Evaluation- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (I.e. of music magazines.)

Firstly, as the masthead of my magazine would have to stand out and be unique, I titled it “Delve”, so that the readers would be attracted to it, therefore looking into the meaning. I aimed for people to be able to comprehend that the title would be linked to the idea of exploring/unearthing your true self through the music, not necessarily unearthing the music yourself. I didn’t want it to be too simple; I preferred the clever option of making the readers consider deeper meaning. Though a very different magazine, another magazine which readers can look into the title of is “Vibe,” which has many different connotations. Because the name is unique, I think that it is easy to remember; a lot of magazines are either acronyms (AP) or onomatopoeic (Kerrang,) which could potentially be seen as challenging forms of real media products.
Secondly, I think that by having my model in a mid-shot, staring straight into the camera with a hardened expression may also challenge the typical conventions of mainstream music magazines, as usually on the cover of those specific magazines the artist is smiling, the connect with the reader. By not doing so, I believe that this connects with the reader in a different way; developing conventions of rock based magazines.

I have used many different camera angles in the music magazine, in the hope to attract people who have interest in photography, as well as music.
I have used the standard black and white as two of the main colours; however I have found that most music magazines tend to use red too, so to slightly draw away from that, I have used dark purple. With the dark purple, it reflects the look which I hoped to achieve; gothic rock/punk. Another way in which I successfully reflected the genre is through the clothing; the bands are dressed mostly rock, with elements of gothic punk; the necklace which the “Secret Chords” ‘band member’ is wearing on the contents page is the HIM heartagram. The fact that there is black and purple as the background of the contents page also portrays the style and genre which I aimed for.
Lastly, I think that by not doing the standard question and answer interview in the double page spread, this adds to the individuality of the magazine; it can be linked to the ‘gonzo’ journalism, originated from Hunter S. Thompson.