Monday, 27 April 2009

In waht ways does yourmedia product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My double page spread uses forms and conventions of real media products. It uses bold headings for the artist name. It also uses custom shapes to highlight extra information. Also both mine and the real thing highlight certain quotes from the text and enlarge them. Also both products of course use a largeish image of the artist. Also they both use small extra photos relating to the article or text, these are captioned. I feel my product challenges the forms and conventions of the real media product through the use of a coloured background. I did first use a white background but thought it made the page look too empty and blank. I feel it also challenges it by having a decent sized piece of text. Most people who pick up a magazine pick it up because of the artist on the front. The double page spread on the artist should then be a decent size. It should not be too long as magazine readers most likely will not want to read something really long but it should be at least one half to three quarters of a page. The real media product uses only a short amount of text, which could leave the reader feeling unsatisfied.

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