In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
Front coverI based my front page
on that of ‘Spin’ magazine’s special edition cover with
Azealia Banks. I chose to aim my magazine at
a very similar target audience to ‘Spin’ as I like the simple look of magazines aimed at an
‘indie’ audience.
I made sure the cover was neither too masculine nor too feminine by using neutral colours in the photo with a bold red masthead. The use of red instead of blue or pink (which are
associated with specific genders) allows for both genders to be targeted equally.
Direct mode of address- uses and grat
Shows features to attract readers
‘exclusive’ often used to attract readers assuggests magazine is unique
Barcode out of the way
Boldest/biggest
Flawless skin- kilbourne
Simple layout-not overcrowded- typical to indie mag
ContentsAgain I decided to base
my contents page on one in ‘Spin magazine. The Spin contents was in black and white so I
too made my image black and white. I continued with the
neutral colour scheme (besides the masthead)
as I felt it gives the magazine a more
sophisticated look . Nearly all magazines I looked at had the title of the magazine on the contents page so I stuck with that. I also included the issue number and date which most magazines put
on their contents pages.
Title displayed throughout
Simple colour scheme like spin
Features and page numbers to advertise certain articles
Short description of article
Picture to encourage audience to visit that page
Website- advertises the magazine
Simple image
Not too crowded- indie mag code+conventions
Double page spread
Again, my double page spread was based off ‘Spin’. However I decided to not follow this one completely. For example I did not
make my image black and white due to already having a black and white contents page. I also included my masthead on my double
page spread which ‘Spin’ does not and used two collums of article rather than one.
Pull quote from article
Arrow encouraging reader to turn page
Introduction to article
Larger first letter
Author and photographer
Image and text take up half side each so fold does not interfere
Like most magazines, I used a constant colour scheme throughout my magazine to keep the house style consistant. I also used Direct mode of address in my front cover image. Direct mode of address is used im most magazines as it connects the audience to the magazine. My contents page clearly displayed the features of the magazine in a simple way. This was slightly unconventional as magazines such as NME have quite a crowded contents page, however as I ws basing my magazine on ‘Spin’ I decided to follow their simplistic style.