In what ways does

your media product

use, develop, or

challenge forms and

conventions of real

media products

Evaluation: Soul

To answer this question I used a real music magazine, Billboard and noted out some basic conventions that are always found on the pages of music magazines. I compared each page to my version also labelling the factors I and incorporated into my magazines. To show where I got the inspiration from my magazine I have put the two magazines I used to keep me on track of a professional looking magazine then ended with the aspects of my magazine I felt pushed boundaries and regular conventions.

Real Music magazine Cover PageMain mast head serves as a logo for the identity of the magazine

An image that focuses on the artist

Few cover lines placed around the image

Very little text overlaps the image

One colour scheme is used through the whole page in this case it was blue

Graphic drawing to grab the reader’s attention

All the text is in matching colours Catchy headlines to

draw attention and make the reader want to read

A celebrity that draws attention to buy the magazine

Similar fonts and a simple overall theme

My Music magazine Cover PageMain mast head serves as a logo for the identity of the magazine

Few cover lines placed around the image

Similar fonts and a simple overall theme

Very little text overlaps the image

All the text is in matching colours

Catchy headlines to draw attention and make the reader want to read

One colour scheme is used through the whole page in this case it was blue

An image that focuses on the artist

Graphic drawing to grab the reader’s attention

Real Music magazine Contents Page

One main picture then smaller pictures

Smaller pictures are similar or the same kind of shot

Masthead and name

Contents heading situated above everything

Same colour scheme to cover

Different sections clearly demarcated

Different font sizes and the same font used for contents

Visible page numbers

Basic layout

Similar number of pages under each section

My Music magazine contents page

Different sections clearly demarcated

Masthead and name

Different font sizes and the same font used for contents

Visible page numbers

Basic layout

Same colour scheme to cover

Similar number of pages under each section

One main picture then smaller pictures

Smaller pictures are similar or the same kind of shot

Contents heading situated above everything

Real Music magazine Double page spread

One main image that fills a whole page

An article on the other page

Clear title heading

Writer and photographer on the top of the article below the heading

Mast head and page number on the bottom/top

A basic font throughout

Classy, basic layout

Some graphics on the page

The same colour scheme throughout in this case it is multi coloured

My music magazine double page spread

Classy, basic layout

The same colour scheme throughout in this case it is blue

Writer and photographer on the top of the article below the heading

Mast head and page number on the bottom/top

An article on the other page

A basic font throughout

Some graphics on the page

Masthead

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Real MagazineMy Magazine

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Most of my magazine follows the basic conventions of real

music magazines as I have identified in the previous

slides. I used Billboard as my inspiration because it is also

an RnB music magazine and has the professional theme I

was aiming at. However my magazine pushes a few

boundaries as on my cover page the graphic shape I

added in was not the usual circle on the corner but was a

rectangle that went across the left side of the page to

grab the readers attention. This is usually not found on a

music magazine. The cover image was a long shot and

the image did not involve eye contact which you hardly

get but I chose as it is classy. The image is of the artist

looking into the masthead which draws attention to the

artist and the name ‘Soul’ My double page spread used

both a male and a female a 2 shot which is not common

on a double page spread however I used this as the male

is in the background and the article is connected to their

relationship.