Evaluation Question 1

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

I think my magazine uses many features of a real life media magazine. Some of the mains features I have included is a masthead that would fit under a similar based media magazine. I made the masthead different and also colorful to pull people in passing by. This is done by many mainstream magazines. They use a simple yet effective logo and I have tried to recreate this with my “Absolute Punk” masthead. Also another strong point to pull readers in to the magazine is the main photo shot and the anchorage with it. I chose to use a group shot of people and use them to act like a normal Pop-Punk band.

I also added other features that you would expect to see on a magazine front page like “free posters” and other news section. I had to make it for other users that might not be interested by the cover shot but drawn in by something else.

I made sure the text on the front cover was bright and colourfull because this is what Pop-Punk music is considered to be. Songs based around a specific genre in music and this is how its portrayed with bright colours

I believe my front cover has challenged the forms and conventions of a magazine I would expect to see in that genre and would reach the target audience I have aimed for.