Evaluation

1. Evaluation Caitlin Pearson AS

2. In what way does your media product use, develop, or challenge the forms conventions of real media products?

3. Cover • The magazine title, Wave, is off-centre. To the right of the masthead. This is similar to the conventions of media products, in my chosen genre. However, in a more generic term, this may challenge the forms of other media products. • The text is all in capital letters, potentially challenging a normal form/convention of media products. However, I believe it works with the genre, and the overall feel of the magazine. It is also a consistent trait throughout all of the pieces within the product. • Lowered opacity boxes allow for easier reading of the text, and a more muted feel. This potentially follow the conventions of media products, but more for my chosen genre, as minimalist and muted tends to flow in with indie-rock. • The main photo is homely, rather than ‘professional’, as it wasn’t taken as part of a shoot in a studio. This allows it to become a narrative for the main story line in the magazine; the domesticated rock chick. The wild child at home. This is different to many media products, but does not necessarily challenge the conventions of real media products. • There aren’t many sell lines on the cover, to avoid being busy, and to keep it mutedand minimalist. This, again, follows the forms of an indie-rock genre. Before I began the product, my own research showed that people prefer a minimalist over, over a busy and wild one. • Many magazine covers feature prizes to win, such as festival tickets, so in that sense it does not challenge any conventions of real products.

4. Double Page Spread • In this piece, I again use capital letter throughout. This is consistent with the rest of the pieces, and allows for a consistency to show the products are related. My own research does show that many people enjoyed the use of capitals, as they weren’t in a bold or busy format. The use of capitals potentially challenges the form and conventions of real media products. • It also lacks an interview-style article. Instead, the subject (Lottie Husbands) has been allowed to talk freely, while having her speech recorded down for the article.

5. Contents Page • The contents page is the busiest piece of the three. It, again, uses capital letters in all the text, other than the caption for the main photograph. • The theme colours are quite consistent with the rest of the pieces, which is a key form of real media products. The colours link the rest of the pieces as the same magazine. • The ‘V’ is used as my logo, influenced by my style model magazine, ‘Q’. This is not used in the other pieces, however I have coloured the ‘V’ in ‘Wave’ red, throughout the pieces. • The layout is irregular, which is different to a usual media product, but is linear and organised. I coined this idea through my style model, ‘Q’. • The font style is recognisable and formal, bringing a certain degree of formality and class to the product. It also adds to the minimalist feel of the product, and follows the conventions of an indie-rock magazine.