Evaluation Q1

Q1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES, YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

My media music magazine is in the hip hop genre and it is called “MVA” which stands for ‘Music Vibe Associates’.

The masthead is usually red on hip hop magazine pages and I have followed this convention with the font colour. This colour is used to leave simplicity so that the reader can connect more to an attractive colour of “Red”.

I kept to the convention of using a medium close up on the artist by keeping to this convention I am showing my audience that this is a music magazine but also a hip hop music magazine because of the props my artist is using on the page.

I have broken the conventions in some form because my artist isn’t covering the masthead meaning that it is original in a sense that the audience can see the masthead.

Another convention I broke was putting the artists name across the whole centre of the page which I think is not used a lot in terms of magazine front covers in the hip hop genre.

Under the artists name I put the title “Money is Power” which shows that all people in the rap game have power to earn money which is represented a lot in the hip hop genre and it is also a convention in the music magazine genre as well.

The magazine is aimed at targeting a male audience so I think by following the conventions of most hip hop magazines by putting a male figure as the front cover helps keep with the conventions of the hip-hop genre.

This can be seen in magazines such as “The Source” and “XXL” where they usually use male figures which is challenging the conventions of music magazines because usually they’ll be mixed and varied but for a particular genre of music the artists will be displayed differently in each music magazines.

Conventions kept on Cover page

Conventions kept on Contents page

I have kept to the conventions for the contents page by having the word ‘contents’ in large font. Which is used a lot in the hip hop genre. Three pictures have been used on my contents page.

I challenged the convention of having the masthead of the magazine being small in the contents page this is because I want to create awareness of my magazine because the hip hop genre is a growing genre and needs to be recognised as I believe.

The artists on the page are all featured in backgrounds of the street and brick walls to give the off the conventions that the artists came from a poor background to established wealth.

I followed the conventions with the layout of the contents page and the structure but challenged the conventions when I put all the artists in the contents page to one side to try and represent unity that the magazine is about life stories and progression.

Conventions kept on Double page spread

The conventions kept on the double page spread are kept to the layout of a music magazine because it is about the article of the artists creative journey in the music industry.

I have the artist sitting in a suit holding a bundle of money in his hand to show that the artist is successful which is what is usually shown in the hip hop genre because it is normally shown with the artists being associated with wealth and the sit shows that he has power as well.

The layout of the double page spread is simple with a lot of text in the article I followed this convention because it gives more detail of what is first shown in the cover page.

The source magazine

Masthead at the top of the page

Barcode

Bright background

Artists names

Two main artists

XXL contents page

XXL masthead in small font

Contents page title

MVA Cover page following conventions

Masthead

Main artist is key on the page.

Barcode

White plain background

Black Jacket and white top following magazine background style.

Large cover line easier to read

MVA contents page following conventions

Main cover page featured in the contents page.

Date

Title

Images of other artists in the contents page.Bright

coloured background

Formal structureFollows colour scheme.

MVA double page spread following conventions

Title of the double page spread

Artists

Page number

Article on artist

Main cover page featured in DPS.

Magazine mastheads that inspired my magazine