In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.
Because of my musical genre being a relatively unexplored field i had to follow some standard conventions in real media products bus also develop my own to match my audience. In order to do this i researched my target audience and decided that for it to appeal to them most efffectively i would need to use colloquial and humourous lexical choices. In terms of the design of my magazine it follows many of the standard conventions, such as the masthead with logo being right alligned and featuring a slogan. Similarly i have followed normal conventions as i have a single main photograph on my cover and a single headline to make it clear that the two are linked.
1.Title: my magazine title, LMAO, is the most relevant part to my magazine as it is a modern day slang accronym that is related to laughter and humour. Because my audience are younger and prodominantly technology dependant this works with my magazine to follow standard conventions and audience pragmatics.
2.Mise-en-scene: For my photography i tried to use high key lighting and a variety of shot distances within the same photograph. as presented in the image i did this by having one band member stand closer to the camera, this i think improves the quality of the image as it appears more realistic as most magazines have artists in a uniform line which makes the image flat and normal. This means that for my photography has bent a convention but kept to part of the standard means of front cover design.
3.Costume and Prop: In order for my band to appear united in my image i branded each of them with an emblem of the magazine logo onto their faces so that they looked like they were the main act to feature in the magazine for the editions to come. I also editted the artists' clothing to match the colours as originally they were in different colours and i thought that instead of blending my colour scheme into the artists i would blend my artists into the colour scheme using some photoshop tools. As for props in the image, i made my band appear to be using 'Guitar Hero' instruments as it is a comical twist to an otherwise serious band. for this to work i acquired a full band of instruments that my band could use to make them appear more convincing and humourous at the same time.
4. People: My artists are primarily female and my audience are not focused on the appearance of the artists like most genre fans so i thought i would use my research into female representation to show a group of female artists as being musicians primarily rather than the normal sex symbols that most media products do today. Also because of the niche audience i have targetted i have more freedom to show my artists as people rather than stereotypes.
5. Font and Style: I have decided on a specific font set to use in specific situation. I noticed that magazines tend to use two main fonts, one being more simple for bulk fonts to be used for articles and longer pieces of text and another to be used for titles and headlines. I found this to be a convention adopted by most magazines i looked into so i think that i accurately adapted this convention into my own magazine.
6. Written Content: For my journalism i felt it necessary to try and keep a serious tone in my writing as the content has to be news-worthy and correct. However i developed my writing upon editing to feature more humourous twists as i thought that my work would be more appealing to my audience in this way. As a member of my niche audience i think that the article works and is both entertaining and informative.
7.Music Genre: In order to capture my audience's attention in my magazine i relied on comedy twists and humour to interest the reader. The comical side to my magazine had to be self-developed because of the lack of current publications to challenge my own.
8. Layout: As the general layout of magazine design was an area i felt inexperieced at i followed the style of the Kerrang magazine i presented under section 'I'. I tried to mimick the design style so that my magazine would look professional because i would know the standard positioning of certain elements of magazine design. I tried to break out of normal forms and conventions within my magazine, for instance i noticed that page numbers are normally printed in the outer corners of the pages but i thought that i would try and change this and print them on the inside corners by the fold line as this way they still perform the function intended but in a unique way.
9. Contents: I have accurately organised my contents into appropriate features that my audience requested. This is another standard form that magazines must follow in order to make them appropriate. I have also used the contents to present the link to BBC Radio 1 which is the main way in which i intend to make my product markettable.
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