How I used, developed and challenged conventions of real media products?
Front cover
When it comes to how I used conventions of real media
products focusing on my front cover, I did use the layout of real Grime
magazines were so for example the name of the magazine is always in a bold
font. When it comes to the model and the individual that is featured on the
Grime magazines they always look aggressive and intimidating, I made sure this
was shown on my front cover. My model is not smiling and she looks extremely fierce.
Grime magazines just like most magazines use the rule of 4 when it comes to
colours. In my front cover I used the colours:
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Black
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White
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Blue
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Gold
In ‘flavour’ magazine (a real Grime magazine) they used the
colours:
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Black
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White
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Red
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Grey
Using 4 colours made the magazine look rather neat and it
makes the readers focus more on the image and text also becomes easier to read whereas
in Rock magazines for example they like to use a variety of bright colours
which can create a feeling of illusion.
All the Grime magazines I came across were monthly and 'RWD' magazine puts the issue number and month of the front of their magazine so I
used this convention and developed it by changing the positioning of where they
put it.
Every Grime magazine I came across was free and I wanted to
challenge this convention and make my magazine £2.50. When conducting my target
research I found out that many young people were willing to pay for these
magazines as the people who create it work so hard that they deserve to get
paid. They also said that Grime magazines contain a lot of things that young people
cannot really find on the TV or on the internet. So my magazine shows the price
and bar code on the front cover unlike all the other Grime magazines.
Contents Page
Just like Grime magazines I also kept to a simplistic layout
when it came to my contents page. Having a simplistic layout makes it easier
for readers to defer information on where to find an interview for example and
what page it is on. I categorised my contents page just like all the other
Grime magazines I analysed. Splitting up the contents of your magazine makes it
also easier for readers to find what they are looking for. I advertised my
twitter feed and webpage on my contents as I saw this being done in every Grime
magazine I came across. The images that
are put on Grime magazine contents page link and relate well to the content of
the magazine just like any other magazine so I used this convention and made
sure my images synced well with my content. A lot of Grime magazines don’t put
the page number on the images they used but I did as if an image catches reader’s
eyes instantly I want them to know what page it is on straight away. Images used on my contents page and on other
Grime magazines where similar in a sense that they contained 'bling', clothing
and an aggressive looking individual.
Double Page Spread
From analysing many
Grime magazines and their double page spreads they all continued a simplistic
layout so I incorporated this in my own magazine. But one thing I did challenge
was that the majority of them made sure the image was over half the page whereas
I thought that the content was much more important than the image so I made
sure that the text covered most of the page. Another thing was that the names
of the artist were quite small in comparison to mine. I feel that if you are
flicking quickly through a magazine and see in big words ‘BaddaBoom Tee’ you’re
going to stop and read it. Just like all Grime magazines I labelled the pages
with numbers and the magazines name.
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