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

Evaluation question 1 

I tried to research as many conventions as possible and i have used them to make my front cover, contents and double page spread however i have focused on making the front cover with the right conventions as it is the first thing people see when they are looking for an magazine and it also gives information which is important for the consumer to know whats inside the magazines content for example interviews, photo shoots and any events that is going on.


I have researched many of Q and Kerrang! magazines and rock related genres then looked at the many house styles they were mostly red and black and of those colours of the i have chosen red white and black as most of them uses this colour for their magazines, so i have based my house style with the same colour. These colours work well with each other and it makes it stand out as the colours are dominant. This 

stays true for most of the 3 pages that i have done for my magazine. I have chosen these colours because i take inspiration from Q magazine.

House style - This uses colours that stand out and are bright so that it can be read easily, the picture makes it look serious which is suited for the type of audiences that i wanted, the language used in the front cover is not formal but rather informal as rock fans love informal when it comes to the things that they do. As the rock fans love their news and seriousness i have created my magazine so that the information on it is informative to them and they would like an intense atmosphere when reading magazines.

This magazine is aimed for ages between 30-40's in those age groups i have found that there are a lot of middle aged rock fans and they love the style on they dress which is why the costumes that i chose are rock related as it shows a fashion so that the rock fans will get what they want, and this combined with the information can make them interested in the magazine.

House style spacing - The image takes up most of the middle page and most of the writing is placed on the left and right as it will fill most of the page up so that it is full of information and not blank and i used and circle with texts in it to fill out the majority of the top corner and the left corner with exclusive as this will help me fill the magazine but also make the magazine unique itself, as Q magazines typically uses the left and right sides to fill out most the space that they have, myself i think that it is an good idea as it gives a lot of information to the audiences of your magazine. I think that the audience will enjoy this magazine as it is suited to attract younger audiences that loves rock as the picture tells a lot at the start with the black colours and red text which stands out.

The contents page also uses most of the house style that my front cover uses bold red text so that the writing stands out and most of the spaces are filled which leaves no blank white areas which means that it is filled with information which is important as people who are reading the contents needs to know whats going on in the magazine and each page is numbered. I think that the image used on this suits the house style as they are related to rock and also the minor information is black on a white background which is a contrast of each other which makes it easy to read and it stands out the house style is pretty much consistent with the double page spread and the front cover.

The main image is labeled with a page number so that it makes it stand out and it gives the image more attention and makes the audience want to know what is going on in that page, i have also included two mini-images which also have been numbered so that it has a preview and makes the audience wants to see whats going on.

 I have made use of the picture as i took the right side of the magazine's background out so that when i put black text on it it will stand out and be easier to read rather than with the background which makes the text really hard to read this is done by most of the Q magazine as it is efficient and easy to do, i have also included Jordan Lloyd's guitar in as it will not look as good with the guitar cut in the middle of the page to solve the problem it may have with the text i have aligned the text so that it aligns with the guitar so that the text does not go over the guitar and make it hard to read. Most of the text stays consistently black so that it will not change when the reader is focusing on the same paragraph if i suddenly changes colour this could disrupt the reader so i have kept all the text as black.

The left side of the magazine is used to inform what the reader is reading about and what the general idea of the page really is and the costume i chose for this picture further reinforces that as my actor is using an guitar and wearing a shirt that represents nirvana and most of the rock fans will immediately recognise it as nirvana is really popular among the rock genre. and also page numbers are labeled correctly as it corresponds to the page number in the contents page. Moreover i put an quote on the left side to fill in space but also to tell the audience of what the actor is represented as.

In conclusion with all my pages that i have done i think i have used general conventions to attract the audience of a magazine buyer, from all the pages that i did i think that i have kept the style of my style model so that it looks professional.