybe the reader will go see the band live.
This is double page spread. I tried to carry on the same house style throughout my magazine by having the colours red white and black. This looks good yet usually challenges the forms and conventions of a normal indie/rock magazine. I also darkened all the photos on this page too, it makes the magazine look more professional, and more like a music magazine. I have made the first sentence to each paragraph bold so its easier to read, it also encourages the reader to read it. I warped the word ‘the’ in the main mast head of this page and made the middle of the page go through the gap of the t and the h. This is so you can read the word easier, and makes the magazine look more professional.
As you can see my front cover challenged the forms and conventions of a normal magazine front cover. In the Kerrang front cover they use a close up of a band member, and they also use allot of black. Yet mine is mostly red, i made the style of my magazine mostly red. My contents page also develops the forms and conventions of a normal magazine. I use more pictures than text, this will draw the audience in. In my double page spread it also develops the forms and conventions of a normal magazine. It has a 50/50 text/picture ratio, which i think made it look more professional. I also kept the same colours through out my magazine – red, black and white.

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Evaluation question 1

  • 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real products? Evaluation question 1
  • 2. As you can see by my front cover I have used and developed my forms such as camera work. I have used a close up for the front cover which works well as it looks like a typical music magazine and it catches the eye of the reader. I also used different font styles to set the house style for the magazine. The masthead looks very trashy and rebellious, just the image my music magazine was suppose to give off. I have used a complex arrangement of quotes such as playing the pilots ‘I love to trash house parties’. I also added – ‘free posters’ to my front cover, this will make the reader more likely to buy it. The theme throughout my magazine is a very heavy/trashy style, which is aimed at students and is a very appealing style to this audience. My contents page is mostly red and black, this style is very common in rock/heavy magazines, I used it as it appeals to most rock fans and is a very stereotypical style to use. It works well on a white background and a collage of pictures.
  • 3. I used this picture as my front cover of my indie/rock magazine. I believe it develops the forms and conventions of a normal indie/rock magazine, it has a medium close up of a single band member, Although there is a smaller amount of photos on this front cover than on a normal front cover. The band member on my front cover has a very indie look about him, his crew neck jumper and his ear stretch. This develops the forms and conventions of a normal indie magazine. I had to reduce the red eye in this photo as it is very distinctive in this front cover.
  • 4. I also used this picture on my front cover. It develops the forms and conventions of a normal indie/rock magazine. Each band member in this picture fits to the stereo-type of the magazine, Smart and a indie style haircut and at a live music venue. This picture shows what would you would usually expect in a indie magazine. This encourages the reader to buy it. I believe the clothes that they are wearing develop the forms and conventions of what a rock/indie band would wear. People will buy this magazine if it fits the stereo types of the readers.
  • 5. This is my contents page. I believe it challenges forms and conventions of a normal contents page as it has 3 main colours. Black, red and white. I have darkened these photos so they fit the style of the magazine. The contents page is very picture heavy, if i could go back i would put more text on it such as quotes and headers. The pictures fit in with the indie/rock stereotype. The biggest picture is of the same band member who was on the front of the magazine. I used him in my contents page along with some of his other band members, there is also some shots of the crowd there, to show the reader what the experience was like, so maybe the reader will go see the band live.
  • 6. This is double page spread. I tried to carry on the same house style throughout my magazine by having the colours red white and black. This looks good yet usually challenges the forms and conventions of a normal indie/rock magazine. I also darkened all the photos on this page too, it makes the magazine look more professional, and more like a music magazine. I have made the first sentence to each paragraph bold so its easier to read, it also encourages the reader to read it. I warped the word ‘the’ in the main mast head of this page and made the middle of the page go through the gap of the t and the h. This is so you can read the word easier, and makes the magazine look more professional.
  • 7. As you can see my front cover challenged the forms and conventions of a normal magazine front cover. In the Kerrang front cover they use a close up of a band member, and they also use allot of black. Yet mine is mostly red, i made the style of my magazine mostly red. My contents page also develops the forms and conventions of a normal magazine. I use more pictures than text, this will draw the audience in. In my double page spread it also develops the forms and conventions of a normal magazine. It has a 50/50 text/picture ratio, which i think made it look more professional. I also kept the same colours through out my magazine – red, black and white.