Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 1

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

In my music magazine i have used many features that are conventional to many music magazines that are around at the moment. For example i have used a large text for my masthead at the top of the page where it is conventionally found on a magazine to draw to the readers eyes. On my cover I have also used a main central image relating well to the target audience of the magazine to display what the magazine is about and drawing readers in to read about this certain topic. The layout of the cover of my music magazine also uses the typical form of music magazine with masthead at the top, central image, a main cover line through the centre of the main image and also smaller cover lines on the sides of the page. I have challenged some of the magazine conventions such as that on most magazines the background is white behind the image however i have used a background of a brick wall.

On my contents page of my music magazines there are a few features that are conventional to music magazines. On the contents page it keeps the same house style to the rest of the magazine which is used on music magazines that are around at the moment showing the pages are from the same magazine. Also on my magazine there are images of the contents down one side and then the written content down the other which is conventional to magazines.

My double page spread page of my music magazine contains features of a conventional music magazine. The layout of the page supports this as on one side there is one large image of what the content is about and on the other side there is columns of text which is used on music magazines alot.

Another way my page uses conventions of magazines on my double page spread is that on the page it sticks to the house style from the other pages showing how this page is from the same magazine as the other two which other magazines also do.