Looking at the masthead saying"pop"I think that it is very similar to Other music magazines such as NME.One of the main similarity's is that the words are both short which makes the name of the magazine stick in the readers head.I also noticed while doing my research that NME sometimes place the masthead over the top of the models head which is what I took inspiration from,by doing this it creates a sense of importance towards the name of the magazine.The font I used is called Haettenscheller which creates a very bold and eye catching look to the masthead around my masthead I have used an effect to make it look like it is jumping out at you like many professional music magazines do.The Colour Red is used because it is suitable for both male and female but is also used on lots of professional magazines .Looking at the Mise-en-sene of the image of Becca on my front cover you can see a young girl posing with her hand on her hip this suggest she has attitude and is full of confidence which would relate to the fact that she is on the cover of a magazine.she looks very Glamorous and is wearing a pink girly dress and lots of make up.When comparing this to other products I realised that there are a lot of similarity's between both mine and the professional products because they both show women looking strong,confident,independent and beautiful.Thay are always wearing makeup and posing which attracts people into buying the magazine.I believe that my image relates to the Genre of POP because of the type of the model used which makes you think young,hip and fashionable which would not be a typical convention of for instance a Rock magazine.
the main sell line(Becca) is very Big and Bold it uses the main colours in my colour scheme and really brings the front cover together.It has the Becca extremely large and the bites back smaller which I feel is like an enigma code to tease the audience.underneath yet again is the Sub heading which explains the enigma.similar to professional products the sub heading uses a quote.Becca Bites Back is also alliteration which is used frequently in all forms of media and creates a clever twist on a heading.
Join the Pop club section of the contents is a typical convention of a magazine because most music magazines which I have used to help me with my research have used a similar thing this is to help draw people into buying it.after studying other pop magazines it is normal covention to use various shapes to highlight special offers therefor I have included the use of shapes in my magazine.
looking at the editors comments they create a personal touch and makes you think that the editor is talking directly to you.the text is very informal and uses words like "stuff" which creates a relaxed feel from page one. when comparing this to other magazines I have researched they do not always use this in music magazines such as NME I believe that this would still be a typical convention because it is a feature of a lot of typical professional magazine products.
If we look at the Mise-en-scene of the image of the band The Lines we see a very conventional image because it is an image of a band performing,it also uses a caption "back and better than ever£ which plays on the fact that most music magazines hype up the fact a band has reformed. The image is used as an item listed in the contents page but is highlighted as a feature on the right hand side of the page. This layout is a typical convention used in many music magazines.
Becca Bites Back Is used again on my double page spread this creates consistency throughout but especially because it is in Red but the title is also used with double meaning as it is the title of the record but also has meaning in that Becca Bites Back at her critics. The title is used at the top of the double page spread to attract the reader to the cover story, the type is red and bold and the font is Haettenscheller this gives consistency as this font is used throughout the magazine. The written
content of the double page spread is realistic for a story in a music magazine as it is based on an up and coming pop star. The story is also written with a young audience in mind as my research suggested that the audience would be predominantly 16-25 yr olds.
The purple background behind the writing on my double page spread is in line with backgrounds
seen in other magazines although the reason I included it in my double page spread is because it looks edgy and different and is quiet controversial as you might like or you might not which is what is used in a lot of music magazine as they experiment with new thing to make people form an opinion. I did however see the uses of repetition in music magazine's and would say that this was a typical convention an example of this would be NME with Noel Gallagher they use a circle to form the writing and then a Circle to highlight his face.I used this idea when thinking of the purple background because I picked the purple out of the jumper from the image and used the exact same colour on the background creating a feeling of Consistancy.
mise-en scene you can see Becca has her jumper over her hands as if she is nervous and is holding it to her mouth,as if to hide it this creates the impression that she has a lot of opinions about things that she doesn't want to say and is trying to stop any words coming out her mouth.she is looking directly at you which creates the impression that she is not shy but in fact very confident.I believe that an image like this is a typical convention of a music magazine because they like to use images that have two meanings, an image that you can look at and think is lovely but under the surface has a deeper meaning.
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