Main Task Evaluation.

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Layout.

Pull Quotes:• I used pull quotes because it

gives the reader key quotes from the article in a quick and easy way.

• It fits in with the target audience, as they may not want to read the entire article, and instead just read the important quotes from the article.

Writing Style:• I have set out my double page spread

article into a simple question and answer format.

• This is used in the Top of the Pops Magazine and therefore as I am trying to emulate it, it would work well in my music magazine

• This writing style would fit into the target audience, because it is easily readable and makes the process of reading the article much quicker as it is set out in a simple formation

Style of Photography:• The style of photography used

in this double page spread is similar on both of these

• Both of these shots are close-ups, and are able to focus on the particular artist in the shot

• This fits into the target audience, because it focuses on the artist, and this is what the reader wants to read about.

Colour Scheme:• The colour scheme

is slightly similar to the example that I am using. This fits into my double page spread, because

Layout.

Masthead:• The masthead in the Top of

the Pops Magazine, I used to emulate in my front cover. I positioned it in the top left of the page. It will appeal due to the style of the font, the colour of it and the fact that it is aimed at a playful, young audience.

Style of Photography:• The photography used in both

front covers is similar. Both the shots in these front covers, are similar as they are both medium shots.

• This applied to my target audience, because it suits the conventions of front covers, as most magazines use medium shots.

Cover Lines:• The cover lines in my magazine

are bright and vibrant.• This will fit into my target

audience, because the audience is young and therefore the vibrancy of the text as well as the bright colours, will make it stand out and be more noticeable to the reader.

Colour Scheme:• The colour scheme

for this magazine is bright and vibrant as it is made at a young audience

• Comparing this to the Top of the Pops magazine, which I am aiming to emulate, the colour scheme there is vibrant also.

Conventions Developed• From magazines that I looked at, I decided to

develop colour schemes for my magazine.• Some of the magazines that I looked at, didn’t

develop a colour scheme very well, such as Top of the Pops Magazine. As a result, by me developing a colour scheme for this magazine, allows for the magazine to be more appealing to my target audience.