1. Evaluation question
one
In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. My magazine
I based my product on other well-known magazines. Throughout the
production of my magazine I kept looking at Q products because they
are a well-established magazine company. I made sure to look at Q
for my front cover, contents and double page spread in order to keep
the same house feel. I used a similar layout to Q which is almost the
same for all popular music magazines. Also after researching contents
pages I learned that the majority of them use one large image and a
few smaller ones. I found that double page spreads usually have a
whole page for a picture and another page for text which usually has
information about a band or an interview.

3. Conventional structures of
magazines
My front cover is has a similar layout to conventional
magazines. The structure of my magazine cover
shows a bold masthead that stands out clearly, it
also has a large high quality image surrounded by
text which is similar to a lot of well known magazines
including this NME one.

4. Front cover inspiration
I based my media product on a Q magazine, the front cover is from a
2011 issue which was for their 25th anniversary. The issue focused on
the Artic Monkeys which is a very well-known band. I decided to use a
Q magazine for my inspiration because I felt the style would appeal to
my target audience. My first magazine cover had a similar looking boy
band but I didn’t think the image was good enough quality so I
changed it. Q also had a list of artists on the right hand side of the
cover, I also used this idea because I thought it would encourage
anyone interested in those artists to buy the magazine.

5. Contents page
My contents page Research materialI also used Q to inspire my contents page in order to keep
the same style throughout my magazine. I have used similar
colours and fonts so it all ties together. Q uses a similar
layout in all their magazines, they tend to use one large
picture and a one or two smaller images. Q also divides their
contents page up using thin and subtle lines.
I researched other music magazines such as NME and
KERRANG. I found that they used a similar style, they also
use a large picture and they have also used columns to write
about what’s in the magazine.

6. Double page spread
My double page spread
Research material
For my media product I researched other conventional double
page spreads. I used a large good quality image that took up a
whole A4 page and then used the rest of my double page spread
for text. I used a quote from my interview and put it in a larger
font in order to attract my audience.
I researched Q double page spreads in order to keep
the same style throughout my magazine. I also
researched other magazine double page spreads
such as NME because I liked the layout.