Evaluation: Question 1 - In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Use

 I have copied elements from other pop magazine's as it suited my genre. I have copied the mast head layout and size as it suite's my genre well. I have also copied the likes off my image. I have done this because images on pop magazine's are very 'happy, as you can tell by my models facial expressions. I have looked at other pop magazine's models too get an idea on what too use for mine and their type of postures and gestures, by doing this it has shown what my genre is. Also I looked at the clothing they wear, they wore very bright 'cheerful' colours. So I decided on my model too wear as shown as it represents pop. I looked at the magazine, Top of the Pops to decide on where my masthead should go and what colour it should be. I decided on the colour purple as it suite's my genre. I also kept the font sizes reasonably the same as other magazines, I made then headline a bit larger so it attracts more attention and focus.

Develop

 I researched other pop magazine's like Top of the Pops and looked at the design on their mastheads. I developed this by choosing a different colour to use for my masthead instead of the stereotypical pink used. I used purple instead which is still associated with a pop genre. I also developed my magazine by not using as many coverlines which a Pop magazine would usually have, I did this because my magazine looked better with only a small amount off coverlines. I also developed my cover page as I added little box's at the bottom with things like 'exclusive interviews', as on Top of the Pops they had a box just at the top. I added one to the bottom to develop this further. I made my coverlines a bit larger than other magazines as I felt they needed to be larger as they looked better. Whereas when they were small, they were very hard to small and squashed together. I also made my artists name a lot larger as it would attract the readers attention as it would be the first thing they would notice.

Challenge

 As I looked at other images on pop magazines too get an idea on what type of pose I would like my model too do, I changed it around by getting my model too pose like this. There are not many magazines in which their model is stood like this, so I chose this as it looks different compared too others yet it is still related too the pop genre.I also challenged my cover page as I added a pink and white border around my masthead, I did this as I didn't want it to look to similar to another current magazine.