2. What are the conventions
(ingredients) of a Pop magazine?
3. What does the front cover include?
Masthead of the name of the magazine
Headlines of articles inside the magazine
Photos of pop celebrities
Quotes from magazines
Price
Barcode
Issue number/date
Website address
Advertisements of
Competitions And products.
5. What do typical double page
spreads look like?
A large title (sometimes large enough to spread
across both pages)
A large photo of the celebrity the article is about
Smaller photos to accompany facts
Alternating colours in the text to create a greater
variance.
Sometimes have the magazine title
Quotes
Page number
Sometimes the page split can go through the photo of
the celebrity
6. How have these conventions been
included in my own magazine?
In my Cover Page, I have included:
Quotes
Masthead
Price
Issue number/date
Headlines of articles inside
Photos of Popstars
Advertisements of competitions
A Barcode
Website address
7. How have these conventions been
included in my own magazine?
In the Contents Page I have included:
Photos to accompany the articles
The same colour scheme as the
cover
All the Articles listed in chronological
order in their different categories with
page numbers.
Advertisements
Articles listed are all relevant to the
target market
8. How have these conventions been
included in my own magazine?
In the Double Page Spread I included:
Large Title that spreads across both pages
A quote for a title
A large photo of the celebrity that the
article is about
Interview questions and answer, the
questions being the kind of question the
target market is looking for an answer to.
Smaller photos that relate to certain
sections
Page number
A website link, making use of the online
content
The magazine logo
A brief synopsis of the article below the
title
9. What have I done differently?
I found this cover to be too
cluttered and made it quite
tiring to look at.
I also felt too many of the
colours were to similar,
and made it difficult for
certain headlines to be
noticed.
Therefore I made my
cover
not
as
busy.
Allowing someone to take
in the details and not be
overwhelmed. I also kept
the colours varied, but
within the same colour
scheme
10. What have I done differently?
I didn’t like how the split between the two pages went through the celebrity’s
face. It engulfs apart of his face making him look distorted.
Therefore, I made sure that on my magazine the face wasn’t down the crack.
I also made sure no writing was too close to the line, in case some of the
words became unreadable.
11. What have I done differently?
I felt that there were too many
different colours, and was
harsh on the eyes. I think the
problem was that the
background was yellow and
orange, which are very sharp
colours, making it hard for
other colours to work with it.
Each Category is a different
colour (Blue, red and Purple)
and I find it to look a bit
repulsive.
Therefore I made the background on my magazine a very pale cream colour and kept
to a few colours as possible. I avoided colours that didn’t compliment the colour
scheme, apart from the green top that the celebrity is wearing, to stand out.
12. How have I pushed the boundaries
of this form?
I pushed the boundaries by:
Using unusual poses in my photos
My photos all follow a certain style
and editing.
I kept the colour scheme
throughout, making the few times
something isn’t in the colour
scheme, really stand out.
I tried to keep the pages fairly
simplistic, so people don’t get
overwhelmed when reading it.
