Evaluation Question 1

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

On the front cover of my music magazine 'Sound' uses some forms and conventions already used by real music magazine's and companies. I decided too name my magazine 'Sound' because the genre of the magazine is a music magazine i think that the work sound shows how its a music magazine, i got this idea off using a word that is from music from other computers of music magazine such as 'Kerrang' this has a sharp ring too it.  It's features which are also found on typical magazine such as a central main image that draws the readers attention, this image is of one of my friends. I decided too use her since she listen to the same kind off music which is featured in my magazine, and i also though that her looks fitted the design and visual appearance of the magazine. I took this image in a brightly lit room, in front of a window so that the light could brighten her face up and contrast the darkness of the background. the shot i used was a close up, i decided too use an image from the shoulders upwards because i wanted to catch the readers eye with the big image of the girls face. instead of her body, because i felt like if i used her full body that the headlines and subheadings would taken over the magazine and if there is too much going on the front off a cover off a magazine this might put the reader off from buying it, but with the use off just her face and a few headlines i felt that it filled the front cover well. I edited my image on photoshop to create a eye catching effect on my reader. i cut the background of the image surrounding the girl, and i added a black background to the image too make the girl be the main thing that stood out on the front cover, as for the actual image of the girl i didn't edit on photoshop i left it how it was since it was the correct brightness that i wanted for the front cover image. I dressed the girl on the front cover in a dark purple shirt and i also used a dark purple colour lipstick on her lips to link in with the colours that i have used throughout the magazine. I have used a range off colours throughout  the pages of the magazine such as dark shades of purple, blues, black and greys. My magazine, informs the reader about different gigs, goss about the different artists which feature in the magazine and also lets you know about the up coming new singles out. there are a lot of conventions that i have challenged in my magazine, the majority of music magazines have one specific genre off music but my magazine goes for a wide range off different genres of music, from Rock, Pop and R'n'B. I have used a range of styles in my photography to attract the reader more instead off just the particularly common one where all off the artists are posing in my photography there are live bands playing. This particular image is featured on the front cover and the contents page, it was taken while i was at a gig and i decided that it would be a good image too use in my magazine as it was a quite clear image and an action shot.