IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOU MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

PROGRESSION OF FRONT COVER

FINAL FRONT COVER

In order to achieve a masthead which was

best suited to my target audience, I created 7

different mastheads to pitch to my focus

group. 79% responded that a simplistic, bold

masthead is most suitable for my style of

magazine. I then used the research into vibe

magazine to create a similar bold masthead

which follows the conventions of being placed

across the top of the cover. I chose to use the

golden yellow colour from one of the artists

costume as the main font colour. This is to

emphasize the summer theme of the

magazine due to yellow having the

connotation of the summer sun.

Posed image with direct

mode of address- creating a

personal connection with

the audience. Common in

Billboard covers. Image

supports the Gauntlett

theory of the representation

of females.

I decided to use

narrative enigma within

my cover to leave my

audience with

mystery/unanswered

questions in order to

entice them into reading

more.

Pull quotes from the

interview inside the

magazine to indicate

what to inspect if the

reader was to buy the

magazine. (sell line)

Ideology- the promotion of

new music which will lead to

persuading the audience to

listen to and buy these artists

music

I found that many

magazines throughout my

research included words

such as ‘exclusive’ and

‘essential’ as sell lines to

entice my audience.

Many magazines, particularly

Billboard, used banners across the bottom

of the magazine to promote another

feature in the magazine differentiated

from the main feature. In order to continue

the fluidity of the summer theme by adding

a festival inspired feature.

A common convention found in

Billboard magazine is sell lines

above the masthead. I decided to

replicate this by advertising the

theme of the magazine with is

centred around summer.

Billboard is renowned for publishing ‘special edition’

Magazines which lead me to have the idea of theming

my magazine. This can then be used as a major sell

line as well as differentiating my magazine from

competitors. Another common sell line is listing various

artists relating to the magazine. This is conventionally

found on the right hand side of the magazine which I

included within my own in order to indicate the genre

of music the magazine includes and to entice an

audience into reading more .

Whilst carrying out

my focal research on

Billboard magazine, it

was common for text

to be boxed in order

to highlight key

features which I

replicated within my

own magazine.

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

I used the same colour and

font for the contents page

as the masthead to create

fluidity within the

magazine.

Included a minimised

image of my masthead to

continue brand identity.

In order to generate repeat

purchases and encourage a

loyal audience to the

magazine, I decided to

include a 15% off

subscription. This is a

common convention of

many magazines.

It was common when

researching existing media

that pictures dominant the

majority of contents pages

with minimal text which

influenced my composition

of the page.

Once again I used a pull

quote as a sell line. It also

involves the use of narrative

enigma, enticing the

audience into the article

about the featuring artists.

My main inspiration for my contents page was the above page featured in Billboard magazine. I used

various features from the contents page in my own including the bold use of font for the contents

masthead and the composition of the images however slightly differentiating these features to suit

my particular style of magazine as well as adding to them.

PROGRESSION OF DOUBLE

PAGE SPREAD

To the left is my original double page spread.

However I had to make some adjustments to

make the proportions correct in order to fulfil

the similar conventions of a magazine. By using

the ruler tool on Photoshop I identified that the

text is positioned across the dividing line

therefore I had to adapt the composition in order

for the text to be readable.

For my finished double page spread I enlarged

the image of the featuring artists to take up a

full one side of the double page spread. I then

narrowed the text and festival feature to fit the

other side of the spread. I also thought that

having the name of the featuring duo in a box did

not sit right on the page which lead me to change

to the bold block text.

I used a pull quote within the

interview to draw the attention of

the reader. This theory is commonly

used within various music magazines

As well as having a

featuring article, I wanted

to add another feature to

the spread. After

researching into the

magazines I found this was

unconventional for Billboard

magazine however was

common in NME which I

have decided to base my

double page spread on, this

links into my magazine due

its large focus on live music

which is the main theme of

my magazine.

To add personal

touches to the

magazine I

replicated this

banner used in NME

magazine.

Like the

front cover

I used a

posed

image

creating a

direct

relation-

ship

between

the

audience

and the

artist

THE INFLUENCE OF

EXSISTING MEDIA

PRODUCT