Evaluation

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

The title contents has a similarity to real media products as they have the same title too, however mine consists of a unique font as I have used a different style of text. It also is thick black text which against the white creates the title to stand out.

On every ‘real media’ magazine they use pictures however new and taken new so there won’t be that image on any other magazine. Including that every contents page includes sub-titles which are called every month and features.

Photographs that are used are also main topics that are talked about throughout the magazine for example ‘DUKE MCNULTY’ will have an interview with UNIQUE and will be talked about on page 20.

Black, red and white are continous throughout the magazine as it’s my chosen colour scheme, by looking at my contents page you can see I have stayed within the colours.

Following codes and conventions every image that has been taken for the contents page there is a number in the corner showing where the page is listed from the text.

The text has been separated underneath 3 different titles showing the audience a clear view on what they might want to read about, or what the magazine consists of.

There are four main images, scattered across the page however still in order and within the collumns which sticks to the codes and conventions of the magazine to emphasis es the genre of the magazine. They are all good quality photographs and are colourful which help the page stand out.

The colour scheme throughout the magazine has stayed black white and red.

The title ‘The moment that ...The Fools went on parade!’ It represents what the article is about that Craig a member of the band is on a journey through life letting the audience know this attracts the reader to want to read more as they become engaged.

A drop capital was used on the first line of the article so the reader knew where to begin reading.

I followed the codes and conventions by putting the article in three columns.

My stand first is short but is a short introductory to what the article is about.

The main image spills onto the second page and by the image is of Craig holding a guitar help show what the article is going to be about.

In the bottom right hand corner there is a page number so when you read the contents page you know where the article is. Including that it states who created the article and who took the picture.

The title has codes and conventions of a magazine front cover as it is on the top left hand side of the page.

My positioning statement relates to the title ‘UNIQUE’ this also follows the codes and conventions of a magazine front cover.

Having the cover lines in red makes them stand out more and make the words more vibrant.

I have used a barcode as on every music magazine that has a price on it consists of it having a bar code this follows the codes and conventions of a music magazine.

For my main image I have used my camera angle, looking at him to the right side instead of standing completely opposite, also he is crouching to show that he is calm and comfortable this makes my work unique and different to other peoples. My model is also using direct address to engage the audience as if it makes it look like he’s looking at them.