Evaluation

Evaluation

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  IN WHAT WAYSDOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS? EVALUATION
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  SUPERBASS | BILLBOARD
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  MASTHEAD| LAYOUT My mastheadon the magazine logo represents and conveys the pop/Hip-Hop genre in a variety of different aspects. I named it ‘superbass’ as it was one of the artists songs that hit number one. I put my masthead at the side of the page and used a basic font that is bold, big so it stands out. Also, much like Billboard, the masthead is anyways at the side on the page and its big, bold and basic. I found it a little bit easier by using information gathered from analysing the above two front pages, I accurately copied billboard design and built upon the obvious forms and conventions of magazines focused on Pop/ HipHop. I used a range of elements within mise en scene to try and grasp my genre. I especially looked at Pop music star Katy Perry, Lorde as they is a dominant female in the industry, like the artist I was trying to create for my magazine. I focused on different covers and photo-shoots of different artist on the front covers.and tried to bring them to life with my model. Firstly I attempted to grasp the expression from my research and tried to create that in my own photo-shoot. From the photo from my front cover and Lorde on the front cover at the bottom, you can see a comparison in on what they wearing and they both looking straight in the the camera. I decided to use high key lighting, as this gives the images a professional effect, and whilst editing in Photoshop to make my image more toned, I also increased the contrast and brightness to give it a distinct and sharp effect, to make it appear more attractive. On the layout of the text i was looking at the billboard with Katy Perry is similer to the my layout its simple but neat.
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  COSTUME|PROPS When i startedlooking for clothes for my model my main idea was to resemble other existing female artists and teenage , and take inspiration of some of their outfits. In the end, I decided that I wanted my model to wear bomber jacket that is popular right now, black top that will blend with light blue jeans. With pieces of costume, I wanted to resemble traditional Pop/Hip/hop, with a with a bad girl twist look, and to do this, I i decided to make her look directly in the camera and putting the hood up showing the audience that she could be a bad girl too. My model makeup wasn't dramatic it was mostly natural i wanted this to be like that because i want my magazine to show young adults that you don't need lots of makeup to make yourself beautiful
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  FONT,STYLE|WRITTEN CONTENT I have useddifferent varieties of fonts and texts, to elaborate further in my chosen genre. But to also add personality to the context and the magazines look, started my research I went on Dafont.com and scrolled through different fonts and I tried to choose a bunch that would fit and complement my genre. All of the fonts shown are different examples of the fonts I have included in my magazine. I have tried to represent a bold look throughout with different fonts, in an effort to make the magazine look more professional. Other fonts include colours such as, Nude, Black and White; all colours that would symbolise the Pop industry. Looking at my pages, I have made an effort to include language that would link and belong in Pop music culture. In my contents page for instance , I have added articles like charts with hit songs and albums which links to the Pop music culture By doing things like this, I have made a link straight away to the culture, and the fans or readers would recognise this. Along with the use of this language in my work.
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  LAYOUT OF FRONTCOVER My magazine followed a lot of conventions from previous and popular magazines. I took a lot of my inspiration from already existing Pop magazine: Billboard. However I used different colours, the colours are warm. I noticed that a lot of POP covers included a list of artists at the side of the page with a little bit of information. I added this convention to my work, to represent a popular layout, and also to represent other existing artists to attract customers. The position of my model is similar to Lorde in the billboard cover, in the way that he is also dressed in bomber jacket, but also for the fact that it is a medium shot. This creates a professional effect, and allows readers to interpret my magazine with other popular prints.
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  LAYOUT OF CONTENT PAGE Mycontents page needed to be bold and to stand out, to allow the readers to glimpse easily at articles in the magazine. I took some inspiration from this contents page, in the context of its layout and structure. The main image shows the singer wearing black, against a white background. So she stands out and is noticed. Also Sub-Images used with page numbers next to them so the reader knows easily where to find each article, chart shows the no.1 of albums, songs, and the weeks music. So I used this ideas for my magazine Also, the colours also contrast to the front page. As I tried to make it for both gender colour scheme, I have definitely challenged conventions in this page. However I noticed from my research that in most Hip-Hop magazine, including billboard the contents pages.
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  LAYOUT OF DOUBLEPAGE SPREAD ❖ Using the information gathered from analysing the above double-page spread, I thought the Nicki Minaj double page spread by billboard was great for my magazines because of the layout the writing is small and the image of the artists is the centre of the attention this will built upon the obvious forms and conventions of magazines focused on pop/ hiphop. One example of this would be the taking a photo of my model in a similar pose as Nicki Minaj and make the model the main attraction, The colours on the billboard are pink , black and white is the primary colour scheme here, and suits the genre of pop/hiphop however the colours will connect more on the girls because Nicki Minaj is a idol to teenager. So i have to do is change the colours for them to be suitable for both genders.