Abigail Gumery – Media

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

The front cover of my magazine conforms to the codes and conventions of a typical pop magazine. This is because the main image I have used is of a teenage male pop artist. This is typical of a pop magazine aimed at teenage females as they idolise artists of this age. The colour scheme for my magazine is very similar to other pop magazines for teenage girls as it is brightly coloured with pinks and turquoise which are seen as feminine and are associated with a younger audience. My masthead is similar to other magazines called ‘Love Pop’ which is informal to appeal to younger audiences. It is placed on the top left hand corner in a box to make it stand out to the audience. The main cover line is the largest thing on the front cover so readers who are interested in the artists will immediately be drawn to the magazine – which is similar to a real media product. However, my front cover challenges the main forms and conventions of typical pop magazines as my cover lines are placed in speech bubbles down the side. This is different to other magazines as they place them just on top of the image or in boxes. My front cover also features a strapline at the top of the page in which other magazines may not. Some magazines feature this at the bottom or not at all but for my magazine this seemed appropriate as it informs the reader what sorts of topics will be included in my magazine and as this is the first magazine, attracting the target audience is important to the success of the magazine.

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Abigail Gumery – Media

My contents page follows the main codes and conventions of a typical pop magazine as the images I have used work to make the target audience interested in the articles that will be inside the magazine. The images are both music and fashion related – both in which are topics that my target audience will be interested in. The masthead is repeated on the contents page so that my audience will become familiar with it and hopefully be able to recognise it in the future. A colour scheme has clearly been continued from the front cover so it is obvious they are from the same magazine as it has kept its consistency. As well as this, the colour scheme will soon be associated with the magazine if the reader buys it frequently. However, my magazine does not quite fit to the rule of thirds like others. I chose to do this as I wanted the main image to stand out and be more noticeable as this is one of the main stories I have covered inside the magazine.

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Abigail Gumery – Media

My double page spread fits the codes and conventions of a typical magazine as well. This is because my main image is situated on the left page and is quite large. This immediately makes it clear what the article will be about. Similarly to real pop magazines, my magazine features the main image on the front cover to the double page spread. In the image the main image is not directly addressing the camera as other magazines may have. This is due to the artist playing guitar portraying that he is musical which is highly appropriate for my magazine. The actual text I have used in the article is very informal which follows the conventions of other pop magazine as it is aimed at such a young target audience. This makes the magazine more relatable to teenage girls and easier and more fun to read.

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