Evaluation. Q1

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

To show how my magazine relates to real media products I have selected nine elements from my cover, contents and double page spread. The title of my magazine ‘INDIVIDUAL’ works well with the type of indie rock genre my magazine has, this is due to when people think of indie rock the people behind the label tend to be unique, closed off from everyone and they think of themselves as being individual and not like anyone else. The title is in large bold capital letters and in yellow so that it stands out well against the grey background so that it will attract people more to the magazine.

The mise-en-scene of my front cover image is of a girl who looks really calm and relaxed like she has no worries, I think that this links in well with the indie rock style as when people think of this type of people they think that they just do what they want and have nothing to worry about in their life like they are care free, I think that my front cover image portrays this by her face is relaxed and she is looking straight at the reader as if she just isn’t bothered about anything, this is also shown by the way she has her hands in her pockets which is seen as a sign of someone who is laid back. Whereas the mise-en-scene of the image on my contents page gives off a different side to the indie rock lifestyle it shows her in a way where she is all alone and is looking quite troubled which is another stereotype of indie rock where people think if they are not with their friends then they must just sit alone in their house.

Throughout my magazine the costumes are mainly the same type of clothing in two of my pictures it is a denim shirt with a pair of trousers and then an oversized cardigan with tights and a skirt, this is normally the type of thing someone who liked indie rock music would like.

For the written content on my double paged spread of my magazine I have chosen to do a personal interview about a singer which is what most magazines would normally do, I have used questions I think would attract an audience best to it and made it as personal as I could as that is what magazines do they try to find out about a singer to keep the reader interested. The font of my writing is ‘Rockwell’ and is in bold this goes well with the style of my magazine as it is not too formal but not too comic at the same time it makes it stand out. I have put the questions in yellow and the answers in black, this is so you can tell the difference between the two, the reason I put the questions in yellow was that is the main colour of ‘INDIVIDUAL’ and it made the most sense to put the questions in it so it is easier for people to recognise.

The music genre of my magazine is indie rock this is suggested by the use of the word rock repeatedly through the cover of my magazine and also the type of clothing and the title of my magazine.

I would say that the layout of my magazine is similar to other magazines it has the main picture on one side of the cover and then the writing on the other side making it easy to understand. The layout of the double page spread is the same layout as the cover, and the contents is similar to other magazines as it has one main picture and then writing in a various order down one side.