Media Evaluation Question 1 OCR
Transcript of Media Evaluation Question 1 OCR
Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Conventions of a Front CoverMasthead is at the top of the page
Short, memorable name
Large main artist covering masthead
Eye contact is made with the audience
Full page image
Bright/clean colour scheme - Pop
Lots of cover lines, information for the readers
Simple language used
My Front CoverAdvertisements at top
Large catchy masthead
Bright colours for background
Colour scheme is kept
Main artist is dominant on the page
Eye contact is made
Large cover lines; easily seen by reader
Simple language used
My magazine has followed many conventions of a pop music magazine. This enables the magazine to easily be identified when on the shelf by the reader, and the bright colours also allow it to stand out.
The front cover has challenged certain conventions as well. I have placed the ‘free posters’ section on the bottom whereas others place this at the top. The reason I have done this is because my masthead is large, and if I made it smaller it would be difficult to read.
Conventions of a Contents PagePage title at top of page
Features section
Subscription section/promotions
Advertisements
Main image focus of the magazine
Page numbers
My Contents PageTitle at the top of the page
Date
Features section
Main artist focus
Page numbers
Subscriptions/Promotions
Advertisements
Images of other pages in the magazine
Bright background/clear
Conforms with colour scheme
As you can see from the comparison, my contents page follows many conventions. I have kept the same layout at the top of the page, and put the features down the right hand side of the page. This means the readers are able to see the magazine contents as soon as they turn the page.
Some conventions I have developed from this example is the images at the bottom of the page. The reason why I have done this is to draw the readers in to give them an example of what is in the magazine.
Conventions of a Double Page SpreadText on the left hand side of the page
Small artist title
Large letter representing the artists name
Page numberArticle is in columns, and paragraphs
Main artist covers the whole left hand side of the page
Simple colour scheme
Magazine logo
My Double Page SpreadMain artist title Artist
quote
Large letter representing artist name
Page numberSmall sideline article
Simple colour don’t draw attention away from main artist
Large image of main artist
Article in columns
The double page spread follows the conventions of the article being on the right and the main image being on the left. The main image in large, which is conventional as it is usually meant to be the size of a piece of A4.
One convention I challenged was the small side article at the bottom of the page. This was to meet my target audience, which is mainly younger people. This will keep their attention on the page as there are different things going on and the bright blue will draw them in.