Question 1 of the Music Magazine Evaluation

Question 1 
In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The masthead style and The Name
I wanted the style of my masthead to be very simple, bright , bold and eye catching like the magazines i have research such as 'NME' and 'WE LOVE POP' all of the mastheads are bold and eye catching.

This is my masthead i have used, its different to the others i have researched as it is different colours and it isn't plain and simple which makes my mashead unique where as the magazines i have researched are all the same colours and they use block text were as my has patterns in the middle which i think adds to the masthead as it makes it really eye catching and fun.

I have edited the masthead by changing the colour of each letter so it fits with my colour scheme of Pink, Blue, Turquoise and white and my masthead uses three of these colours so it helps the continuity. I have changed the size of the O and the N so it has more to look at. I think that my masthead is more appealing to Girls than Boys because of the colours i have used.

Colour Scheme

I chose this colour scheme as its very bright and happy and i think they connote a girl gender which i wanted for my magazine.


Misescene
I don't think i have challenegd the Misescene of the images as all the stars i have in my magazine wear the latest fashion and accessories. All of my images are inspired by 'WE LOVE POP' magazine which uses plain backgrounds in the images.

Costume and Props
The costumes and props i have uses in my magazine are convention. The constumes i have used are just dresses, make up and accesories. I have only used one prop and that was a guitar and that is it.

People
The people in my magazine reflect my target audience, both of the people i have chosen are females so that reflects my chosen gender of target audience.

Written Content
I think the written content in my magazine follows the codes and conventions of every day music magazines. I have taken inspiration from other magazines like 'We love pop' i have used there interview style in my written work so it links to there work, the questions i have used are similar to the ones in magazines such as NME and we love pop.

Layout
The layout of my magazine challenegs other magazines as my magazine is quite busy with lots of text and photos. And for example i have not got any advirtisments for other bands or singers and i don't have any advirtisment to show off any perticular product.

Contents Page
I think my contents page follows the codes and conventions of other magazines as my contents page contains features in the magazine and there page numbers. I think my contents page is fun and upbeat as the genre and the contents page is quite busy with a overflow of text and photos.