Question 1

Question 1. Evaluation

Question 1. Evaluation

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

Masthead

The masthead of a magazine is always at the top across the left to the right or spread across. They are usually unique and signify the genre; they are always the same post and creating the brand and engine the audience. The mast head of my magazine is called MIC. I used the font Franklin gothic heavy colour red so it would stand out more on the black background its on and draw the audience in reading it. I then added a unique look to it by adding lines across the word and some black look on it. I did this so the masthead looked unique and different to other magazines.

Main Image

The main image is there to draw the attention. They usually have a celebrity on there that looking at the camera fir direct address. I used my friend Hope who is wearing a black top with an army baggy jacket over it. The camera angle in a high angle so Hope is looking up at the camera with her arms folded and giving a horrible look showing the personality of an angry person. I used this image because I thought the mise en scene looked good and fitted in with the genre of the magazine. I edited the photo by cutting the background out and blemishing her face and added a little dark shadow effect on her so it would stand out.

Cover line

The cover lines are usually there to reveal some of the article that feature in the magazine and are usually framing around the main image. I added five cover lines for my magazine. One of them is in the top right corner in a black circle. I edited the circle so it would look unique and different and match the style of the magazine. I used the colours white and red for this. I did this because red is the main colour of the magazine and white because it had a nice clean look on the black background. The other two cover lines are framing the image, two on both sides. I used the colours black and red. The part of the cover lines that have a band or singer I made it big and red so it would stand out and draw the audience in to read it.

A barcode is there for the price, date and issue number. I got an image of a barcode of the Google images and then edited it by making it smaller and then including information such as date, website, and price and issue number.

Positioning Statement

The positioning statement is there to sell to the audience and reveal the type of genre. I put mine underneath the masthead in a light grey background. My positioning statement is called music in words I made music and words in the colour red and in in yellow. I did this to use different variety of colours and introduce a new colour to the magazine.

Bold Colours

Magazine tends to use bold colours that are bright and stand out. They usually relate to the genre and usually suit the image and are three simply colours. The colours I used were white, black, red and yellow. I used the colour white for the background because it related to the genre of the magazine and give a cleaner look to it. I also used white for some words such as the cover line Free Rihanna poster and the anchorage text for the My side of the story and some words in the strap line. I did this because some of the other colours did not go with the background. I also wanted to use white a bit more as it makes the magazine look unique. I then used the colour black I used it in some of the small words in the cover lines and background for the masthead, strap line and a cover line. I did this to make the magazine look bolder. I then used the colour yellow only for the positioning statement and strap line. I wanted to introduce another colour which was bright and show the genre of the magazine. The main colour I used was red because its a colour that stands out and can be used for a variety of genre it suits the magazine. I used it for the masthead and cover lines so it would stand out and draw the audience attention.

Buzz words

Buzz words in magazine are usually for graphic features and make features stand out. I used words such as Exclusive and Free so it would draw the audience attention

Anchorage text

Magazine all has an anchorage text. This pin and the meaning to the image. It is normally the biggest cover line. For my anchorage text I had HOPE My side of the story I made the word HOPE big so it would draw the audience attention. I used the colour red and use a black shadow effect on it so it stood out even more. I place it on the main image. I then place it onto of the other anchorage text. I used the colour white so it would use variety of colour and so it gave them both different storeys. I made the speech marks bigger so it was clear that its a quote.

Strap line

The strap line is normally at the bottom or top. I placed mine at the bottom. I used a black background and used the text PLUS and a couple of bands and singers. This then shows the audience the genre of the magazine which is mix so there are pop singers, a dance DJ and a rock band act.

Content Page

The content page usually have the date and title at the top using the words this week and contents. The masthead is the same as the front cover. On my content page I had the word Content at the top in bright red letters. I did this as it is convections for magazine and it stood out. Underneath I had the name and the date of the magazine was release and underneath that I had the website. I used the colour black so it wouldnt blend in with the masthead

The page numbers on a magazine are usually different colour and have the title next to it. I used the colour red for my page numbers so it would match the colour scheme of the magazine. I then had the title in black next to it so I had different colours and the number stood out. On the photograph on the right hand side I had the page numbers and title on each photo. I used a black background with keeping the colour red for the page numbers and white text

The content page colour is usually the same colours to the ones on the front cover. I kept the colour red, white and black on my content page. I used the colour red for the masthead and page numbers because red is the main colour of the magazine and I wanted it to stand out more but made sure there was not that much red on the page. I then used colour white as the background again because it gave it a cleaner look to the page. I also used white whenever I had text on top of a black background just like I did on the front cover. I then used the colour black for the background of a text. I also used it for the text because black text stands out and look good.

Content page always have the same font as the front cover. I used the same font as I did on the front cover. I used the Franklin Gothic Medium Cone because it stands out and look unique and not too much.

Columns on a content page are usually in two, three columns. I decided to just use one and put all of the feature and regulars on there.

Content page usually have a caption user the image. This explains the image with short text. Sometime they have a page number on there. I put the page number and name of the title on there. I did this because I wanted to audience to know what the photograph was about but not give it away.

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