Evaluation

Question 1In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Master head: I used a big master head and put it in the shape or the guitar to make it more suited to the theme of the magazine. Q magazine also uses its simple yet effective name which is short and bold with the bright red background.

Main image: I used young adults to appeal to an audience of a similar age but they are also very popular as artists, Q so the same with their choice of artists on the front, in this case they use Take that who are a well known band that are a similar age or a bit older than their target market.

Barcode: I have used a barcode because all magazine that are being sold have one for shops so since my magazine will be sold its vital that it has a barcode

Secondary stories: I have 2 secondary stories on the cover of my magazine which will be in the magazine, Q only use 1 and the main story on the cover but also have the banner at the bottom about artists and I have something similar but its about a festival.

Use

Colour scheme: Q uses 4 colours on the front of its magazine, however I kept mine simple and kept it to 3 which are black white and purple. These colours are not bright but still stand out because of the purple but Q has bright red which makes it stand out significantly.

Main image: I wanted my main image to have a white background but it was too hard for me to remove the background without effecting the band however I like how none of my band members in the main image are looking at the camera because it makes more mysterious of an image and want to know what they are like which they can do by reading the magazine.

Main image: in the main image my band are wearing individual pieces of clothing whereas in Q magazine they are all wearing the same thing, I prefer mine because I feel they show how they are unique individually but Q shows that they are a group.

Develop

Issue number and date: Q magazine have used this about their barcode but I decided that having it underneath the master head as its more visible so if people wanted to quickly see what issue it was and the date it is easily visible which is one thing I have challenged.

Secondary Stories: I have used a box behind my text for this so they stand out with the purple behind it because otherwise you wouldn’t be able to see them very well on the background. However Q magazine had decided not to use these because they’re text is quite visible without because of the white background.

Giveaways: Q magazine hasn’t used a free giveaway on the front cover but I have because I think it’s a good way to attract people to the magazine if its something they will be interested in like an iTunes giveaway. If people see this they will want to get that as well as the stories.

Challenge