Evaluation Q1

How does your media product develop or challenge codes and conventions?

My media product, which is a magazine based on the rock genre has used codes and conventions to make it easy to read and understand. I have used these to create a standard magazine that can be sold by a retailer.  

On my cover page I have used these codes and conventions portrayed here to show that it is about rock in particular, these conventions draw in my target audience especially, for example my target audience is teenagers and younger adults, so I made the genre rock as it was popular and it is a boisterous genre much like youth, I used the colour red on the main cover-line to also show energy and youthfulness in order to be conventional to the genre. The masthead is in big bold black font and is called “impact” to show liveliness and to describe the attributes of rock music so it’s the first thing people think of. The masthead is at the top so its easily noticed by customers, the model takes up the page to show significance and fluentness. The barcode, price and date line on the bottom shows that its able to be retailed, the masthead is in unique font to show house style and individuality.

On my double page spread I have used codes and conventions to give it the appearance of a standard double page spread for example I have included the colour blue, white and black to show consistent house style, I have also used the same model to continue the genre and the style throughout. The model is on the left side making it conventional and easy to read, the article writing is on the bottom of the page like most rock music articles I have seen so it doesn’t look to busy, the heading “behind the scenes” is the main focus of the page so is in white and at the top to stand out and clearly show the reader what its about. The models expression shows wildness and youth, these attributes are also associated with rock showing typical body language and personality of the people from that genre its in, the title is titled adding a boisterous effect to it once again continuing the genre of the magazine, the pull quote on the left page is with the model showing the personality as its next to the face, the font is quite blocky and goofy adding a youthful way to the article showing that the genre is of a “carefree” nature.

On the contents page of my magazine I have used codes and conventions to make it look like an interesting contents page that will be informative and eye catching at the same time. I have used a red polygon shape to emphasize the information and make it look like the contents is fun and lively. The model on the page is coloured in blue to blend in with the page as more emphasis is supposed to be on the contents, so you’re not distracted by the model when you read it, this is a convention used by most magazines. The title “contents” is in the same font as the front covers masthead to show house style and continuous theme/genre throughout. The models position makes her look unprofessional, empowering people of particular economic groups such as unemployed, working class etc. and being typical to the genre its in.

On the editors page I used codes and conventions to make this page easy to understand as it’s mostly about dialogue, the colour scheme is simpler than the rest of the pages in blue, black and white showing more significance of the editors writing on the page than on the main subject of the magazine and the blue background stands out to show that the house style stands out. The body font is small, bold and in white to make it easy to read and to show significance of the text as it stands out from all the rest of the colours showing significance. The blocky font of the title shows that the genre and main focus of magazine is youthful and boisterous as the blocky text represents unsophisticated nature of the magazine itself.