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

The title of the magazine:

My magazine is called MB it stands for ‘Music Belongs’. It is written in bold to help make it stand out to the target audience. I used the colourspurple and white as they are contrasting colours which therefore makesthe name of my publication noticeable. To create this effect I made the text a dark purple and I added an outer glow. The outer glow effect helps to make the title stand out more than the other texts therefore, it is clearly recognisable as the title of the magazine and will be easy for audiences to hind among other publications. The idea to have a short title came from Q and NME magazine. When researching different publications and their history, Q magazine said that they chose to call it Q as it is short so people can easily remember the title. When looking at pictures of NME magazine I noticed how the title stood out as all the title was bold and was outlined to make it stand out even more. When making my magazine I decided to incorporate these ideas to help me create a good masthead. I decided to makemy title short, I didn’t want to have just one letter for the title as I didn’t it to seem like a Q magazine copy. My magazine title is too letters MB and I used the NME technique of outlining to make it more noticeable among other publications. I chose the colour purple because I thought it would be a unisex colour as I didn’t want my magazine to seem too directed at one gender.

Mise-en-scene of images:The five pictures displayed on the right of this slide were all taken in the studio at my college. Pictures 2 and 5 were all taken in the studio because they were shots for the front cover. I did this because I wanted it to look professional, as other publications do the same. I didn’t use any props for pictures 1,2,4 and 5 as I wanted the audience to concentrate on the model and as I didn’t want them to be distracted by a prop. However, in picture 3 I used a couch I did this to make the girl group seem relaxed and because they are the only ones sat down, it draws attention to them and invites the reader to turn to the page and read the article. Picture 1 is of the singer looking away to the camera, this was to create a ‘cool’ vibe towards him. Picture 2 is of the singer gesturing the reader to keep quiet, this refers to the title ‘Trinity James reveals all’. The pose further creates the illusion that Trinity is telling the magazine all of her secrets. Picture 4 is of the cover singer, she is sat on the floor with a leg out and a hand on her hips. She is in this position as the picture is for the double page spread and I asked her to pose like this as I wanted the text to fit into the empty space. Picture 5 are several pictures of the cover model, this was because these were other pictures I took as possibilities for the front cover and then I put them on the double page spread.

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Below each of the shots are numbered, for ease of referencing.

This picture was not taken in the studio, but at a Rizzle Kicks concert I went to. I thought the picture would be a nice touch to the magazine as it makes the magazine look professional as they are actual singers.There were lots of different photos from the concert but I chose this one as it has both singers in the shot. I chose these singers as their target audience is young adults which is the same target audience asmy magazine. Therefore my magazine should attract the right audience.

All of the models are within the age range of my target demographic, therefore it clearly identifies who the magazine is aimed at. The models are wearing typical teenager clothing (jeans and a top) this again highlights the audience and also makes the reader feel like they can identify with the models as they probably wear similar clothing.

The lighting of each picture is different, I have done this to make each page seem varied. Picture 2 is the front cover photo therefore, the lighting is quite bright as I want potential buyers to be able to clearly see the cover image, as a dark image may induce a negative view of the magazine.

The models I have chosen for the subject of my pictures are a mix of female and male. I have done this because I want my magazine to appeal to both genders. However, I do have 4 females and 3 males in the pictures. Though I do want both genders to read my magazine it is more aimed at females so this is why I chose to have one more female.

Text, font and style:Cambria

Anakefka Condensed

ArialArcoverde

LMS God Save The Queen

Arial

ArialArialArial

ArialArialArialArial

ArialArial

Arial

Reasons for use:Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s a bold text so it stands out to the audience.Cambria: is a font that suggests professionalism. I used it as a strapline font as it is different from the other fonts which makes it stand it more therefore, it has more chance of being read.Arcoverde: I used this font to make the singers name become the focus of reading in an attempt to get fans of the singer to buy the magazine.God Save the Queen: I used this font to visually show that there was a page on British music.Arial: I used this font as it is clear so the reader will have no problem when reading the cover.

Cambria

Cambria

Cambria

Cambria

Cambria

Cambria

Anakefka Condensed

Reasons for use:Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s a bold text so it stands out to the audience. Cambria: is a font that suggests professionalism. I used it as the contents page font as it looks fancy which reminds the reader that though it is a music magazine it is serious about it’s content.

Calibri

Calibri

Calibri

Calibri

Edwardian Script

Anakefka Condensed

Reasons for use:Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s a bold text so it stands out to the audience.Calibri: I used this font as it is clear so the reader will have no problem when reading the Article.Edwardian Script: This font was used to look ‘girly’ as the singer is female and it is written in a handwritten way to suggest it is an autograph.

Calibri Calibri

Calibri

Calibri

Edwardian Script

Anakefka Condensed

Arial

Reasons for use:Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s a bold text so it stands out to the audience.Calibri: I used this font as it is clear so the reader will have no problem when reading the Article.Edwardian Script: This font was used to look ‘girly’ as the singer is female and it is written in a handwritten way to suggest it is an autograph.Arial: This was used to make the pull out quote look clear and stand out as it is a different font to the others on the page.

Written content:

On my first double page spread I decided to write an article introducing the cover singer. I thought it would be a good idea to do this to let the reader know who they are if they didn’t already know. If people are fans of the singer then they can read the article as they may find out something about the singer that they didn’t already know.

On my second double page spread, is a Q&A with the singer. I thought that this would be a nice idea for an article as it is a common feature in music magazines. The questions I asked were both specific to her career and other questions were general questions about her music. The questions are different to intrigue the reader and to increase their interest in the singer.

Music genre and how my magazine suggests it:

The genre music that my magazine focuses on is pop and hip-hop.I chose these genres as they are one of the most popular genres for teenagers which is my target demographic.

My magazine suggests this through the use of the picture in the top right corner which is of Rizzle Kicks. Rizzle Kicks are a hip-hop band which highlights my magazines genre.

The front cover suggests a pop magazine as the colours are bright rather than black which suggests rock music.

Contents page:My contents page follows the colour scheme used throughout the magazine- blue and purple. I used 4 pictures, three of which have the page numbers on, I did this so that if a reader likes the photo or the singer they know what page the article is on to find out more. I made my pictures just the right size as they are not too big that they dominate the page or too small that they aren’t noticeable.

Layout of Front cover:The text on my front cover is around the edges of the magazine. I did this to make the cover model clear and noticeable as she is the focus of this particular issue. My masthead is in the top left corner as this is the general place for mastheads to be placed. The strapline telling the reader about the magazines success is at the top of the magazine. This is because it is eye catching to the reader.

Layout of Contents Page:On my contents page there is an equal ratio of text and pictures. My pictures don’t overlap or are grouped together in one place as I don’t want the contents page to look like a scrapbook nor did I want it to look picture dominated.

Layout of Double Page Spread:The main picture takes up one of the pages to highlight how she is the focus of the article and the questions and answers article is taking up ¾ of the following page and there is some pictures stripped across the bottom. I did this as I didn’t want the page to look text dominated which may put off the reader.

Layout of Double Page Spread:My page has one picture that takes up both pages this is because eit is the main picture. The text is in the empty space of the picture which fits nicely. The title is at the top of the page to clearly show the reader what the page is about. There are some music notes as part of the page design to highlight how the magazine is about music.