In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music

magazines)

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music
magazines)
My media product uses various conventions of original magazines as well
as challenging these as I adapted my magazine so that it appealed more
to my target audience.
The title of the magazine For the title of my magazine I didnt get any inspiration of any original
magazines. I came up with my magazine title because it relates to
Electronic Dance Music in the fact that the songs are generally loud and
the word relates to this sound volume, and the bass in the songs. I
decided to spell it with a z instead of an s because it gives the word a
unique edge and it will target my younger audience better as it makes the
word sound cool and interesting. In the design of my title, I decided to use
a fairly thick and bold font so that it stands out on the page. However, the
title looks clean and professional which is my intention for the magazine. I
added a slight piece of page furniture in Issue 2 Jan 2016 as this added
to the masthead and made the front cover look more professional and well
designed.

Graphology/page layouts
The graphology of my front cover is very simple; I use one font in Xpress
XF. I felt there wasnt any need in using a different font as because of the
variation in using capital letters and applying the bold text style to the
writing it, they appear to be quite different on the page so there was some
variety in how the text appeared on the page, and I was still able to make
different parts of the page stand out more than others because of this and
text size, which is needed. This can be seen as unconventional, as
typically a front cover would include different fonts. But I felt there was no
need. For my cover line, DJ Greeno Exclusive, this isnt your typical cover
line as it makes the reader believe that the magazines all about him.
Whereas it is not, it features a variety of elements within the Electronic
Dance Music genre. I decided to have this as the cover line as it is the
main story within the magazine and what the double page spread is based
on. Therefore, the reader needed to be aware of this and that this should
hopefully be eye catching for them as well as they are intrigued to see
what he has to say in his interview. However, on the other hand, Mixmag
and EDM weekly do have this type of cover line on their magazines also,
which is another reason why I incorporated into mine also. It just isnt
typical to other genres of music. For the layout of the front cover, it was
inspired by Mixmag. I felt the design looked very professional and neat
and that was the intention of my magazine also. I wanted it to be
professional while also being exciting for the reader. So I incorporated the
style of having the boxes to have text in them as this complies with the

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music
magazines)
Z design style of a front cover which I feel looks good. For my contents
page, I again liked the way the mixmag magazine design the page. I
incorporated this design into my own design. However, I developed the
page into having the concept of having three images on the contents
page. As I felt this made the page more engaging and interesting at first
sight for the reader in having more graphical images to look rather than
having one larger image and another image. However, I did abide by the
classical conventions of having a two column system within the contents
page. Having images creating one column and another block of text to
create the other. I felt this was the most professional and best looking way
in creating the page. As I did try splitting the page into three columns and
making the image slightly smaller and adding more text for the features
section. But I felt this didnt look quite as good as the classic two column
design. For this page, I changed the font style for the masthead of the
page to have a slight variety in fonts across the magazine; the font I
picked was Century Gothic. This font looked cleaner and more professional
for this page. I did keep the name of the magazine Bangerz the same as
I felt there needed to be a consistency in the actual name of the
magazine, but January 2016 and Contents were in Century Gothic as
this looked better. This concept follows the stereotypical conventions of a
magazine, in keeping the magazine name the same but changing other
elements to have a variety. Which I agree with, and therefore applied to
my own magazine. For my double page spread, I didnt really follow a
particular design, I just stuck by the general features that are applied to
double page spreads e.g drop cap, pull quote, page furniture etc and
implemented these into my design. I did abide by the convention of many
magazines of having one half of the page being filled with a large image
and the other half of the page being filled with the article. The article was
based on an Exclusive interview as indicated by the cover line on the front
page of the magazine. I would say that this isnt a conventional way of
designing the double page spread as typically they focus on a topic within
the genre of music, whereas I have got an exclusive interview with a DJ
start on mien which makes the magazine seem like it is one of the best
within the genre as they are able to get interviews with big DJ stars. I
also stuck to the stereotypical three column design for an article as this is
the most professional and neat looking design I feel for an article and
therefore I applied that. I decided to add another image into the article to
make it more engaging. As the image links to the article and just makes
the page stand out more to the reader. They see the image, become
interested, get attracted to the drop cap and then begin reading the
article. The font style throughout his double page has been kept
consistent in Xpress XF. I felt through the use of the various colours and
sizes with text being bold and not bold another font style wasnt required
as the page doesnt look all the same and boring.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music
magazines)

Costumes, props, iconography used to reflect genre

For the front cover, the model of the page is James Green (DJ Greeno). I
tried different types of clothing to see which piece looked the most
appropriate for my magazine. I chose to have him wearing a black silk
jacket on the front cover. As the material appears to be quite expensive
but not too expensive that the target audience cant aspire to wear
clothes like him. I also decided to have him wearing black shades along
with black/blue beats ear phones (fit with the colour scheme). Through the
use of this he appeared to look cool fitting the music genre. The beats
headphones were used to make him look like a DJ. The fact that they are
wireless as well makes him appear to be a cool DJ. This can be seen as
being a conventional element of someone being a DJ, as other DJ
magazines used shades and earphones which I though made the model
look cool, so I wanted to implement that into my own design, as I wanted
the same intention for my magazine. For the contents page, for the
image representing page 62. I picked out clothing that fitted with the
genre. The model on the left is wearing a pink crop top which is the
common clothing for girls that go to music events/parties. For the model
on the right, I chose this piece of clothing as it looks cool and fits with the
Electronic Dance Music genre. Coupled with the fact that she is wearing
bright lipstick and large earrings it makes her to appear to be at a party.
For the model representing page 71 (SANG), I chose this top for him to
wear as it is unique and stylish. This represents the audience research as
it showed than many people within the genre also like to be unique. This
element of clothing is and is not something everyone would wear on a
daily basis. For the image representing page 84(DJ Greeno), I decided to
make him wear a fashionable piece of clothing. Ralph Lauren being a
recognisable brand for many people that read the magazine. This gives
the magazine a professional element which is what I wanted to achieve. I
decided to change the props for this photo in using earphones instead of
overhead ear phones. The reason behind this is because for the audience
reading the magazine, it shows that they dont have to go out and buy
expensive beats headphones to be able to be a DJ and that a variety of
equipment can be used. Allowing people to still aspire to be like him if

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music
magazines)
they dont have enough money. For my double page spread, I decided for
him to wear the Ralph Lauren polo as I feel it looks neat and professional
which fits the design of the magazine. It also portrays him to be a
successful DJ if he has the money available to buy this clothing as well as
the beats headphones. Showing that he is one of the best DJs in the
world. For the image of SANG on the double page spread he is also
wearing an inspirable brand in Palace. This jumper he is wearing looks
very cool and fashionable, as well as the jumper being black and white
fitting with the colour scheme on the page.

Genre and how the magazine cover, contents and spread suggest
it
I feel my magazine design represents the Electronic Dance music genre
very well. The magazine represents the genre well as the designs are
bright and exciting which is what the genre is like. As this corresponds to
bright colourful lighting within clubs. I have used colour effects on all of
my pictures also to give them these exciting colours to them to represent
the genre also. The colour scheme used of blue, white, yellow, purple and
black for the majority of the magazine I feel looks exciting add
professional in the way I have incorporated these colours. I decided to add
the colour effect of pink on the contents page just to add to the eye
catching nature of the page. But mainly through the types of clothing and
props used in the magazine indicate that it is based on the Electronic
Dance Music genre. As the pictures include beats, shades, and frames of
dance moves portraying it to be in this genre.