Q one

Q one

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  Evaluation: In whatways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.
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  Masthead: My magazine hasseveral generic conventions of magazines, for example: Masthead, coverlines, image and a puff etc. Before creating my masthead I researched different pop genre’s mastheads to get inspiration and in order for mine to represent the target audiences taste and make it more professional. I wanted to represent the targets audience tastes as then it would appeal to them and they would be more likely to buy the magazine. However I wanted to change it a little so it would stand out from others magazines in the genre. I achieved this by changing fonts and positions of certain parts. The front cover of my magazine develops the conventions of real media products, as it has got a masthead. A masthead is one of the most important parts of a magazine front cover as it tells the audience which magazine it is and what kind of information will be inside of it, it also creates brand identity. The masthead also connotes which genre/type of magazine it is. So on my magazine, I have chosen to place the masthead in the conventional place on the page, at the top, and I have chosen fonts which would appeal to the target audience and that connoted the brand identity and house style.
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  Masthead Font: The fontI got for the masthead I chose from an online website called ‘dafont’. You get more choice and therefore you can make it look more professional. I think that this is a good font to have chosen because connotes a fun and relaxed atmosphere and this would then get the audiences attention. The use of pink and white makes it the masthead more interesting as it created a bit of contrast. The pink connotes femininity, excitement and the teenage range. The white connotes this by connoting freshness, new information and youthfulness. Its similar to those I researched by the boldness and interest however a few of them were just in a little box at the left side so this will stand out in the shelf more.
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  Central Image : Ihave chosen one central image like they do in real media products. It is bold and interesting which will intrigue the audience. The model is quite a stereotypical young woman- like the target audience.
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  Coverlines: I used coverlines to give the viewers more of an idea of the content inside, this is also one of the generic conventions of the real magazines. I changed the font from the masthead to give it more of a contrast and also help, again, to connote the brand identity. However each coverlines has the same font to help with the consistent house style I have created. The contents page again develops the conventions of media products; it has page numbers and images. The fonts I have used for the content page flow continuously through the front page to the content this gives my magazine a professional brand identity and house style.
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  Double Page Spread: The double page spread is quite like the other magazines out there- there are images on one page and a page of text. There are more images than there is text as this is what I found it was like in my research. There are highlights of colour which make it interesting and link with the rest of the magazine (creates continuity).
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  Mise-en-scene • The typeof mise-en-scene that is in the images throughout my magazine follows the generic, conventional and stereotypical that I saw in other magazines that I researched. The central image is of a young woman and her facial expression connotes the pop genre and it also connotes a sense of fun and also maybe shocking. This would then attract the young audience into buying the magazine. The colours are bright and interesting, this is a stereotypical part of a pop magazines, however I have developed this. For example in the double page spread there was a lot of colour on the headings but the images just had a hint of pink- this still connotes the pop genre but it creates more of a contrast. I did this as the focus group which I asked thought it would be good to keep it sophisticated but still fun and they thought you could create this by the hints of bright colours.