1. EVALUATION QUESTION 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or use forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. Masthead stretches across cover page and is the most important part on the front cover as it provides a bit of unique design
on the magazine. It is a logo and is used to recognise the magazine immediately. It is also used within the magazine so
attractiveness is vital.
Coverline at top of cover The date and price are
page promotes a situated just below the
competition to win a ticket masthead and are needed
that is inside the magazine. to show when the
magazine was published
Issue number is and how much it costs.
situated just below the
masthead.
Three coverlines fill the
Thor makes eye contact right hand side of the
with the audience makes page and are a
the audience feel they are convention used to sell
involved with the the magazine. Without
magazine. these, the audience
The main image of the wouldn’t know what is
cover page is of the inside and might not buy
same person featured the magazine.
This cover line tells the
on the double page audience facts about the
spread. magazine and contributes
The main coverline of towards the selling of the
the cover page is the magazine.
biggest on the page
(apart from masthead) The barcode on my
and is directly related magazine is a convention
to the main image. of a real magazine and
This section at the bottom of the page tells the audience what artists/bands are inside makes it look
the magazine. professional.

3. Contents title is in the same Contents page contains magazine masthead which carries on the magazines idea at being
font as rest of magazine as original and unique.
it follows the house style. Date and year is on
All colours on contents contents page to show
page all follow my house when magazine was
colours as well. Contents published. (Also on front
title has a drop shadow on cover)
it to make it look like it
comes out of the page and Contents page contains
makes it look appealing three images, one of the
and attractive. main double page spread
Contents page is split into artist and two of a record
three columns evenly and is producer.
the rule of thirds which is a
normal convention of a
The magazine index shows Images include captions
music magazine.
the different bands/artists which informs the audience
inside of the magazine what the images are
along with the page showing and who they are.
numbers included. This
allows the reader to jump
to any section they want Contents page contains a
without going through page note from the editor which
by page. gig list contains
The local is a convention that I
all the gigs that are planned followed and allows the
in the West Midlands magazine to feel more
which is where the personal to the audience.
magazine is based.
It contains all the big bands Subscription information is included on the contents page and is a convention I have
that most people would like chosen to follow. It makes the magazine look more professional. Along with the
to see like Muse, Reel Big subscription, there is a reference to the free beats competition that is mentioned on the
Fish and Bon Jovi.

4. The double page spread includes a page The double page spread
number which allows the reader to find sub-heading follows the
pages quickly and easily. It is a image of the rock genre.
convention of a magazine.
Double page
spread
includes
masthead
My double
from front
page spread
cover just
contains
like the
two images
contents page
of the rock
and again
artist I have
projects the
interviewed.
idea that the
Both are
magazine is
tied together
unique and
with a
original.
caption that
tells the Drop cap at
audience the start of
that the the article is
person is conventional
Thor. and draws in
the reader.
In the article, I made the intro and questions The article is evenly
bolder than the answers to make it more spread out into three
visually appealing to the audience. separate columns.