Evaluation Question One

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

Masthead – I created my masthead to engage and interest the reader into buying the magazine. I have used a bright red colour to stand out over the picture with a white outline to make it stand out even more.

Left Third- For my left third I took some inspiration from the music magazine ‘Vibe’ this is because I find it fits in with the house style I am trying to achieve. I have alternated colours so it grabs the audiences attention. So I am following the conventions by putting kickers on the left third of the page.

Headline – For my headline I used a blue with a drop shadow to make it stand out in front of my image. However I don’t think the drop shadow is very effect as it doesn’t really fit in with my house style.

Main image – my main image is central to my magazine cover, however after finding out through a questionnaire that my audience like to have more writing than images. So I decided to keep the image subtle but effective. The image is a direct mode of address and invitational as the model is looking up from beneath her fringe.

The top and bottom lines of my magazine is where I choose to advertise my exclusives and extra articles an reviews. These lines are very effective at grabbing the audiences attention because of the bright colours that I have used.

I have used the colours red white, blue and black as my house style colours and have used them through out my magazine. However I used a bright yellow for exclusive and plus words as it draws peoples eyes to it.

My front cover has kept to magazine conventions as I have used the rule of thirds well and kept everything in an organised position. Also horizontally I have used the rule of thirds again as clearly shown.

For my double page spread I used a introductory text to give the reader a brief introduction to what the article is about.

I have used insert shots of the artist and their album cover which is what the main article feature is about. I also did this to make use of all the space available and so that there was no white spaces on the page.

I have used a pull quote to entice the reader to want to read the story when they first look at the page, I think I have used this effectively as I have used a bold colour to draw peoples eyes in.

This example is also very similar to my article as they have used the large main photo on one page and the article on the other. I did this because the photograph is very powerful and I wanted the photo to have an impact and not to have much writing differing from the actual picture.

I used this text for my double page spread because it stands out really well and is different to all the texts I used through out my magazine. I have used it for the headline convention and I feel that it works well as a headline because it stands out and makes the reader want to find out what was lost.

For my contents page I have tried to used the rule of thirds convention to create my page in an organised way. However I haven't kept to the standard rule of thirds but I have kept everything organised in threes.