Magazine Analysis: Question 1

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

Here you can see the title font/style and the title name. I think that the masthead (title) of my magazine represents rock as a whole, as it is loud (which is emphasised further with the exclamation mark on the end). Amplifiers are also used when bands play live, so links back to this loudness shown through the style of the font. The white outline on the text gives it an edge, which is what rock music is all about. The music genre is also suggested by this title, because of the style, and the way in which "amplifier" jumps out at you as a loud word. I think that most people would associate this with rock music rather than any other genre.



This image shows the costumes, props, people and location. In terms of props I kept it very minimal, but the guitars fit in with the most popular colour scheme which was black and red. The poses which the models are in give off attitude, and this would be one of the key elements that people would look at when buying a rock magazine. The stone wall behind them, along with the red door, contribute to the rock band looking real.

With the written content I came up with an article that made the band sound like they were new, but also a group that the reader could connect with. I made them seem quite laid back, yet successful at the same time, so if an amateur rockstar were to read it they would aspire to be like the band featured in the magazine.

The layout of my front is typical of music magazines, with a band being the main focus, and also because of the colours which i have chosen. Some music magazines would use minimal text like I have, whereas others would make the page more crowded to show that the magazine had lots of content.

Even though my contents page does not look as professional as that from a real music magazine, I think that the general layout is similar, with it being split into three sections too: "regulars", "features" and "unlocking restricted areas." The fact that I have put "what's rocking?" at the top instead of "contents" means that it sounds more like a music magazine, and adds interest for the reader. With a real contents page I think that they would use more images, and some would use less text than I did. The reason I used less images was because I wanted to make it look as though there was plenty of content within the magazine. I also stuck to the colour scheme of red, black and white, but other magazines would use a variety of colours instead.