In what Ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products.

Introduction

I tried to show similarities of magazines that I was inspired from to the Magazine cover, contents page and double page spread which I created.

In this process, I used Photoshop to develop my ideas, this was a very good program to used which made it look more professional.

Looking back to planningIn my pitch I said I wanted to have a blue colour scheme for the double page spread to be red and for the contents page and the front cover to be blue. I have kept to these colour schemes although I have added a few features of the red colour on the front cover and the contents page. It wasn’t a dramatic colour change as I had already planned to use the colour in the double page spread.

In addition, I decided to use these slight colour changes as it shows a colourful contrast of the blue and red may suggest it appeals to both genders.

Flat plans

• I tried to keep the flat plan layout as much as possible but I found that some of aspects of the original design layout that look better in places or not using at all. For example, I first began making a contents page and found it didn’t work well so I re-started and found the newly improved contents page worked mucbetter.

The similarities that real media magazines and mine shared

The masthead is presented very clear which shows the audience what magazine it is as it is a very well established magazine

company. Similarly, I made my masthead clear so the audience would be able to realise where the title was from.

I have similarly used the lasso tool to position the model in front of the writing . In addition, I used this tool to show that my model in front of the masthead to show the high power of the magazine.

The model is positioned in front of the ‘Q’. This shows use of the lasso tool.

This shows a more simple but bold look to the masthead.

As you can see, I used the lasso tool to create similarities between real magazines. This makes the magazine cover look far more professional and well presented.

This also suggests that it is a well established magazine company.

I similarly used the top of the page for extra text that the reader could see.

In the Q magazine edition which I looked at to make my magazine look more professional and a higher quality magazine.

The main image

This was the image that is used in the magazine cover shown In comparison to real life media production such a ‘rolling stones-Madonna’ issue.

Page numbers and web addressesContents page

Double Page Spread

I used real-life functions of what magazines use such as page number and web addresses. This shows the reader that they can access the on-line version as well as the magazine. This relates to the distribution question also as the company has a web address as well as the magazine. This shows that the magazine is part of an media institution.

The main story

I tried to include the ‘Betty Davison’ story as much as possible. This shows the reader that Betty Davison is the main story as she is featured the most.

The magazines I looked at and they represented these elements

All of these magazine shows these elements of a real life magazine. They use barcoding, issue dating and price.

Pricing, barcoding and date

Similarly to my magazine, this magazine uses a barcode so that it is sellable and can be tracked. This is visible but no distracting from the main content that is on the page.

This is the bar-coding for Q magazine that lady gaga was featured in. As you can see, the bar-code, issue date and price are all together.

I have similarly done this by using the date, pricing and barcoding. This is so the magazine can be sold. I have tried to make this discrete as it is not the initial part of the layout.