Question 1

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Question 1

Music magazine evaluation

Contents page

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.