In what ways does
your media product use; develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media product?
My media product is a magazine of pop genre. From looking at
different magazine and their target audience I realized that most of them
appeals to teenagers and young adults. From looking at magazine such as ‘Top of
pops’ and ‘Billboard’ etc. I felt that if I make a pop magazine, then most of
the young teenagers specially girls will be willing to get it. Normally the
theme of pop magazine is of eye-catching and bold. I've been asked to compare
one of the pop magazines to my magazine.
The masthead of this magazine is called ‘Billboard’
that
appeals to younger audience as the title has name that shows music charts
however my magazine has a name of ‘Unplugged’ that shows the everything inside
it is about to released. The masthead is covered with the model that shows that
the magazine is popular and the masthead doesn't really matter of its being
there, but my masthead is shown as its clear to see it. The color schemes they
have used are bold and the main color they used is pink that goes well in a pop
magazine and they have used black, and bit of blue and yellow and also white as
in writing and black as it stands out more on a light color, however my music
magazine has pink, purple and white are the main colors and for the writing
I've used black that would standout on these colors. For my front cover and
contents page I've used effects using white and pink for the front cover and
purple and white for the contents as I don’t wanted my magazine to look too
bold and busy by using really bright colors and in most of the real magazine light
and casual colors have been used that attracts most of the teens. The existing
magazine font look simple and is shown clearly in bold so the audience could
understand it easily however in my magazine the font I've used is related to
pop genre because the text is flowing that gives more effective look and makes
the audience interested to read. The font color I've used is purple that
stands out on light background. The central image of existing magazine seems to
be a mid-shot and the model is wearing black that stands out on pink background
however my model image is also a mid-shot and she’s wearing navy color with
contrasting other blue colors as the blue color goes well with pink and
purple. The cover lines of the existing magazine giving highlights on mainly to
music and guidance and it doesn't have many story features , yet my story
feature are similar as in design and layout, I tried not to put too many story
lines otherwise it would've looked very busy
and that also makes the image more stand out on the magazine. The
existing magazine does have a circle box with text giving info to the audience
and as same I've decided to include it into my magazine because that way the
magazine looks more interesting and gets audience attention and wants them to
look inside. The existing magazine also has information related to magazine in
small text on top of the masthead however I've concluded information underneath
the masthead on the left, so the audience can easily find what they are looking
for. The existing magazine doesn't have a barcode on the front page that
implies that it must be on contents page however I have a barcode on the front
the page that use to scan the magazine when purchasing it and I've included it
on the front page because most of the pop magazine specially got on the front page.
For the contents page I will be comparing my magazine to one
of the ‘We love pop’ magazine. The main colors of an existing contents page
are pink, white and yellow which are simple bright colors that would normally
attract teenager girls however for my contents page I've used light colors
such as purple, white, black and pink as I wanted the color scheme to be
contrasting with the main cover. I've used black for the page numbers and for
the additional info at the bottom just because then it’s clear to see on light
background. And I've used the purple and pink for most of the writing as these
two colors contrast with each other. The masthead is in purple color and its
bold so its stands out on white background and I wanted to be simple so it’s
easy to read and it will get most teenagers attention as it’s not too girly
however in the existing magazine, their masthead is very simple and looks as a
handwriting font and also the design goes well with the pop magazine. The
existing magazine has a lot of information and features and It’s not empty from
anywhere however I didn't included a lot of information because especially
young teenagers would not want to read that much as it would look a lot
busier. Nevertheless mine is similar to existing as I have presented my main
front cover with the pages numbers and so that the existing magazine on this
page, that makes the magazine more interesting and gives a lot additional
information without any additional writing. The pages number makes much easier
for the audience of what they are trying to find they can find it easily. I
have presented a pop style box with story line at the bottom that gives some
extra feature to the audience with the bold black text so it stands out more
however the existing magazine doesn't have this as they already have all the
features presented on the sides all together in the boxes. Another feature is
an oval shape within the text and a picture of one of the fan that stating a
page number where the audience can go to and find out what the fan says about
the artist. All the features are on side of the magazine of my magazine so it
looks professional and seen clearly.
The existing double page spread magazine has a first letter
in capital so it gets reader attention, in my double page spread I also
included a ‘T’ to start my interview so it catches reader attention because
they add personality to the page. In my double page spread I have included a
pull quote which is short just to introduce the article which is presented in
existing spread as well. Another features is of mine is of that has been pull
out in three columns instead of leaving them, I've added black vertical lines
to split them up, that would make easy for audience to read, which also exist
in existing double page spread. In my double page spread I haven’t used any
caption however I've used the model pictures on the side within the film images
however in existing spread the image of her on the side could see as it has
been taken from previous article within the magazine of from the awards
function. In my spread I have a blank space where there is a quote so it
doesn't look crowded and look well organised, for my writing font, I've used
San serif font so it looks simple, and also in the existing spread they have
used a basic sans serif font and they kept it simple so it doesn't look too
busy and text on white background stands out more.
The main image of my double page spread is on top right
corner and having a picture in double page spread is important as it shows
artist identity. It’s a small close up shot and she’s looking directly on the
camera that catches audience’s attention and wants them to read it.
The target audience for this magazine is 14-18 because
that’s the age that listens to pop music and that’s what the magazine is about.
In most of the pop magazine, females are the main regulars and are shown
through the feminine typefaces and lively colors. In the existing double page
spread the main image using half of the page and its middle close up shot.
The colors I've used are vibrant and bright that goes very
well with the pop magazine. As I have used pink and purple throughout my
magazine so I have decided to use light pink so it does look to crowded and so
the text stands out and easy to read. And I've used black, pink and purple and
those colors contrast well with each other however on the existing spread they
have used white, orange and black that are nice colors and they more appeal to
older audience as adults but it wouldn't appeal to younger audience as they are
light colors that won’t attract them.
Color Scheme
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