1. Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?
For my title I chose this name because it had a tone of
effect to it as the word ‘Echo’ is bold and is loud in a
sense that an echo sound is usually loud so people can
here it clearly. The reason I chose this colour for my mast
head is because the colour white stands out if its among
other music magazine, I used the repetition of the word
‘echo’ for effect, I also thought it would be unique. A
meaning of ringing, noise and sound. Compared to a
real magazine (‘NME’) I think I’ve been original by using
repetition but I’ve also kept it simple in comparison to a
real magazine.

2. Whereas ‘NME’s title (mast head) in the left hand
side. The colour scheme is red with a white and
black border, this makes it stand out more than
‘echo’ because they’ve included a border.
Compared with’ Echo’ it stands out more in terms
of colour however ‘Echo’ does have the different
font sizes showing a pattern of echoing.

3. The facial expression for ‘Echo’ is bold in the sense that her mouth and the
way her eyes seem to be straining the expression goes well with the
masthead, because it does look like she is screaming very loud and that
people would hear her from far, this would be like an echoing effect.
Whereas a real magazine such as ‘NME’ the expression on his face goes very
well with the cover heading its calm also the clothing he is wearing adds the
chilled look to him, as his sitting on a sofa just having a drink. In comparison
to ‘Echo’ it’s more targeted to my audience the clothing she is wearing is
urban and her expression would capture the teenagers and young adults as
they would see that she looks as if she’s screaming and they would want to
pick the magazine up and read the cover headings. Also the music magazine
‘Echo’ doesn’t have props , whereas ‘NME’ the artist has props such as a
hat, a table with a drink on top also the hat. Which is setting a theme of
relaxation and his facial expression showing a release of stress this could
relate to the cover heading “It’s completely different to anything else I’ve
done”.
The make up for the ‘NME’ artist is faded, as you cannot even tell he
is wearing any make up, whereas the cover for ‘Echo’ the artist is
wearing mascara, this is to make her eyes stand out and for her not
to look tired.

4. When I was asking my solo artist questions, I
asked how the artist started her music career,
I also asked about her past lifestyle also what
she has to offer in the future. These are the
type of question my readers would want to
read about, as they would want to know the
inside information about a popular artist. In
comparison to a real magazine I think I have
stuck to the conventions. Of having gossip in
my cover lines to get the audiences attention
also in my double page I have spoken about
subjects readers would want to read about for
example how it wasn’t easy for the solo artist
to be where she is now. The language used is
formal and informal as my target audience are
teenagers and young adults, therefore I didn't
have to make it complex English.
In my content page I have added a
editors not and I've also added a note
in the double page spread. I think this
adds a respectful element to the
magazine.

5. My music genre is hip pop/ R&B, My solo
artist C.B.W made a big hit from her song
‘Nobody to a somebody’ this song would be
hip pop . This would appeal to my audience
because the solo artist would be performing at
festivals and arena’s, this is what appeals to
my audience performances. I used a solo artist
so that I could focus on an individual person.
Overall I enjoyed working with Courtney
(C.B.W)
I used the colours white, red and black
throughout .In my front cover, content
page and double page spread I used this
colour scheme this was to make it
consistent. I have tried to keep my house
style consistent also. I made sure the solo
artist was wearing clothing which would
match my theme . For my images I didn't
edit them a lot, I just made sure the
lighting was bright enough.
Instruments to capture the side of teens
who enjoy playing instrument's. This
would mean having a bigger audience to
buy my music magazine.

6. For my front cover I have chosen a
colour scheme of black, white and
red. I have placed the date on the
top left hand side and the price on
the top right side, I’ve have
structured it this was so that if the
magazine was put among other
magazine in a store, customers would
be able to see the price clearly
without picking it up. I’ve priced it as
‘£1.50’ so that my audience would be
able to afford it, as it is a weekly
magazine. I have placed my cover
lines on the left side also on the right
side. I have put the main cover
heading in the middle ‘C.B.W
Exclusive interview with Britain's top
solo artist’ . I have used a bold font to
show the audience that it is the main
story of the week. If I were to change
my front cover I would want to add
The image for my front cover is focused on her one or two standfirsts.
face and facial expression, so I made sure that it was
in the centre of my music magazine. I decided not to
have any other images surroundings my main
image. This is because I wanted the focus to be on
this one image of the artist. Then my cover lines to
also attract my audience.

7. Font:
Rockwell
Extra Bold,
size 22
For the main
centre cover
Pristina Bold and lines I used the
italic ,size 24 to font: Gill San
give it a ultra bold, size
professional look , 18 for it to
also highlighting stand out as it
that it is a top is my main
story. story.
For the puff I used Stencil bold, size 22. This
is to capture the audiences attention.

8. For my content page I have gone for the same effect as
my front cover by writing ‘Echo’ twice to show
repetition. I would have liked to write ‘Echo’ three
times but space was limited and I still wanted ‘ Echo’
to be a good font size so it’s bold. Underneath the title‘
Echo’ I have added the heading ‘Weekly’ and I have
placed the date of when the magazine is published ,
this is to make it clear to the audience that it is a
weekly music magazine and I have placed the date
there in a bigger font as the date on the font cover is
small. I have put my page numbers on the images to
make it easier for reader to find what they want to read
and I have put sub headings for each image to inform
the audience also to make it clear what they’ll be
reading about. I have put images on both sides of my
content page, this is to make it equal, I dint want to
have images all on one side of the page. I have split my
magazine into sections ‘Top News’ ‘Dates’ and ‘Other
features’ , this is to give my audience a choice of what
they would want to read first. I have added a little
section under the date ‘Music reviews’ I added this to
give it a professional feel. My content page would apply
to my audience well, as the story lines that I have
added would appeal to my audience. As there is a lot
of gossip and music related information. For example
teens and young adults like to go to festivals, therefore
It would appeal to my audience.

9. The ‘NME’ content page is clear and has
a clean look to it. ‘NME’ is a weekly
music magazine, this is where I got the
idea of having my music magazine as a
weekly one. In addition the ‘NME’
content page have the title ‘Indie this
week’ showing that it is weekly, they also
have the date below this. Whereas my
content page the date is enlarged. This
content page has got the page numbers
beside the image, this makes it clear for
the reader. In comparisons to my content
page it does have similarities. It seems
that they have put the main issue in the
centre as the image size is bigger than
the ones surrounding it. Also the font
and style is different. They’ve also got a
column on the left side with a list of
some more page numbers.