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

Firstly, I am going to be talking about the name of my magazine which is 'M' which stands for Music. I thought that this would be pretty obvious as it is a Music magazine, so I think that by using a acronym it plays on the reader's mind and makes them think about what it stands for. But when they take a read of what is on the cover, they will release that it is a Music magazine. Other music magazines which have either just one letter or a couple of letters are magazines like Q and NME, I think that the reason for just using letters as the name for it is because it is easy to read and remember. I also think that by just using one letter, it makes the cover of the magazine stand out more, as I have got my model in the middle of the page and the 'M' kind of hugging and surrounding her, it closes her into the middle and forces the audiences to eyes to look at her so in my opinion I think that my magazine uses the convention of a Music magazine.

In my magazine, I have kept the layout pretty simple. For the cover I kept to the conventional 3 colour palette with blue, pink and white, this kept my cover looking professional and simple. I wanted the model to be the attraction of the page. So to do this, I decided to do a surrounding effect around her with the 'M' and her name written on both sides and the other featured articles and artists in the middle. I think that this layout it very simple and it doesn't draw too much attention away from the featured model and creates a sort of symmetrical appearance to the eye. For my contents page, I have kept it simple again by just using columns, this again keeps the overall appearance of the page appealing to the reader's eyes. It's easy to read, you just scan down the columns to see what is inside this particular issue of the magazine and there is also a picture of the artist from the cover on there aswell. Lastly, my double page spread, I have followed the generic convention of using laid out columns for my article, I have done this because I wanted it to be easy for the reader to read and not get distracted by having words all over the place. I have kept it simple and clean so it has an overall appealing appearance for the reader. I have also used on of the pages for the double page spread as a full photo of the artist, I have done this because I didn't want the double page spread just to have words on it. I wanted it to be interesting, so by using pictures in my double page spread I am following a convention of any magazine overall because usually when I pick up a magazine either if its fashion or music, the artist/ celebrity that they are featuring will normally have a couple of photos for the double page spread article. 

For the front cover, my model is wearing a embroidered anchored polo shirt and high waisted black skinny jeans, I reason I chose the blue anchored top was because it was a navy blue, and I thought that this would be easy to edit and enhance the colours to get my pop art effect. I wanted the artist featured on my front page to not be too fashion forward because it is supposed to be a Music magazine. So I kept the outfit that she was wearing quite casual and young conveying to the audience what kind and person she is and what kind of music she produces. The shot of her is a frontal mid shot showing her upper body and some of her legs, I used this particular shot because I really liked the expression on her face, it's sort of cheeky in a way and it makes the people looking at the cover think that there is something on there. 

I have chosen to use a couple of fonts for my magazine, for the 'M' on the cover I chose the font 'TALLEREVOLUTION' to get the slim figure of the M to give it a professional look. Then artist's name, I chose to use 'Lane D' which had more width to it to make the artist's name stand out to the reader. In my double page spread, I chose to use 'Calibri' for the font of the article, this was clear and easy to read for the reader and kept it looking nice and professional. 

I would definitely think that the overall appearance of the magazine tells the audience what genre of Music it belongs to, by using bright bold colours and colour blocking I definitely think that it conveys to the readers that this is a POP magazine. In the front cover, I have used Andy Warhol's pop art style editing on my model and the classic green background like Warhol used for his canvas of Marilyn Monroe and I really think that this helps lift the cover and make it more noticeable to the audience and I have done this throughout my pages.

The colour scheme I have went with is Andy Warhol's pop art, for my front cover I have used the 3 colour palette for my texts and also in the contents page unlike my double page spread where I have only used one colour for the font which is black to make it easier for the reader to read. I really thought that by taking inspiration from Andy Warhol it would really appeal to my target audience.