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

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

real media products?

• I have tried to design my magazine so that it looks professional and has the same form as other music magazines. I have done this by having including a main image on my front cover that is a mid-shot of the subject, this is so the front cover is covered by two thirds of the main person that the magazine is about, and they instantly know what is featured in this magazine without having to read anything. I have also ensured that their eyes are looking forward so that the audience gets engaged by the subject and therefore they are drawn in. The background of the picture is white and I tried to make it plane but not boring so I have used a white, netted canopy to create that light background so that the subject will stand out and the cover lines and masthead will be seen easily. By using a canopy is creates a tent like look and feel. I have also positioned my model with a guitar in her hands that will promote the acoustic genre of the magazine and also shows that it is a music magazine and not just any magazine.

• At the top of the page of my magazine I have put a mast head that goes from left to right in a font that is quite bold but has a slight curliness to it and made it a colour that stands out from the white background so it will be noticeable in a magazine rack. I have insured that the colour of the mast head stays in my colour scheme of purple, pink and white (with some black text). I decided to make it pink as the flowers in her hair are pink, and it fits in with being quite a soft girly colour.

• I have placed cover lines on either side of my magazine with the stories that contain big names like ‘Nina Nesbit’ and ‘Foxes’, who are well established artists in the music industry and that will interest my audience on the left, where the audience will look first and the side that will be most likely to be seen when standing in a magazine stand in a shop. For the names I have used the blue colour from my main images eyes as it brings out the colour and enhances the colour and draws your focus to her lovely eyes and then to the names. I have also used the font Monotype Corsiva and a large font to make the cover lines easy to read and so they can be seen from a slight distance.

• On the right hand side of my magazine I have placed a puff with the buzz word “WIN” advertising a prize that you can win inside the magazine have put in on to a squared background which appears on the other pages to create a house style and it grabs the attention of the reader as it stands out against the background and will make them buy the magazine so that they can win the prize that they desire inside. As well as the word ‘WIN’ I have also used a buzz word ‘EXCLUSIVE’ on my cover line promoting ‘Ella Bella’s interview which tells the audience that this star could be difficult to get hold of by interviewers and makes the reader feel like they are delving in to the life of an artist and finding things out about her that not many people know, getting to know what the artist has to say and then the audience feels like they have a personal connection with the featured artist. Buzz words catch the eye of the audience and gets them to read more!

• In the right hand corner of my front cover I have put a smaller picture with an anchor attached to it that gives a bit of a hint as to what else is revealed in the magazine and by saying that the answer to what they are wondering is inside people will buy the magazine to find out the answers and tell other people what secret information they know about their favourite artists. It creates and element of surprise for the reader.

• Above the picture I have included a signpost that looks like something you would find at a festival with directions to attractions that may be at a festival mixed with other small features that are included in the magazine, like tour dates for bands and tips for make-up. This is just to make it look a bit more appealing to the audience and different from any other magazine weather it’s a music magazine or not, and more creative and unique from magazines that may be from the same genre.

• I noticed in a lot of other magazines that they tend to have numbers on the front that were included in the cover lines that were in a large font for example saying , 100 facts you didn’t know about the beach. This is another way that the audience may be intrigued as numbers are eye catching and can be of an interest to some people.

• Also when setting the scene for my mise en scene in my main image I had to think about the lighting making sure that it was light enough to give the feeling of a tent outside, I asked my model to look really happy, so it looked like she could be performing to her audience. In the main image on my contents I went to a festival to get the tents in the background and made sure I took the picture when it was sunny, I got some people to walk past to look like they were on their way to set up their tents. I gave her the drum as a surprise so that I could get her genuine reaction to getting a little present that she wanted. Her hair is a bit of a mess and she doesn’t have perfect make up I did this so it looked like she had been at a festival for a couple of days. In the images of the three girls sitting outside, I wanted there to be the feeling of being natural, in touch with nature as acoustic is a very natural raw style of music.

• To make my magazine look professional I have created my own barcode with the price date and issue number, with the website below it as well at the bottom left of the magazine which is not where the audience are going to look instantly.

• At the top of my magazine I have a strip that show that it is the first edition and a festival themed magazine. The type of people who I am aiming my magazine at will be attracted by the fact it says festival edition.

• Also when setting the scene for my mise en scene in my main image I had to think about the lighting making sure that it was light enough to give the feeling of a tent outside, I asked my model to look really happy, so it looked like she could be performing to her audience. In the main image on my contents I went to a festival to get the tents in the background and made sure I took the picture when it was sunny, I got some people to walk past to look like they were on their way to set up their tents. I gave her the drum as a surprise so that I could get her genuine reaction to getting a little present that she wanted. Her hair is a bit of a mess and she doesn’t have perfect make up I did this so it looked like she had been at a festival for a couple of days. In the images of the three girls sitting outside, I wanted there to be the feeling of being natural, in touch with nature as acoustic is a very natural raw style of music.