31 ĐỀ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 - TIẾNG ANH - FORM MỚI 2025 - 40 CÂU HỎI - BÙI VĂN V...
Question 1 – front cover
1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
2. Although my artist had sunglasses on
which was slightly unconventional I
felt it gave my artist edge and a
more indie feel. I did find a front
cover from Q that had an image of
an artist wearing sunglasses so I
knew that it would work.
The outfit my artist was wearing
went with the conventions as her
clothing reflected her genre of music
Just like the image
of Tinie Tempah.
3. All magazines I looked at in my research
phase included the date, price, issue
number and barcode. Which is why I
included them on my front cover.
This NME front cover have
these features so I am
following with the normal
media conventions.
I added them on my front
cover as its what people
expect to see. They give
the reader information on
how much it is and if it is
a recent copy. This will
make them be more likely
to but it.
I used the price £2.20 as
this was around the price
my audience was happy to
pay for their magazines.
4. I used red and white for my
masthead as many other music
magazines use this colour
scheme. So the masthead
conformed with everyday
media conventions.
I originally had a more creative
masthead and fused the two colours
together to match the wording. However,
I felt that it then wasn’t indie enough
and had a more rock feeling so changed
it.
I chose the name Indie Fusion as that is
what my target audience liked best. I
put the slogan ‘Bringing Indie Together’
to go with the title and to make it seem
like more of a collective group thing and
involve my audience more.
5. Music magazines like NME often use banners to promote competitions
and important things. NME often use the red on yellow for their
banner but I felt using that colour scheme for mine would look out of
place so I challenged media conventions by using different colours.
When creating my banner I added things that I felt would entice my
audience into buying the magazine. Posters, Voucher, Contests and
Free things are items that my target audience would be attracted to.
I used the white on the black background, with the yellow separators
to make it more eye catching. If I was to do it again I would make it
brighter to make it more appealing.
6. Most magazines have a pug on the front cover to entice
their audience members. Q use theirs to either
promote competitions or for information they know
that there audience wants. Knowing that as part of my
article I had a win a tickets section with my artist I
thought that promoting that next to a picture of my
artist on the front cover would be a good link.
Just like Q I used yellow and black as I felt it stood out
more on the page. So my pug followed the conventions
for music magazines as it followed the colour scheme
and typical content. I liked the way the pug looked but
next time I would make the shape more interesting.