evaluation part 1

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Music magazine

• Question 1
• In what ways does your media product use, develop
  or challenge forms and conventions of real media
  products?

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1.
Masthead
Selling Line
7.
Magazine cover
The masthead is in the typical place so that it
is easily found by the audience.
The selling line is the main advert for the
magazine. By using the word exclusive it makes
the magazine more desirable to the audience.
8.
Banner
Kickers
2.
An improvement could have been to make a slogan
to go with the masthead that would have given an
explanation of what to expect in the magazine.
The usual kickers on a magazine are band names to
inform the audience what's inside
9.
Feature Article Photo
3.
Caption
This photo dominates the front cover and is quite
shocking this is to intrigue the audience
The captions give extra information on the
article, I have used words like adventure and
afraid to intrigue the audience
10.
Cover Lines inc. pull-quote
These are a typical cover lines and follow the
typical convention
4.
Secondary Leads
11.
Headline
The secondary lead is information is about what
is in the magazine apart from the main feature to
appeal to my audience I chose names that are
typically associated with heavy metal
For the headline I have used a white outline to
make it stand out the most against the black
background and it follows the typical convention
of a headline as it is in the centre third and
doesn't distract you to much from the main photo.
5.
Flash
12.
Anchorage
The flash is normally plus which give extra
information and advertises what's in the magazine
The anchorage is a typical convention and I used
mine to add impact
6.
Graphic Feature
13.
Menu Strip
The graphic features is the lettering style and
colour. I chose red for the masthead to make it
stand out which is typical for a magazine. I use
different fonts to add interest but stuck to
three so it wasnt too confusing.
The menu strip is typical magazine convention, an
improvement could have been to add more within
the menu strip so that the audience would feel
like they were getting more for there money
14.
Bar Code
The Rule of thirds,is necessary for a magazine.
The Grid System helps to organise the
information, I used this so my magazine would
follow convention.
The bar code is in the normal place you would
find it on a normal magazine but an improvement
would be to have put the price of the magazine
with it.
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Magazine contents
Section Header
5.
6.
Issue and Dateline
1.
Signed Editorial
The editorial is to add a personal touch but an
improvement would be to make it more edgier to
keep in tone with the magazine audience.
I could have added a date line here as an
improvement
Section Banner
2.
Navigation Panel (with header)
7.
I have used the same style and colours as the
front cover
Pictorial insets
3.
This is clear and in order so that the readers
can easily navigate the magazine using the
numbered itemized list also helps with this
Pictorial insets are there to illustrate to the
readers what's in the magazine. My pictorial
insets are in keeping with the audience but I
could have included more band pictures and a copy
of the front cover
Page numbers (with headers resembling kickers and
cover lines)
4.
8.
Numbered itemised list
This part follows the normal convention and is
necessary because it is what the readers expect.
At first glance this looks like a typical
contents page. This is because it follows the
usual convention of rule of thirds and grid system
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Magazine double page spread
This double page spread has some conventions such
as Graphic features Title Dropped
capital Inset picture Pull quote Columns within
text Background photo. However it is not all
typical of a magazine spread as it is quite
plain, though I do think it would appeal to my
audience. Improvements I could make include
things such as a fact file, more photographs and
to add more branding to the page such as the
magazine title and red colour. I also could have
included the journalist name and a photograph of
them doing the interview as this is quite a
popular convention.
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I attempted to make my cover shocking and to have
impact and the Rolling Stone cover photo was also
intended to shock, though I feel mine is much
more obvious . Comparing the two you can see the
similar lay out . Having a shocking magazine
cover is unusual however for media purposes it
could increase sales, attract new costumers or
become a talking point.
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This double page spread is quite similar to my
page layout as the article is on the right and
image on the left. Some improvements would be to
add a strap line and more colour to the written
text as this would have created more interest.