MY MUSIC MAGAZINEBaseline

#1 IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT, USE DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

Key elements of a music magazine

Strong design and layout Appropriate use of text and images Consideration of target audience Creating the ‘right image’

My magazine had it’s own house style. The colours and font used front cover will appear on all issues of Baseline, this similar to the large red letter font used by Q music magazine. Consumers are immediately aware that the media product below to Q music magazine when they see this image. I also used conventional features such as a headline, masthead, strap lines, image and a barcode. I felt that there was less ability to use other features on the front cover of the magazine as these coventions familiarise the audience with the product. They allow us to instantly know what the media product is.

In my opinion I believed the conventions used in my music magazine were influenced by the genre of music it represents which is pop and rnb music. The image on my front cover exudes confidence and attitude. Also the designs used on my contents page were relatively modern and could be linked to magazine such as Vibe or NME. However I felt the my contents page followed some conventional ideas such as a higher proportion of text to image.

My double page spread uses typical conventions such as an artist feature, Teri the singer which invites Teri’s fans to purchase and read the magazine. There is an equal balance of image and text, a page for each. I chose this as my image was strong enough to stand alone.

#2 HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

My music magazine is designed to showcase the talents of teens as artists, this is shown by my celebrity artist feature Teri. It presents teens also as models, on the contents page a teen Ellen is photography can be seen. The music magazine provides a positive image for young females as independent and successful individuals. Which is contrary to the typical dependent and emotional female usually presented.

My magazine also plays upon the stereotypical ideas that females gossip about each other and argue with each other as it is a source of entertainment for audiences and encourages them to read the magazine. In my opinion a strong and controversial masthead will potentially catch a consumers attention and encourage sales of the magazine.