Lewis Howes
Media Evaluation.

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
For my magazine I have followed most things need to make my magazine look professional and like a real magazine. On my front cover I have made it look like a real magazine by doing the same techniques which real magazines use. Techniques like not using to many colours as most magazines stick to 3 or 4 main colours just like I did. I also put a bar code in the bottom corner like most magazine this is because even though it has to be on there you don’t want it taking up any space on the magazine and don’t want it getting in the way.
With the contents page I also tried to make it as realistic as possible by using main features as you would in a real magazine like 1 main picture on the contents and a little offer to attract the reader at the bottom. I also put the main things in the magazine on the contents page in order to when the will show up in the magazine also showing which page they will be on. I used the same colour scheme as I did on the front cover which was black, grey and white.
For the 2 page spread I made it look like a real 2 page spread from a magazine by using the same features such a pool quotes and columns to make it look well presented, I also made it obvious about which were question and answers so the reader doesn’t get confused. I used other features such as a main heading and sub headings.
To get ideas for my magazine I defiantly got ideas from one magazine in particular and that was Vibe magazine as it was quite like my own magazine I was making and had roughly the same audience.