First Half of My Evlaluation :')

1. Evaluation
Rebecca Sarah jones

2. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The Front Page
similarities
Masthead
Informal
language
Cover lines
Text anchors
image
price
barcode
Main image

3. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The Front Page
differences
Uses colour in
masthead
Doesn’t use colour
In masthead
Uses sell line
As an extra, to m ake m y m agazine
sound m ore catchy.
Some free space
M y m agazine cover isn’t so
busy, although pop, to look slightly
m ore sophisticated .
Hardly any
free space

4. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The contents Page
similarities
title
Bold
Colour scheme
Highlights main
Page numbers
Subheading
For specific
articles
Informal
language
Main images

5. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The contents Page
differences
Uses brighter colours
M y brighter colours are used
because m y m agazine is
m ore pop-based .
Uses duller colours
Has a band index
Doesn’t have a
band index
Pop m agazines d on’t
T end to have a band ind ex,
in m y experience.
Mentions subscription
on front page
Mentions subscription
on contents
quote
I used a quote to give the read er
a little insight into the
article.
No quote

6. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The double Page
similarities
Quote from article Small paragraph Interview wrote
Introducing artist In small font
Main image Medium close up Text anchors image Looking into camera

7. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The double Page
M y m agazine is m ore pop, whereas the other differences
M agazine looks m ore rock.
Serif font No Drop cap Sans serif font No album information
Drop cap
Uses bright colour Uses darker colour
palette Album information palette
For the sam e reason as the font, m y m agazine I used an ‘album inform ation’ section,
is m ore pop, and less rock. as m ost of the m agazines I read have this section includ ed .

8. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The title
For my masthead, I used impact as the font, as The ‘top of the pops’ magazine is of the same genre
to make It stand out. I also used drop as my magazine, and also happens to use a similar
shadow and the bold Bright White colour Colour Scheme, the bright white with a less
Used, contrasts with Striking Background to make the title
the not so Bright Background. stand out.
The genre
I tried to follow the ‘pop genre by using bright, flashy colours which may
Have connotations of fun, and not-so-seriousness, like the examples used
The top two images to the right, and also Tasha's hair shown in the bottom
Left photo. i also made the text in my article a range
Of colours also, which is not usually a convention found in music
Magazines. My font was Generally serif also, with some sans serif in there too,
as unlike other Genres, pop doesn’t have to be this way or that, as it covers
such a wide Range of music.
I used on the whole, plain backgrounds to make the items on the page
Stand out, like on the bottom image to the right, the black complements
The pink and makes it almost jump out of the page.

9. 2. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
Age and gender
Being a pop magazine, my magazine is primarily aimed at teenage girls, probably a similar
Audience to ‘bliss’ or ‘top of the pops’. My magazine features teenage girls, around the same
Age as my targeted audience. Having cover artists with similar ages may
Make readers feel more attracted to the magazine as they may be able to relate
To the issues inside, teenage readers may also consider them to be role models.
They’re represented in a positive way, smiling.
Mise en scene, and clothing used in my images
For my images I tried to follow the conventions of magazines,
By taking a medium close up, as most magazines do, for example, the
One of taylor swift to the right.
The fact that my cover artist, tasha, has pink hair also fits the theme
Well, because the colour pink often has connotations of pop.
The clothes worn by Tasha and Abby are both casual,
But would probably appeal to different readers,
Tasha’s clothes aren’t very music themed, whereas
Abby’s are paler and calmer in colour, maybe more girly.
Race represented
I think stereotypically white artists are often
associated with pop Music, as black artists are often
associated with R&b. therefore, both of the girls
Used in my magazine are white to fit in with the
‘image’ of pop.

10. 2. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
Body language & facial expressions
Shown to the right,
Is an example of an
Artist Looking more serious,
as opposed
To friendly in a pop magazine
On these two photo’s , although one is a close up
and the other a long shot, Abby and Tasha are
both smiling, and their facial expressions express
a welcoming, friendly approach.
On the other hand, their body language is quite
different, Abby's photo is slightly looking down,
whereas in Tasha's she’s standing more
confidently, in that way these two contrast to
show two sides of pop – one to represent a
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11. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
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media companies It is a family-built multiplatform media group. They
company and has stable growth cater for a variety of tastes, from
and success. They specifically brand fashion, to health, to education, to
magazines, radio stations and government, to media, providing
television channels, and online and news, analysis and access. In 1947 they
mobile platforms. formed as a regional newspaper
group.

12. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
I think one of the best publishers for
My magazine would be:
Ipc already has one of the biggest music
magazines out at the moment, nme, so are
evidently experienced in the music industry, but
don’t have a music magazines in the pop genre, so
my magazine, firework, could fill a missing place
in their roster.
Other ‘ipc’ brands are shown above
It is evident from the selection of magazines above,
that ipc caters for a variety of age ranges and
both genders. Their magazines go from bland
coloured, specialist magazines like ‘motorboat’, to
bright coloured gossip magazines like ‘look’. My
magazine is also around the c1 social class, maybe
‘b’, and judging by their current magazines, they
are flexible when it comes to social class. They
also brand magazines to suit a range of different
interests/types of people. For example, it’s not
usually the same kind of person that buys
‘wallpaper*’ that would buy ‘look’.
www.ipcmedia.com

13. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
I another of the best publishers for
My magazine would be:
Bauer also, like ipc, brand a range
of other magazines, including a
selection of ‘gossip’ magazines,
shown above. they categories a few
of their brands in the following
categories: ‘women's’, ‘men's
entertainment’, ‘men's lifestyle’, Bauer already have a number of
‘equine’, ‘gardening’, ‘transport’, music magazines in their collection,
‘football’, ‘golf’, ‘pets’, ‘angling’, including ‘kerrang!’ and ‘q’ – two
fairly well known brands. This
‘photography’, and many more. There would mean they also, have
may also be a gap in the roster for experience with the ‘music industry’.
my magazine with bauer also, as they But not only this, they also brand a
primarily have ‘rock’ magazines, as number of radio stations, including
opposed to ‘pop’, like mine. ‘4music’, and ‘magic’, and also
television channels, giving them
extra experience.
www.bauermedia.co.uk/home

14. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
My overall choice of publisher is:
I have chosen ‘ipc’ as my final choice of publisher because I think there is
a gap in their roster for a ‘pop’ magazine like mine. They are already
experienced in publishing music magazines as they already brand ‘nme’,
but as that is a totally different genre to mine – more
alternative/rock whereas mine is pop.
My overall choice of publisher isn’t:
Although already experienced in publishing a variety of music
magazines, like ‘kerrang’ and ‘q’, I think Bauer already covers a range
of gossip magazines, with similar features to my magazine, and so I feel
‘ipc’ would have more of a gap in the roster for my magazine than
Bauer would.