Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines)
My magazine follows the conventions of magazines by including the key features which indicate that it is in fact a magazine. This includes the barcode, price, bold, capitalised font used for the masthead at the top of the cover, issue number, and date.
The title of my magazine is phonologically similar to the tile of the Wire in that is is a simple, monosyllabic word which relates to music.
Like other indie magazines (the Wire, Loud and Quiet, The Fly), my page layouts are simple and clean looking; lots of negative/white space with little text cluttering the page.
My images of my artist reflect my genre. The clothing, backgrounds, filters and poses I have used in my images of my artist conform to the conventions of typical ‘indie’ photography, which can be found here. I used the same type of camera angles as other indie magazines (close up), and I did not frame any of my images because most other magazines of my genre do not.
The layout of my article is typical of others of my genre, with columns and a plain background. I included the following to indicate that the interview on my double page spread is a feature within the magazine:
Loud and Quiet magazine is one of many magazines of my genre which also does this:
My colour scheme is also typical of indie magazines; greyscale with the colour of the pictures.
However, I have deviated from the music magazine conventions through my methods of presentation.
The size of my issue number, barcode, date, artist name and price are unconventionally large to make my magazine all the more ‘indie’. My language register is informal to appeal more to my target audience than the formal register that a lot of indie magazines use e.g. the Wire.
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