research for Evaluation Question 1

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

 Mast Head

This is my Mast Head, it is the name of my magazine. It covers the top of my front cover, like most mast heads, i used the colour pink because it is one of my main colour schemes, also the colour is not dull and will be eye-catching. I choose this name for my magazine because it tells the audience that inside the magazine is gossip, it intrigues people in.

Barcode

Using a barcode on the front cover is a convention of real media.

Sub headline

A sub headline is another convention of a real media product, here i made sure the audience would know what it inside the magazine as the main article, still sticking to my colour scheme.

Buzz word

The word exclusive tells the audience that this will be the only magazine featuring what is advertised.

Fonts

On my front cover, contents page and also double page spread, i have kept my fonts either the same or similar all the way through, i decided to do this because it is easy to read for the ages i am aiming for, even the little details like the date and issue number is kept simple. Even though my mast head and main headline is larger than the rest of the writing, the font it still kept simple and bold.

Contents page

For my contents page, real media conventions was important, i had to balance the information about whats in the magazine to advertising what else the audience could win or free gifts inside i got this idea from another popular pop magazine, i then compared it again to what i wanted, this is what i found;

Double page spread

When i was making my double page spread, i looked at the conventions of other pop magazines, this gave me an idea on the layout i was going to aim for, this is the example i looked at compared to my own double page spread;

I tried to keep some conventions the same, using the space provided in the right way and getting in the information i needed, also the pictures i have decided to use portray happiness and fun.

levels

This is a level 2 piece of work, i have chosen this because it has a similar layout to my front cover.

To improve this i could make my writing smaller and add more detail, this could get me to a level 3.

contents page:

This is the style model that i have chosen to compare to my contents page, it has a similar layout to my contents page.

Double page spread:

This double page spread is similar to mine because there is more than one image and a large piece of writing.

final pictures for my magazine;

Front cover.

Contents page.

Double Page Spread.

Ideologies

Snow white-  That having men in your life won't lead to happiness until the man and woman are married, before this, the movie snow white shows snow white being a shy woman with something significant missing in her life, we later find out that this was a man.

Cinderella- This film shows that women are shy characters and who dream about love and need a man to rescue them.

James bond- This film gives people the idea that all British people are posh.

double page spread

i want my double page spread to be an action shot, these are the best ones;

final pick-

This is the best picture because it is fun and the most clear image for this, even though you can not clearly see two of my actors faces, it will fit in with my double page spread because it is fun and still different from my front cover. I think it shows a variety of attitudes and also shows personality through a shot.

contents page

These are the best three for my contents page;

final pick- 

Even though i have one final choice, a contents page should have a variation of pictures, so when making my magazine i may add a variation,  this picture is the most clear and makes it look fun as they are laughing and also the body language of my actors makes the picture look more relaxed, it shows that there is a different side to this 'girl band', in comparison to the front cover. The props in this are a speaker, which keeps on the topic of music, while looking natural. This shot also has a plain, simple background so that the attention is not taken away from my three actors.

front cover

These are the three best picture for my front cover;

final pick- 

i have chosen this picture for my front cover because it matches the attitude i am trying to portray to the audience. i think my target audience will be drawn to this because many pop music magazines show people who they aspire to be, using this picture, my target audience of teen girls, they will familiarise  with the clothing that is also worn. The angle for this shoot is very straight on using the tripod, this is also the only picture they all actors are looking at the camera, and portrays the attitude i was trying to get across. My target audience is teenage girls, but i think some of the older audience may be attracted to my magazine if this was the front cover. The reason i didn't use props for any of my shoots is so that the attention is on the actors.