Evaluation First Part

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

This is my magazine
cover to the left, I used
typical conventions
from the two types of
magazine on the left to
help create my final
product. I chose the
genre of pop and looked
at magazines that
covered that genre. I
mainly aimed my
magazine at a young
female audience and
these magazines helped
me create the final cut.
I used this top of the pops magazine as a template to help me create
an effective young music magazine. I used similar features to the top
of the pops magazine to help make it become a successful new
magazine. Using the real magazine as an example I used some of the
features from it to include into my magazine to make it seem more
realistic.
I really liked the layout of the Top of the Pops
magazine as it shows simple conventions of
the genre that it is writing about and it
appeals to it audience well.
I really liked the way the magazine gives a numbered sell

line to catch the readers eye onto it wanting them to read
more inside. This typical sell line also makes it more
personal by including “by you” showing that it is written
by people like the person reading it, immediately relating
to the audience.
I also liked the font used on Top of the Pops magazine as it

is quite simple and not too complicated for the audience
to read. I also think a change in colour between the
number and description make it stand out typically from
the rest of the cover.
I copied the style of the text to introduce the main
star of the magazine as I really liked the way it was
laid out and the use of a quote from the interview
to let the reader know exactly what the interview
is all about.
I also liked the use of colours that Top of the Pops

used on this text as it typically relates to the
audience of young girls so I thought this would be
a great idea to reflect on my magazine as they
both have the same audience and genre.
This also helps the text stand out more and attract
attention to the reader as the main star is the
most important part of the magazine.
The pose on my magazine was influenced by the pose Justin Bieber
takes on the front of this Top of the Pops as I liked the way he was turnt
to the side with direct address to the audience completely drawing
them in to buy the magazine. Also with the main model smiling
immediately makes the audience feel comfortable with the magazine,
making them feel happy about buying it.
This is my contents page
on the left, it shows
similar connotations to
the Top of the Pops
contents page on the
right. I followed the same
theme of colours and
layout as the original
contents page as it is quite
simple and straight
forward letting the reader
know exactly what page
each article is on.
I used this simple banner layout from the Top of the
Pops magazine as I felt it really helped create the
page and let the readers know what it was all about.
I used the tag line ‘a lot to boast about’ as I felt this
linked in well with the name of the magazine and
continued the theme throughout the magazine so
that the reader would remember the magazine
name.
I really liked the way Top of
the Pops magazine laid out
their contents pages by
putting each article into
boxes and columns with
titles letting the audience
know exactly where to look
for each article.
I continued the theme of

pink colouring with the
numbers as I felt that this
could be a theme that is kept
throughout the magazine
showing consistency. I
copied the use of a heart
symbol into some of the
titles as this seemed like a
unique thing to add within
the titles that Top of the
Pops used.
I looked at a range of double
page spreads from Top of the
Pops magazine and Smash Hits
magazine, to give me inspiration
for my double page spread
interview. Though I stuck with a
double page spread of Justin
Bieber to help me create my
double page spread.
I really liked the way that the interview in Top of the Pops
introduced their main star for the interview explaining about
the interview and exactly who the celebrity is that they are
interviewing. I copied this idea as it shows a typical convention
of teen magazines simplifying the interview for younger
readers. Also the use of block text saying ‘EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW’ in my magazine, was influenced by Top of the Pops
magazine who used the same text making it seem like the
interview is like nothing else ever seen before or that will ever
be seen.
I looked at a range of poses from
magazines to choose the correct
sort of pose that would be
suitable for my magazine double
page spread following from my
front cover. I liked the way
Cheryl Cole and Lily Allen looked
in these photographs so I was
inspired by the simple looks they
used in these double page
spreads. I used a simple girly
pose for my double page spread
so that it would immediately
relate to the young female
audience.
For the title of the double page interview I copied the
idea from the Top of the Pops interview with Justin
Bieber and used a quotation from the interview to
headline the page, giving the reader and immediate
insight into what the story was all about. I continued
the with the colour scheme by using pink for the
quotation marks, keeping consistency throughout the
magazine which is a typical convention of music
magazines, making my magazine seem more realistic.

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In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

I really liked the way the magazine gives a numbered sell

I also liked the font used on Top of the Pops magazine as it

I also liked the use of colours that Top of the Pops

I continued the theme of

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