question one evalutation

My product uses standard forms of production; it is very similar to other men’s music magazines such as Q and another men’s fashion magazine GQ. The reason for this is my interest in both magazines, they are successful men’s magazines and the genre is something that appeals to me, and the target audience I was trying to reach, which was the 20 to fifty year old man. Everything from font, layout, photos and color is basic. Nothing to outstanding, a magazine that won’t necessarily catch the eye of a shopper without any knowledge of magazines, but to the audience it has already reached or reaches customers with the stories, information and genre of magazine.  

Front cover

The style of my front cover is very similar to a standard issue of GQ magazine, it isn’t a music magazine itself, but it interviews artists and is very similar to the Q magazine. Which is what my front cover is also very  too.

Both magazines have a very basic lay out’ even though Q uses red which is a very outstanding color the basis of the front cover is simple.  The images on the front cover are slightly to the left of the page with the information and content within the magazine to the right. Giving you a clear view of the main body image.

 Images 

The images used on the front cover, double page spread and contents are very similar to those of a Q and Gq magazine, they get very close to the person in the photo, each picture quite similar to the other and simple. But they show you who is being interviewed and give the audience a clear understanding as to who that is. The standard forms of production are displayed like a conventional magazine, close up front cover, and the other images consist of close ups and mid shots.  

Double page spread

 

My double page spread displays standard forms of production in the fact that its content is very descriptive and the images don’t over power the written content, this again is very similar to the layout of a conventional Q Music Magazine and GQ music magazine. The writing is very in depth and the images do not take up a large amount of the double page spread. His doesn’t challenge the conventional methods of a double page spread. It just uses them; the simple way is how I felt would best attract my target audience.

Contents

 

My contents page challenges conventional forms of contents pages on your average music magazine. Compared to Qs magazine it is very basic, plain and much easier to read, there is a lack of color and decoration to my front cover unlike the Q magazine front cover. But for my target audience I felt even though it may be challenging conventional styles, it is easy to read which is what I want. The audience is going to be more interested in the written content rather than the images and photography.