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EvaluationMoses Mutanda

Question 1In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real

media products?

• My magazine challenges forms and conventions of real media products through the features that I have included. These features include Mastheads, Drop caps, and even barcodes. Whilst creating my magazine I was always looking at other magazines for inspiration. So some features that I have used were originated from popular magazines and so my magazine does have conventional features.

• My magazine is a Christian magazine and it is aimed at 16-35 year olds. Through my magazine I hoped to portray a modern style whilst including relevant content for my chosen audience. I chose to use a pallet that would appeal to the whole of my audience.

Front Cover

My Magazine Real Magazine

QR

Codes

Barcodes

Mastheads

Direct

Address

Coverlines

Comparison

Similarities:

They both feature a subject who takes up a large

area of the page. Both of the subjects are facing

the reader (Direct Address), this is used to

engage the readers.

They each have a QR code featured at the side

and below that is a barcode. These are used to

gain further access to the magazines external

features; the barcode would be used to sell the,

magazine in a store and the QR code could be

used by a reader to gain access to online

material related to the magazine.

Cover lines are used in both covers. These are

used to clearly identify certain features of the

magazine contents.

Differences:

The magazine title is placed behind the subject’s

head. This is done to signify the importance of

the subject.

The background of the vibe magazine is an

actual image (of a plane). Whereas my

magazine only uses the subject, the background

of the original image was cut out.

Contents page

My Magazine Real Magazine

AdvertMy mag has an ad but

Vibe’s doesn’t

Page number & Issue dateMy mag has these but Vibe’s

doesn’t.

TextThe text that is used here is

formatted in a corresponding

way.

SubjectSubjects clothing matches

the surroundings

FeatureMy mag has these but Vibe’s

doesn’t

Comparison

Similarities:

They both feature a subject who takes up a large

part of the page. The clothes that the subjects

are wearing have been chosen specifically to

match the background and text colours.

Both of the subjects aren’t looking at the camera

when the image is taken. This makes the page

more interesting as it is different from most

contents pages that make their subjects look at

the camera.

Differences:

My magazine has an advert featured at the

bottom of the page. Whereas the Vibe

magazine’s page doesn’t feature any ads at all.

My contents page incorporates the text

“contents” make it clear which page it is.

Although Vibe’s contents doesn’t do the same

but I think readers would still be able to know

that it is a contents page

Double-page Spread

My Magazine Real Magazine

SubjectPage Number &

Issue Number

Page Number

Comparison

Similarities:

The subjects' clothing matches the colours of the

pages.

They both include age numbers and a symbol

that represents the magazine’s name.

Both feature two images; one big image on one

page and a small image of the other page.

Big text is used for the name of the subject; there

is a heading, a sub heading an introduction.

Differences:

My magazine has an advert featured at the

bottom, however the other magazine doesn’t.

There is a distinctive caption relating to the

subject on the other magazine, my magazine

doesn’t have that.