These are my nine screenshots i have chosen to represent how i used, developed and challenge forms and conventions of real media products. I chose all nine of these screenshots for separate reasons as they are different parts and stages of my magazine.

 

My first screenshot is of the title/name of the magazine on the front cover, i chose this because many people would look at the font, size and design of the name/title of the magazine when deciding which genre or audience the magazine is aimed at. I think this font suits my magazine being mainly pop with some indie-pop artists included as it is quite plain and clean looking it isn't too messy which would usually look in the style of more of a Gothic/rock looking magazine. I kept the color of the text white with a black outline around the shape of the letters, i chose this because it fits in with my color palette which i also decided whilst thinking about my audience. The image under my screenshot is another screenshot i have taken from another magazine that targets its audience at the same target audience i have also aimed mine at, i think that the font of the title is similar to the font i have used for my magazine. I decided that this magazine has a target audience similar to mine as it has Nicole Scherzinger on the front page, she would also appeal to the audience i am targeting my magazine at.

This is my second screenshot, i chose this to represent how i used color to make my magazine fit the conventions of real magazines and fit my target market. I used red, white and black as my main colors, i chose these firstly because i initially chose them after researching the conventions of real magazines and noticed that red, white and black worked well on other magazines i had seen, then i sent out a survey and the results came back that my audience also agreed with this idea.

I chose this screenshot as my third shot because it is of my contents page, on this page i used colour, fonts, imagery and layout to convey the conventions of real magazines. When creating this page i looked at other magazines and researched which colours, layouts, fonts and types of images were used frequently in the same genre magazines as mine is, which is pop. On this page i decided to use black, white and red which is the continuous color palette i have used throughout my magazine. I chose the arrange the images on this page so that the top six images are in a horizontal line giving a photobooth photograph effect, this makes the page more interesting and i htink would appeal to my target audience. I then made the images of my model in the bottom right and left hand of the pages in colour so that they stood out against the black and white images and also blackwhite and red color pallete of the rest of the page.

This is my fourth screenshot, i chose this image to include on my double page spread as after researching real magazines i found that they had the models positioned so that they fit with the page and the text, i took this with the idea of her it on the bottom right hand side of the page and having the text next to her on the left hand side. I dressed my model in black clothing but with heels so that it looks fashionable and dressy because i wanted to make sure the clothing wouldnt clash with my color theme. I dressed her in shiny leggings from river island, a leotard from Topshop and heels from Zara as i wanted my audience to be able to relate with the model, the majority of my magazines audience would know of or shop as these shops so could either see if the model has the same clothes as them or get inspiration for their own style choices. I chose to have a white background as i looked at other double page spread in magazines and found that my genre of magazine usually had lighter colours for the background so that it gave the magazine a happy relaxed mood, rather than dark colours which could connote negativity.

Instead of using the first image which i have put on my image at the top for my fifth screenshot, i am going to use this second image because i think it is more relevant. I chose to add this to my contents page because the story on the page is about my main model who is a singer i created called Callie Rose and also about another singer i have created called Liam Mccarthy, in this story they are to have been seen together and the magazine are trying to make their friendship seem more than it is. I looked at other magazines and saw that they usually would have an image captured by the paparazzi of the two people in the story, i chose to use this idea and take my own photo of my two models. i then decided to use black text boxes that have been rotated slightly with white text inside of them to give some detail about the image to draw the viewers attenion in even more. I chose to do the text in this way as i think it gives off a mysterious look and also i have researched and found that some other magazines also use this technique.

This is my sixth screenshot of my contents page, i think this works well with the usual conventions of a magzine in the way there is a list of what is on each page and is laid out so that the name of the page is on top in a brighter color, then the number is underneath in a darker color so the name of the page attracts your attention more. I also noticed that on real magazines they sometimes have extra images to show what else is in the magazine so i decided to add my own images of three other arists that i created called Sally Sweet, Daisy Sadgrove and Amy Connors.

This is my seventh screenshot, i chose to add quotes frommy interview with Callie Rose onto my double page spread as i noticed that on real magazines they done this to make the page more appealing, it gives the reader more of an idea of what will be in the interview, also i chose an interesting part of the interview but not giving toomuch away so that they have to read the interview to get the whole story.

This is my eighth screenshot, When researching other magazines i found that they made the text that was the interviewer in bold and the singers comebacks are in normal text, i chose to use this typical convention in pop magazines.

This is my nineth image, this is what i mainly used to decorate my page, i wanted it to look like the pictures people can get from photobooths, magazines use font, colour, and their images to represent the singers personality, i used these images to show that she has a fun side rather than just a mature sensual side which is what could be connoted from the other image on the page.