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

Masthead

Main Image

Cover Lines

Main Cover Lines

The themes I have used are conventional to other magazine. My masthead was placed behind my artist just like VIBE’s does, shown above. I have numerous cover lines Like NME and VIBE to show that I will be talking about other topics as well as my main topic which is my artist.

It’s conventional for the model to look at the camera for eye contact. It’s also conventional because you follow the eyes, go down and then down the shoulder towards the cover lines.

It’s conventional to have a barcode with the price placed underneath.

The mastheads are big and bold and are usually situated at the top but behind the model.

It’s conventional for a magazine to have

eyebrows as they tell the audience

what’s in the magazine.

In this magazine there are three models which is unlike other magazines. It draws your attention as they’re all giving you eye contact, mostly the model in the middle. You look at the model in the middle then it draws you over the model on the right’s shoulder towards the main cover line.

NME’s masthead is big bright and bold

whereas mine is a more minimum size.

NME has three models on their front cover

of their magazine, whereas I have one.

This shows that magazines don’t have to

have just one model on their cover but up

to three. Another thing is that NME has

pictures alongside their cover, this also

shows that there is no limit on pictures that

can be inserted in your cover.

My music magazine challenges the conventions

of a magazine as my magazine, shown above

is a r&b magazine, whereas NME shown on the

right deters from being a r&b magazine to rock.

Also my magazine has one artist whereas NME

has three. NME has other pictures alongside the

side of there magazine whereas my magazine

has none.

I used ‘Boardwalk’ magazine to help me make

my magazine look interested. Without my

pictures it would look plain, so I placed my

pictures partly on top of each other to make it

look unique.

Looking at my magazine and ‘Boardwalk’

magazine there’s a lot of differences as my colour

scheme is black, red, orange and white. Whereas

‘Boardwalk’s contents page is in white and black.

Vibe’s masthead is situated

at the top with a more bold

look, whereas mine is also

at the top but the font size

is smaller.

Some magazine usually have eyebrows

but in VIBE’s magazine there was no

eyebrow which is also similar to mines

as mine also has no ‘eyebrows’ but

instead has been placed at the bottom

of the magazine cover.

I put a date on my

magazine where

other magazines

don’t have one.

Beyonce’s name

written in bold to show

that she’s the main

feature.

Cover Lines placed at the

side to show the reader

what will be in the

magazine that they’ll be

reading.

Barcode on the bottom

right corner is used to

create a sense of

uniqueness and also that

the product could be

bought.

My masthead,

placed behind

my artist. Cover Lines placed

on the right hand

side of my magazine,

written in large and

different coloured

font to make the

features look

Main cover line to show

the main important

article in my magazine.

Tips on clothing, other

than music.

My model was looking directly at the camera which was conventional

to all music magazines in order to attract their readers. My audience would look at the models eyes and then follow down to his arm where text would be situated. My model had his hand out where my main cover line would be. I thought this out in the photo shoot to see how my magazine would look if I used this picture.

By the shoulder

Over the

shoulder

Representations may be in speech and still or moving pictures.

Location:

England America

‘How to make your swag look

immaculate’ I used the slang word

‘Swag’ to show my audience that this

magazine can be readable by

teenagers.

• Mostly targeted at 16-24 year olds that

either aspire to be musicians or have passion

for music in this genre. My magazine reflects

on what I’d like to see in a magazine with

my kind of music but also others. My

magazine is targeted at both men and

women because it’s not just focused on

male artists or women artists, it’s focused on

both.

My music magazine would most likely be sold in:

Corner shops as

their most likely

to sell most

genres of music

magazines like

r&b, rock, hip

hop etc.

Music shops as

their most likely

to sell any type

of music

magazines like

country music,

jazz, heavy

metal etc

WHSmith as they

sell a wide range

of genres of music

magazines.

However , when I was researching this I

went to my local corner shops and

asked what types of magazine they

distributed and they said which ever

magazine was popular. ‘Most likely to

be R&B as young kids listen to this’.

This image shows the typical view of the youth in

media today, recently this has been enhanced

by the recent London riots. However, my

magazine deters from this view.

Bauer media group distributes music

magazines like:

MOJO is the world's biggest UK music magazine. It

represents a musical archive, providing its audience with

an emotional and independent connection to the music.

Q is the UK's biggest selling monthly music magazine. The Q

brand developed a worldwide reputation as a trusted

voice of musical authority amongst fans, musicians and the

music industry.

Bauer produced my example of an

existing magazine as they do r&b

magazines too. Cheryl Cole was

featured in Q magazine and she is a

r&b/hip-hop artist.

Mostly targeted at 16-24 year olds that either aspire to be musicians or have passion for music in

this genre. My magazine reflects on what I’d like to see in a magazine with my kind of music but also others.

My magazine is targeted at both men and women because it’s not just focused on male artists or women artists, it’s focused on both. The social

class is directed to all social classes, anyone who listens to R&B would like what I’ve written in my magazine.

I selected the photos that looked more appealing to my audience. Appealing because he was posed in a way to draw the readers in.

The specific techniques I used were slang words as my audience could

relate to them. For example ‘How To Make Your ‘SWAG’ look immaculate. This meaning ‘How to make your looks (clothing) look on point or great.

The way he holds the microphone could be significant in the way other unidentified musicians holds theirs.

What do you think of my magazine?1. I think your magazine looks great. I love how the colours

go together. The way the artist is placed, his posture and pose looks amazing, it really does look like a music magazine.

2. It looks okay but there could be some changes. The artist looks a bit blurry but in other cases it look good.

Do you think it represents how you see yourself as a teenager?

1. Yes as your artist looks around 17/18 years old. However

most teenagers wear hoodies and caps. This artist does not which shows a contrast of how different teenagers can be.

2. No, teenagers these days don’t dress like that. If he wore a hoodie then it would represent a teenager.

Do you think it looks entertaining enough for you to buy a copy?1. Yeah it really does. In your article it includes Drake and his

new album and I absolutely love Drake.2. Yeah, I can see myself reading this magazine. I listen to

Chris Brown and Rihanna and I wouldn’t mind reading

what they think. Also your artist looks like he’s got a passion for singing so I’d read his interview.

What Ranges of

technologies were

available?What hardware and

what software were

available?

InDesign and

Photoshop

Computers

Google

Wordpress Word

What hardware and what software is

available?

I had to book a computer in order for me to use the software, also I used the software's when I had my media lessons. But I could use my mobile phone to access Wordpress when trying to complete unfinished work.

How difficult/easy are they to use?

It Was difficult using Photoshop and InDesign because I had never used it before. I had to ask for help many times until I could successfully use it and also help others. Wordpress was complicated at first as I did not know where to upload my work, making a page instead of a post.

I used Photoshop to crop my pictures and to

also change the lighting when the picture

was too dark. For example, I cropped these

photos:

Camera

I Used Photoshop to import my touched

up pictures into InDesign.

I Also used Photoshop to crop, lighten and

change certain aspects of my picture.

I used Photoshop to crop my pictures

and to also change the lighting

when the picture was too dark. For

example, I cropped these photos:

The picture on the left has a black

background, I used Photoshop to

edit the picture, having a white

background. Before using

Photoshop, I would not have

known how to use it almost

professionally.

Terminology:

Standfirst

Explanatory text under the

main heading of a

magazine, smaller than the

heading but still larger than

the main text

Pull Quote

A pull quote is a

quotation from an

article in a magazine

that is placed in a larger

font size

Masthead

The title of a

newspaper or

magazine at the head

of the front or editorial

page.

I learnt how to identify what the

difference between a standfirst

and a heading is.

I learnt how to seek out decent

information in order for it to be a

pull quote. (A decent sentence)

Before media, I thought

that the magazine

name was just called a

title, but now I’ve learnt

that it’s called a

masthead.

Looking back at my preliminary exercise and my front cover for

my music magazine, you can see that there is a big difference. In

my preliminary I didn’t change my background, the background

was kept the same. Whereas my music magazine’s cover was

changed. I learnt how to change the background and touch up

the models tone and the lighting of the picture. I learnt about pull

quotes and standfirsts, things I did not know beforehand. I learnt

how to put my masthead behind my model in order to create a

better effect. However in my preliminary task, my masthead was

better than my final magazine covers masthead is it was bold

and was varying from the colours black and yellow.

I had to plan photo shoots with my artist

in order to start my music magazine. I

had to know how to place my model,

looking at other models posture and

poses. I had to figure out how my model

will look like in order to attract my

audiences.

I had to know how to make my font, text

and colour look similar to other music

magazines but unique enough to make it

my own.

I used big and bold writing to show

that this is the main feature in my

magazine. The font size was above

30 balancing on my artists hands to

show how important ‘Jai Scarlet’s’

interview is.

Photo Shoot