Question one.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media

products?

What products did I use for inspiration?

This contents page Is what I used the most to develop my magazine to fit the usual conventions of a music magazine.

The contents page used small and wide columns to arrange their text effectively. I copied this to achieve the usual conventions of a magazine.

The overall mise-en-scene of the contents is simple and effective, I used this style within my design.

Fonts I have used are fairly similar to that of the other magazine, I felt this created something extra to the page, creating more interest.

Inserting pictures of young females is what my audience expected. Although I challenged usual conventions of a music magazine as the portraits seem to be professionally taken rather than live shots.

I challenged the usual conventions of a music magazines with the general colours used. I decided to stick to three colours white, black and green. These gave the magazine a softer approach and made my target audience of girls fairly obvious.

I copied some general music magazine ideas to class my magazine as ‘down market’ so it appeals to my younger audience.

My magazine can be recognised as a real magazine due to the professionally taken photo, Masthead, title and the bar code. Which are generally found on every magazine.

I copied this of the NME magazine to fill up the space at the bottom of my magazine and also so my audience can read what else is within the magazine.

I decided to add no other photos onto my cover as I felt this cheapened the overall look, also making it look cluttered.

I used pull quotes to fit in with usual conventions of a double page spread, this grabs the readers attention and makes them want to read more.

I copied the style of photograph by placing my model on the left hand side to allow text to fit on the right side, I photo shopped the photo to give it maximum appeal

I used a big header to catch the readers attention and to follow usual conventions of a double page. I used a sans serif font to give it a ‘classier’ feel and more sophisticated.

My magazine can be recognised as a female alternative magazine due to the feminine colours, and fonts and also due to the amount of female models that the audience can relate to.

Alternative?It’s been quite hard to distinguish what my magazine would be categorised as, pop/indie/rock are all genres which fit somewhat into my magazine, but the idea that the overall establishment involves old bands and artists confuses this. After much thought alternate genre is what I have gone with, alternative fits right in-between indie and rock genre, which makes the magazine much more appropriate for different audiences who like usual heavy rock bands, and softer bands mixed into one. It allows them to experience old bands who are much like newer acts also.

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Why did I choose this idea?

The idea of making a magazine of old bands and acts is something I have thought about often. This is due to the rising amount of new age modern material which is not always what people want. I believe that old music should never die out. In ten or twenty years some of the best hits of 2011 may have been forgotten. That’s what will keep VintageSound alive as it brings happiness and fond memories to those who listened to the music. It also creates a new field for my audience as they are experiencing things they may never have herd off. It may bring up discussions with those who used to listen to the music.

Allowing younger people to learn about old bands will also allow them to respect there elderly as they experience what they have had in their past. The idea came up also due to the rise of vintage styled fashion which intrigued me, I thought if people wanted to wear the clothes why not the music? I personally think a lot of younger audiences will thrive with the idea as new music is as exciting as the old.

FontsI have used a mix between sans serif fonts and serif fonts.

I have copied serif fonts from magazines such as ClassicFm which gave the magazine a more sophisticated look. A connotation of this is sophisticated non-rebellious teenage feminine girls.

I used sans serif font for my text so its more simplistic and clean cut. Having titles in serif font as well as text would be over bearing. I have stuck to usual conventions in this. Although most mastheads are not used in usual non-classic music magazines I felt it was appropriate within mine due to the high feminine target audience.AK