My Evaluation- Media Coursework Anthony Cox

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Conforming? Not Conforming?

• Has a huge masterhead ‘Lmc’ - just like Nme. The title is similar as I wanted to go for an Nme look.

• Most magazines have a direct picture- can grab consumers attention.

• Has a barcode to look professional with a date and price as Nme does.

• Has a button with text, again adds to professional look, as often Nme do.

• Has a maincoverline, often NME tells stories of bands.

• It has a plain simple colour scheme just like Nme.

• I have selling line at the top.

• I have made the main coverline bold so that it attracts the readers.

• I have also used ‘ plus’ which often occrus in NME.

• Followed the natural C shape. Also followed mise en scene for mag.

• All my text is not aligned together on the left hand side.

• I haven’t put under my magazines title, what it stands for.

• As you can see on the whole I have conformed to the expectations of a magazine, so it is realistic and similar to NME because that is what my magazine is based on.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Conforming? Not Conforming?

• Having a contents title which is bold and eye-catching.

• Sticking to the same font styles as my front cover , such as Jadefedga.

• Adding a page number in the corner.

• Having an advertisement,.

• I went for an NME similar look, so it had to be pretty similar, so my pictures all needed to be aligned.

• All my pictures and text (editorial pillars) are aligned.

• I made sure in all my pictures, all the people had the correct Mise en scene, to blend well with my magazine.

• I put my front cover picture in the table contents often NME do this.

• I added page numbers to all my pictures and included an editors note.

• I included pull quotes to draw the consumer in.

• Again I also did this ‘Plus sign ‘ followed my details of articles etc… to add more depth and news to my magazine.

• I could of included a logo of magazine, but I felt I had a lot of info and news of my toc, that I didn’t have enough room.

• On the whole I feel I conformed to the expectation of a music magazines toc, I feel I had the correct look and style to appeal to my consumers.

• I also added the website to my toc.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Conforming? Not Conforming?

• I have a bold eye-catching masterhead. So it can draw the consumers attention in.

• I have a leading text.

• I have a drop cap,

• I have an anchor to signal the end of the page.

• A pull quote to draw the reader in.

• I also have a slug.

• I have kept my picture on the left hand side and the text on the right.

• The person in the DPS is looking towards the reader to draw them in.

• I have a page number to look professional.

• I followed a colour scheme.

• My DPS followers the C shape.

• I have not included a logo on my DPS, or a website page.

• I don’t have a proper anchor, ii just used my music chart to signal the end of the DPS .

• Again on the whole I feel I conformed to the expectation of what was need to make my magazine look professional.