IN WHAT WAYS DOES

YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR

CHALLENGE FORMS

AND CONVENTIONS OF

REAL MEDIA

PRODUCTS?

Masthead• My media magazine uses forms and conventions of real media

products by my masthead. All music magazines have a masthead on the front cover. I used the font ‘KG Wake me up’ which I got off a website called ‘Da Font’. It connotes youth, fun, the genre of pop and it is a modern font. It is also a serif font. From my research of pop music magazines the style of font I chose fitted in with other mastheads. The colours I used for my masthead were pink connoting femininity, youth and excitement. I also used the colour white which contrasts with the colour pink it connotes purity. I also used my masthead in the same font on my contents page and double page spread to create a consistent house style and for continuity throughout my magazine as I found that this is common. My brand identity was shown through my masthead.

Fonts• The fonts I used within my pop

music magazine were either from Indesign or Da Font. The reason I used Da Font is because it includes a range of fonts for a variety of genres. The fonts I chose connote fun and youth which is typical of pop music magazines. My fonts are mainly sans serif and I used these fonts as from my research I could see they were mainly used. I created continuity within my magazine by using the same fonts throughout. The colours I used for my fonts are pink connoting femininity, purple as it’s a mature colour and is a feminine colour, black which connotes boldness and white connoting purity.

Central Image • My central image challenges the

stereotypical pop music magazine image as I used a 24 year old female however the reason I did this was because my target audience may look up to her as a role model and this may attract my audience into buying my magazine. The clothing my model is wearing in my central image are summer clothes which contrasts with the month it was published which is December. This may attract people to my magazine as summer is popular with the age range of people I am targeting due to parties, going to the beach and relaxing. All my images are of people with happy facial expressions against light backgrounds to make my artists stand out and to connote purity and fun.

Mise-en-scene• Mise en scene is used in pop music

magazines. All my images are of people with happy facial expressions which from my research I can see Is common. The images are also bright to stand out to my target audience. All the gestures within my images connote fun. The colour scheme I have used is vibrant with the colours pink, purple, white black and I used these colours due to my target audience being teenage girls. The colours connote excitement, passion, purity, boldness and youth. The clothing my models are wearing in my images all connote youth and are typical clothes that my target audience would wear as they are suitable for teenagers and young adults.

Mode of Address• I have used forms and conventions of

real media products through my mode of address. My language is mainly informal and chatty as from my research and planning I could see that this was the language used as teenagers can relate to it due to it being understand. I used slang in my interview with Hannah James as I used ‘OMG’ so that teenagers can relate to it. However a small part of my magazine includes formal language as In my targeted age range there are 15-17 year olds. I used a lot of exclamation marks throughout my magazine as this connotes excitement.

House style• I have created a house style by continuity of my masthead on each

page of my magazine and through my colour scheme of pink, purple, white and black. All these colours are typical of pop music magazines.

Brand Identity • I created my brand identity through my bright feminine colour

palette which is consistent throughout my magazine and through my masthead which is included on my front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Coverlines• My coverlines are all short and snappy as my target audience are 12-17 year

olds and so its easy for them to read. Underneath quotes I used words such as ‘WOW!’ to sum up the article and I used quotes for all my coverlines. From looking at magazines such as We love Pop I could see they used one word to sum up the articles. I put my splash in a circle as from my research I saw this was used in Top Of The Pops to connote fun.

Barcode and Puffs All the magazines I looked at include a barcode with the date and issue number included either above it, next to the barcode or above. I downloaded my barcode from ‘Da Font’ and included the date, issue number and price along side it as these are common features of pop music magazines.

From my research and planning I found out that music magazines have puffs included on the front cover advertising either a competition, free posters or free makeup such as mascara. For my puff I chose to do a competition to win 2 one direction tickets. The reason I chose one direction tickets is because they are very popular with teenagers and are one of the biggest boy bands with many girls desiring them. I also included my puff on my contents page to remind my readers about the competition and also so they can find the page for more information.

• From my research and planning I found that on double page spreads drop caps are used at the start of the article and so I used this in my own magazine. I also found that contents page have a neat layout with a lot of content and include topic headings with page numbers on the left side of articles split into columns which is why I did this on my own contents page. The image on double page spreads in music magazines typically bleeds onto the next page so I ensured I did the same. My main article was an interview in a question and answer style format as it is clear and easy to read and common with music magazines such as We love Pop.