Evaluation question 1

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

Front coverOn my front cover the masthead on my magazine follows the convention of a typical masthead along the top of the page and is the biggest text on the page. It is colourful and catches the eye of audiences. It follows the colour scheme of the rest of the magazine which are colours that appeal to the target audience. It has developed normal conventions are my masthead has a gradient of pink and purple which typical magazines dont have as they usually use block colours. Above this the skyline has a block colour of pink behind the text to make it stand out to the reader. This follows the convention of a typical magazine as other magazines such as Top of the pops also use this technique to bring the readers attention to certain information and offers the magazine includes. The main image takes up the middle section of the page with cover lines surrounding it and the image of the person featuring on the double page spread. This is a typical magazine convention as magazines often use the main image of the person the main double page spread focuses on. Separate images are used of other people featuring in the magazine but are not as important. Other magazine also do this to let the reader know they are featuring at some part in the magazine but the main image is the main story/interview etc. The main cover line is the second biggest test after the masthead as it also needs to capture the eye of readers. It is often in the middle section of the page under the person in the main images face. I have used a puff to make it clear to the reader what page the main article is on and other magazines also do this to draw the attention to other articles in the magazine. I have also used a strapline offering a chance to win gig tickets to a well-known artist the target audience would want to go and see. This is following conventions as other magazines use straplines to promote what the magazine has to offer. The barcode is in the bottom left corner out the way as it is not important to the reader.

Front cover

SkylineMastheadIssue number and dateMain cover linePuffBarcodeStraplineCover lines

Contents pageOn my contents page I have used the same title as my masthead so its consistent with my front page. Other magazines such as we