Evaluation Q4 - Who would be the audience for you media product?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Q3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your magazine product and why?

Evaluation Q2 - How does your media product represent social groups?

Evaluation Q1 - In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Article

'There are many similarities between my magazine and my style model which is an extract taken from Kerrang magazine. Firstly both of the adverts include quotes on the left hand page; these are taken from the article and entice the reader to read more into the article. 

I have split my article into three columns which has also been done in Kerrang, I think that this positions it clearly and easy for the audience to read. The text is printed in black on a white background in order for it to stand out clearly and be even clearer to read.

On the right had page of my style model there is an image which fills the entire page, I have took inspiration from this and also done the same in my magazine. The photos are similar as the members are layered and some body parts are concealed. All members are making eye contact with the camera which results in a connection with the reader and causing people flicking through the magazine to read into the magazine. All members are smiling and showing clear facial expression in both magazines which boosts the positive connection with the passing audience.

My article has a fairly big introduction paragraph which gives the reader an initial insight into the content of the article. My idea to do this was taken from the small introduction paragraph in the style model. I think that an introduction is very important and is crucial when attracting readers who were not initially planning on reading the article.'

Evaluation Q1 - In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Contents Page

'The initial and what I think is the most dominant aspect I took from my style models when producing my contents page is the bar block at the top of the page. As shown in the two style models, Q magazine has a red bar and NME has a black bar, both at the top of the page. I took inspiration from this and added a white bar at the top of my contents page to separate the title of ‘contents’ and the magazine branding from the rest of the content on the page. Top contribute to my simplistic house style the clarity of the heading of the page is essential, rather than it getting lost in the content and therefore creating a cluttered look. 

Another factor that is mirrored from my style models is the magazine branding being placed in the top left corner of the page. This is the same place as on my front cover and I did this because it maintains the clear house branding of my magazine, as well as it being clear cut in the corner which is emphasised by the rectangle shape so the sides are parallel to the edges of the page. Another aspect of my front cover that was created due to inspiration from my style models is the blocks used to highlight the subheadings of the contents list. It is used more in the NME magazine as in Q there are just bold underlines however both me and NME have put our titles in boxes which makes their importance stand out and contributes to the block theme as I used a previously mentioned bar at the top with the title. 

Another factor I have taken from NME magazine is the subscription advert in the bottom left had corner of the page. I have mirrored this advert and tailored it to fit my magazine style and house brand by using a more curved font and darker shades as the house style of my contents page is fairly lightly colored already to avoid clash.

Other similarities of my magazine and my two style models include the use of live music images to illustrate the magazine music genre and give a hint to the content inside the magazine. Also the use of the page numbers on top of the images used in Q magazine is also used in mine as it helps navigate the reader to the specific band article within the magazine.'

Evaluation Q1 - In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Cover

'When producing my front cover, I took inspiration from the covers of specific issues of ‘Q’ and ‘Kerrang’ magazine and used them as style models. Due to this, my magazine cover may replicate certain aspects of the two magazine covers shown here. However, I have manipulated them enough to fit my own house style, brand and magazine structure to show off my skills and adaptation ability. 

As displayed in Q magazine, my masthead is in the top left corner of the front cover. This is a typical convention as it shows that there is nothing placed above it that may be of higher importance, the magazine brand is essential to stand out and be easily recognisable to catch the reader’s eye and it also publicises the magazine in shops. 

Also, the masthead is in the shape of a rectangle, much like the square shaped one in Q magazine. This is to allow the branding of the magazine to appear bold and clear on top of a busy front cover, however like the other two the masthead is layered slightly under the main image. 

Like my two style models, my cover features a three piece band. I wanted to do this as I felt the opportunities of placing and positions to pose in were endless and I had the chance to try many shot types when doing my photo shoot in order to get a perfect photo. 

The band name is clearly in the middle of the page, as is it in my two style models. I did this to ensure central focus is on the feature artist’s branding, which I assume is the aim of Q and Kerrang too. The small band of writing at the bottom of the page is replicated from the two style models however I have challenged this by not including additional images. I didn’t want the cover to appear too cluttered as I didn’t think it would suit my house style which is slightly more simplistic than that of Q and Kerrang magazine.'