Evaluation question one media
- 1. EVALUATION QUESTION ONE IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR PRODUCTS USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS
- 2. FRONT COVER
- 3. MASTHEAD • THE MASTHEAD IS LARGE AND BOLD TO STAND OUT ON THE MAGAZINE. POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF THE MAGAZINE TO SEPARATE IT FROM THE TEXT WHICH CATCHES AUDIENCES ATTENTION, THEREFORE BEING RECOGNISED AND ESTABLISHING A BRAND IMAGE. • UNLIKE MOST REGIONAL MAGAZINES, MY MAGAZINES MASTHEAD DOES NOT OVERLAP THE IMAGE AS I HAVE SEPARATED IT WITH A COLOUR BACKGROUND TO MAKE IT STAND OUT AND ADD EVEN MORE AWARENESS.
- 4. MAIN IMAGE • MY MAIN IMAGE ON THE FRONT COVER OF MY MAGAZINE FEATURES A LONG, ESTABLISHING SHOT OF MARGATE'S MAIN ATTRACTION (TURNER CENTRE AND BEACH) • THIS TYPICALLY FOLLOWS CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF NATURAL AND PLEASURING SETTING GIVING AN AUDIENCE AN INSIGHT OF BEING AT THE LOCATION ITSELF • THE NATURAL LIGHTING IS ALSO TYPICALLY CONVENTIONAL, WITH THE SEA AND THE SKY EMPHASISING THE COLOUR OF BLUE GIVING IT A SENSE OF CHILLNESS AND HARMONY
- 5. SELL LINE • MY MAGAZINE INCLUDES THE CONVENTIONAL FETURE OF SELL LINES WHICH INTERLINK WITH THE CONTENT OF MY MAGAZINE. THE SELL LINE COLOUR OF THE TEXT CONTRASTS WITH MY BACKGROUND THEREFORE STANDING OUT. THIS IS SIMILAR TO MY MASTHEAD AS I WENT WITH THE SAME COLOUR AS IT STANDS OUT FROM THE MAIN COLOUR OF THE MAGAZINE. • THIS COLOUR SCHEME MAY FOLLOW HEGEMONIC CODES MEANING MY AUDIENCE CAN RELATE TO MY TEXTS.
- 6. HOUSE STYLE • THE USE OF A COLOUR SCHEME CONSISTING OF RED AND BLUE WILL APPEAL TO THE AUDIENCE AS IT ENCHANCES THE BRAND WITH THE COLOURS MAKING IT STAND OUT FROM OTHER MAGAZINES. • COLOURS ARE NOT GENDER BIASED SO APPEAL TO BOTH GENDERS WITHIN MY TARGET AUDIENCE AS WELL AS FOLLOWING CONVENTIONS OF USING CONTRASTING COLOURS TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM ANY IMAGES • HAVING THE HEADER AT THE TOP OF THE COVER ALSO FOLLOWS CONVENTIONS
- 8. FONTS AND FEATURES • ALL TEXTS USED WERE SHORT AND SIMPLE SIMPLY CATCHING THE READERS EYE. THIS ALSO ALLOWS MORE RANGE OF THINGS TO BE MENTIONED • THE SMALL TITLES FOLLOWED THE COLOUR SCHEME OF RED STANDING OUT WHILE BEING A LITTLE MORE BOLD AND LARGER COMPARED TO THE LITTLE COVER LINES BENEATH WHICH CONSISTED OF MORE TEXT AND MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT.
- 9. IMAGES • MY CONTENTS PAGE CONSISTED OF SEVERAL IMAGES WHICH FOLLOWS THE CONVENTIONS OF BREAKING UP TEXT ON THE PAGE. THESE IMAGES VARIED IN TERMS OF SHOTS CONSISTING OF LONG SHOTS TO CLOSE UPS. • I FURTHER FOLLOWED CONVENTIONS WITH THE USE OF HIGH KEY LIGHTING AND THE USE OF OPTIMISED ZOOM TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES MAKING IT MORE VISUALLY APPEALING • I FOLLOW CONVENTIONS OF REGIONAL MAGAZINES AS I DO NOT USE ANY PEOPLE, SIMPLY USING A NATURAL SETTING TO FURTHER EMPHASISE THE BEAUTY OF THE REGION I AM CONDUCTING MY MAGAZINE ON, WITH MORE LANDMARKS AND FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THANET.
- 10. LAYOUT • THE LAYOUT OF MY TEXT MAKES IT EASIER TO READ AND MORE ACCESIBLE AS WELL AS BEING CLEAR AND INFORMATIVE • THE DIFFERENT SIZES OF THE TEXTS SEPARATE EACH SECTION CONVENTIONALLY FOLLOWING PATTERNS OF OTHER MAGAZINES • A LITTLE COMPETITION PROMOTED ON THE CONTENTS IS SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER CONTENT GIVING IT THE APPEAL TO ATTRACT THE AUDIENCE TO INTERACT ON A WIDER SCALE WITH THE MAGAZINE
- 11. NUMBERING • NUMBERING ALSO FOLLOWS CONVENTIONS OF MAGAZINES GIVING THE LAYOUT A STRUCTURE AND ORGANISED APPROACH. • THE NUMBERING ALLOWS EASY NAVIGATION WITH THE OTHER PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE AS IT INTERLINKS EFFECTIVELY THEREFORE BEING INFORMATIVE AND KEEPING THE READERS INTERESTED.
- 12. FEATURE PAGE
- 13. FEATURE PAGE • THE MAIN IMAGE I USED FEATURES A CONVENTIONALLY LONG SHOT IN A NATURAL SETTING OF A LOCATIONS LANDMARK THEREFORE GIVING THE AUDIENCE A SENSE OF BEING T THE LOCATION • I FOLLOWED THE CONVENTION OF NOT REALLY EDITING THE IMAGE AS IT ALREADY IS VISUALLY APPEALING AND BOLD. THE USE OF THE IMAGE ALSO CORRELATES WITH THE NAME OF MY MAGAZINE ‘SHORELINE’ THEREFORE ESTABLISHING A STRONG CORRELATION AND EMPHASISING THE BRAND IMAGE.
- 14. LAYOUT • THE LAYOUT OF MY FEATURE PAGE TYPICALLY FOLLOWS CONVENTIONS OF SIMILAR MAGAZINES THEREFORE APPEALING TO AUDIENCE AS IT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER MAGAZINES MEANING OTHER MAGAZINES AUDIENCES MAY BE ATTRACTED BY MY MAGAZINE • CONVENTIONS INCLUDE THE TEXT BEING THE MAIN FOCUS POINT OF THE PAGE BEING LARGE AND APPEALING. THE TEXT IN ITS LARGE BULK ALSO IS APPEALING AS IT OFFERS AN IN DETH EXPLANATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE IMAGE.
- 15. LANGUAGE • MY LANGUAGE TENDED TO CONSIST OF LOTS OF EXAGGERSTION AND EMPHASISATION AS IT APPELS MORE TO MY AUDIENCE • THESE EXAGGERATED WORDS STAND OUT AND ADDS AN APPEL TO MY DESCRIPTION ENTICING THE READER TO CARRY ON READING IT MAY CARRY ION TO SATISFY THEM • CONVENTIONS OF BEING FORMALLY COMMUNICATED IS ALSO VACANT AS IT ENGAGES MORE WITH THE READER AND THE ARTICLE ITESLEF, THIS IS SIMILAR TO OTHER MAGAZINE WHICH ALSO FOLLOW THIS CONVENTION.
- 16. ADVERTISEMENT
- 17. TEXT • I FOLLOWED THE TYPICAL CONVENTIONS OF A LARGE BOLD NAME AND TITLE SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN TEXT TO DISTINGUISH WHAT THE PROMOTION AND ADVERTISEMENT IS ABOUT. THE LARGE BOLD FONT IN THE BOLD COLOUR OF RED WOULD STAND OUT TO THE READER AND MAKE IT ‘UNMISSABLE’ • HOWEVER THE PLACEMENT OF THE ‘BULL HOTEL’ IS UNCONVENTIONAL DUE TO ITS PLACEMENT MIDWAY DOWN THE PAGE INSTEAD OF THE TOP OF THE PAGE. I DID THIS AS I FOUND THE IMAGES WOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS POINT IN ATTRACTING READERS AS IT IS A VISUAL INSIGHT OF WHAT I'M ADVERTISING. • THE CONVENTION OF HAVING CONTACT DETAILS ARE ALSO APPARENT IN MY PAGE AS IT SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE BULK TEXT ALLOWING READERS A CLEAR WAY OF GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT
- 18. IMAGE • LIKE THE MAIN COVER IMAGE AND FEATURE PAGE I FOLLOWED THE CONVENTIONS OF USING A BIG IMAGE AS THE MAIN FOCUS POINT OF THE PAGE. THIS ALLOWS THE READER TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING ADVERTISED THEREFORE APPEALS TO WHETHER THEY WANT THE OFFER ON HOLD • A RELATIVE MID SHOT OF WHAT IS BEING OFFERED IS ALSO USED WITH THE CONVENTIONAL POSITIONING AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE • THE USE OF A SECOND IMAGE SHOWING THE INSIDE OF THE HOTEL ENTICES THE READER MORE AS THERE IS A LITTLE INSIGHT TO WHAT ELSE IS PROMOTED GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY'RE A GUEST AT THE HOTEL.
- 19. WEBSITE
- 20. LAYOUT • MY WEBSITE CONFORMS TO TYPICAL CONVENTIONS HAVING THE MASTHEAD AT THE TOP OF THE WEBPAGE. THIS THEREFORE CONFIGURES WITH THE READER AT WHAT THEY'RE VIEWING AND RECOGNISE AND BUILD ON THE BRAND. • THE MENU TAB IS ALSO ANOTHER CONVENTION AS IT ALLOWS EASY NAVIGATION TO WHAT THEY WANT TO VIEW
- 21. IMAGE • ON OTHER SIMILAR WEBSITES, IT TENDS TO INCLUDE A PICTURE CORRELATED WITH THE MAGAZINE AS IT LINKS WITHIN THE ARTICLE AS WELL AS BEING BOLD AND STANDING OUT TO PROMOTE THE MAGAZINE • HAVING THE IMAGE AS THE MAIN FOCUS INTO IS A CONVENTION AS IT ALLOWS THE FOCUS TO BE UPON THE IMAGE AND WHAT ITS ABOUT MAKING THE READER WANT TO READ ABOUT IT • THE USE OF OTHER IMAGES TO SUPPORT THE OTHER ARTICLES ON MY WEBSITE IS ALSO ANOTHER CONVENTION USED AMONG SIMILAR MAGAZINE WEBSITES TYPICALLY APPEALING TO THE READER
- 22. BILLBOARD
- 23. LAYOUT • THERE ARE FEW EXAMPLES TO COMPARE MY BILLBOARD TO DUE TO A LACK OF REGIONAL MAGAZINES ACTUALLY USING BILLBOARDS AS A WAY OF ADVERTISEMENT THEREFORE THERE IS DIFFICULTY LINKING TO ANY CODES AND CONVENTIONS. • THEREFORE I TRIED TO KEEP IT SIMPLISTIC AS I COULD AS THE MAIN FOCUS OF BILLBOARDS IS NOT TO INCLUDE TOO MUCH DETAIL BUT STAND OUT WITH A STRONG IMAGES WHICH I USE AN EYE CATCHING IMAGE OF THE SHORE. THE NAME OF MY MAGAZINE IS THE MAIN FOCUS SO IS IN THE BUGGEST FONT AS WELL AS BEING POSITIONED IN THE CENTRE OF THE BILLBOARD MAKING THE READER KNOW OF MY MAGAZINE NAME.. CONVENTIONS ARE ALSO FOLLOWED WITH CONTACT DETAILS LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BILLBOARD.