Evaluation question 1
- 1. In what ways does your media produce, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- 2. Masthead: My masthead runs the same traits to the NME and the Q logo, with the bright reds and shadowy black out line, only mine differs with the white bold letters standing out on what JLM means. Also, like nearly all magazines, my main picture hides some of the letters. Puff: My puff stands out along the top right hand corner, the words should hopefully interest and intrigue my audience because of the repetitive use of the word “new”. Like all of the music magazines, my puff is a bright colour in a circular form, just like again NME, Q and Kerrang. Cover lines: Using the code and conventions, I have used one name which are quite popular in the music world so my audience could escape or socialise among others about the information they are about to learn. My Anchorage Text in the middle don’t follow the colour scheme of the blocks and different colours because they are suppose to be one of the main attractions, many music magazines use this technique as it draws the audience as it may be the first thing they notice. By using the word “introducing” informs my audience that it something new, another way of getting them hooked, as everyone's likes something new. The anchorage text also backs up my main image as it informs them on who the person is.
- 3. Masthead: I included my masthead again in the contents page as it is another feature that other previous music magazines do, like NME, Q and Kerrang. It also works with the words Contents which reminds me off the same magazines I mentioned before. Editors Note: One of the codes and conventions that my contents page has is an editors note- letter which welcomes my reader as it asks them for help. I added an image because it can interest the reader which can lead them to the note. Not many magazines have this feature, but is a well-known thing on new magazines. Side column: I took this idea from the magazine NME, but made it bigger and under different categories on which my magazine will follow. The colours still follow the original sequence to my front page, along with the boxes and black writing. Images: Again like all magazines, you need images to intrigue the audience, the boxes beside them match with the side column, so the reader will know where to look. I made sure that it was both genders so my magazine doesn’t look like just a girls music magazine. Subscribe: This box on the bottom left corner, has been known to be featured in magazines, it has the contact details so they will be able to get a discount on the next time the purchase.
- 4. Many double pages are different within each other, mine uses some conventions of a NME magazine when Florence of the machine featured sitting on giant white and red present... The words “Amelia...” are similar to what was used in that article. With the soft grey and not black makes my article seem elegant and sophisticated. The way I edited the picture just by bringing my main girl at the front when the background is faded right behind her, hasn’t really been known to do, but like my magazine, it adds to the new feel. The images in the line at the bottom of the article has been known to happen before, I got the idea from the Kerrang magazine when it featured an article with Gerrard Way from the band My Chemical Romance, it featured mini framed pictures, so I copied the idea from that and using the code and conventions, it should work.