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Creative Critical Reflection. Compulsory question 1. Candidate number 0742. Sandra TurciosPerez. Centre number US154. AICE Media Studies.
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Compulsory question one says, How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
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Answer. My magazine follows the rules and conventions of a standard magazine. Which includes a masthead , issue number, date, lead article, quote, models name, images and a barcode. As well as many other things that make up a magazine which will be discussed in more detail. My main inspiration was VOGUE magazines. I tried to follow their house style in order to do my magazine. Although I did use other magazines to compare them and add anything missing.
And these three pictures below are my inspiration.
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Cover page conventions.
This image below shows every convention used in the magazine. There’s a masthead, cover line, models name, barcode, main image, tag line, issue number and date.
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Now let’s go over everything mentioned in more detail.
The masthead. This helps the audience recognize the magazine. Which is why it is such an important part of the cover. It is the largest writing o-n the cover and it's in the font London.
Cover line. This invites the reader to open the magazine. This is used to give the reader some insight of what would be inside the magazine.
Barcode. A barcode allows the purchase of the magazine. This is placed in the magazine for it to be easier to scan.
Issue number and date. On the top left corner there’s the issue number and date. The issue number helps the reader understand what version of the magazine they are reading. It also helps the company keep track of how many magazines they have produced. The date is also another way to keep track of the magazines.
Model's name. This helps the audience identify who the person in the image is. It can also help them know who the main article is about. Usually it is a celebrity and therefore the audience would pick up the magazine because they like the celebrity.
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Image. This image provides visuals. This is such a big part of the cover because depending on how the image looks, the reader would pick up the magazines. Its important to get the right angles and make the model stand out. My group and I decided to do different camera shots. I did close up, while my other members are doing long, aerial and mid shot. The color scheme is also important, The picture can’t be all over the place. For my cover the background is blurred so the model stands out. I also put her face on top of the writing to achieve this goal as well.
Tagline. This provides a little information or context about what will be talked about in the main article. This quote was said during the interview with my featured person. In order to help the audience be excited to read the article the quote helps with this.
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Table of contents conventions.
My table of contents has a masthead, featured people’s names, article title, images , page number, Story page numbers, and “contents” instead of table of contents.
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Title. This lets the readers know what page they are on. This is the biggest text on the page so that it's visible. Mine says “Contents” which challenges convention as other magazines would typically say “Table Of Contents”.
Masthead. The mastheads being in the top right corner established branding. My other group members also did this in their magazines to make sure we follow the same house style.
Story page number. This tells the audience where they can find the articles mentioned on the page. The number isn't so close to the article title, this challenges convention as other page numbers would be next to it.
Featured people’s names. This includes the name of the person the article is about. My magazine challenges convention as table of contents dont usually include the name of people unless they are the cover. My group and I put the names to make the table of contents more interesting.
Article title. This is the name of the article. This gives the readers the idea of what will be talked about. This is the same font as the “Contents”. As the page numbers and the featured names have the same font, this two also use the same font so that things connect and are not used without a purpose.
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Images. In the table of contents the images help provide some visual about what is in the articles. For example, the first image seen has a picture of what the double page spread is about. Although it is not used on the article, it helps understand that it would be about makeup since she is applying mascara. Images help the reader visually the articles and therefore want to continue flipping through the magazine.
Page number. This helps organize the magazine so that the order makes sense. This also helps the audience know what page they are on. As well as help them find pages that were put in the table of contents. This follows convention as all magazines need to have page numbers or else the readers will be lost.
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Double page spread conventions.
The double page spread has a background image, a masthead, caption, supporting images, body text, drop cap, a gutter, kicker, folio, main images with model and headline.
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Background image. Using an image in the background allows to layer different elements onto the magazine. The color allows the text to be seen better as well as the images.
Headline. This is the biggest text on the left page as it calls attention to the story. All magazines should have a headline and my magazine uses that convention.
Kicker. This is additional information to the headline . A magazine kicker should be short and summarize the article.
Folio. A folio includes issue date, magazine name and page number. This gives information about the magazine mostly to help identify what page the reader is on.
Caption. This provides information about the images. It helps the readers understand why the those images are used. In my magazine I used only one caption which challenges convention as most magazines put a caption for each image. But I did this to not fill the page with a lot of writing.
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Main image. This is where the reader can see more of the featured person. Vogue which is my inspiration, usually put the model on either side of the magazine. So I decided to put it on the left so the right page can have the article.
Supporting images: This provides more visual to the double page spread. The supporting images also provide imagery to what is being talked about in the magazine article.
Masthead. Just like in the table of contents the masthead is branding for the magazine.
Drop cap. This is bigger than the rest of the article as it makes the readers understand where the article is starting. This are used in all magazines and I put it in mine to follow convention.
Body text. This is where the article is. Besides the first paragraph all the paragraphs should be indented. The story is divided into three columns to be easier to follow along. My story follows convention for the most part except there is no pull quote as they are in the article rather then outside of it.
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Representation.
My magazine represents young adults but mostly women to help them learn things about themselves. I want them to feel inspired by my magazine. In the article it talks about my featured person's experience with makeup and how it can be a positive thing. It also talked about hobbies and how to relieve stress which I know a lot of young adults can relate. When reading the article the target audience can also see the different advice my featured person has to say. She has experience with makeup and this can help those who struggle with their appearance. My issue in particular is about makeup and skincare. While my other group members are talking about clothing, fashion trends and fashion overtime. Since my magazine is for young adults, it is directed to all social classes as anyone can struggle with makeup and skincare. They can also use any advice they want to take away from the article.
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That’s all for question one, thank you for listening.
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