Evaluations question 1

In this media project i was asked to create a front page, a contents page and a double page spread of a music magazine. I have stuck to forms and conventions of other magazines in various ways and also challenged them in other ways. I decided to have my title of the magazine at the top of the page in the middle like other music magazine, and also i have my main image slap band in the middle spreading over the whole page. Both these are examples of sticking to codes and conventions of other magazine. I also only used 3 main colours, black white and red, which is very usual to magazine. I chose to do this because in my backround research i saw that many magazines only used 3 main colours and the mainly used these colours. They use black and white because they contrast eachother which works well, and the red is used to make it stand out on a shelf. This is why my main title of the magazine was red, because it is very noticable and will stand out on a shelf. I decided to also have my bar code in the bottom right hand corner where they usually are on other magazine.

I challenged the usual codes and conventions by having the main title slightly behind the main image, this was effective i believe because it is not usual and is unique. The outer shadow around the main title helps it stand out so the reader still knows what magazine it is.

I had my main model in a top hat which is typically masculine, but she had a rose on her head which is feminine. This challenged the forms and conventions because it isn't what you would usually find in a magazine, but it does make it stand out among other magazine. The final challenge to the usual forms and conventions was that i put negative quotes on her hand shaped as a gun to connote the doubt that she has made a true reform and a positive quote above the rose to show that she would truely make it in the world of music.