Evaluation Question One

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of traditional media products?

Front Cover

My magazine cover uses the conventions of traditional media products such as music magazines as it uses a large

and well edited image of the main artist who was interviewed in the magazine. This can also be seen by the use of the smaller image of another artist who is inside themagazine, as well as the name of many other artists who

are included. This can be seen as following the usual codesand conventions as it can be seen in many other

professional music magazines which also focus on pop music. It also uses a range of fonts to draw in an audience,

which is common in magazines as it increases interest inthe issue of the magazine.

Content Page

My contents page can be seen to follow the codes and conventions of a traditional pop music magazine as it uses

multiple images of artists who are featured in the magazine,which is most commonly seen in pop magazines of this type.

Also, the use of an editors note, as seen on the bottom of the page, with an image of the editor gives the magazine a

more professional feel, as it is often used in real music magazines such as ‘Top Of The Pops’. The consistent pink

and purple colour scheme, which can be seen on all of the other pages.

Double Page Spread

My double page spread fits the codes and conventions of a traditional pop music

magazine as it uses multiple images of the artist featured and a large heading of their name, showing them as important as they are the main feature, which is common in

this type of music magazine as many artists are known for their attractiveness.

This also follows the colour scheme of the magazine which is common in pop

magazines which are aimed at a younger female audience.

Colour Scheme

As my magazine is aimed at a young female audience I used a colour scheme which consisted of pinks and purples as they are seen as typically feminine colours, this is

typical of traditional codes and conventions of a pop music magazine as many of them are aimed at young girls aged between 10 and 16 who are typically more

interested in these colours, as my magazine is.