Evaluation: Question 1- In what ways does your magazine use/develop/challenge forms of conventions of real media products?

•  Use: My magazine uses the same type of graphics as this 'Top of the Pops' magazine. I have copied the cover line being in a pink circle as pink is a very common pop colour and circles/curves are reminiscent of pop (pop is a word that can be associated with bubbles and bubbles are round). I've even put it on the same side as the other magazine, and placed it so it overlaps my main image. Like the 'Top of the Pops' magazine I have also made my cover model central, with a mixture of cover lines/graphics either overlapping or separate to the main part of the image.

• Develop: I have developed parts of my magazine to appear different from the professional magazines. Like the  'Top of the Pops' magazine I have included a cover line about fashion that has images of the products featured in it. However my images are significantly smaller than the real magazine, the cover line with it doesn't stand out as much (doesn't use different fonts, colours or sizes), the story is positioned inside of a graphic so it stands out against the image (the other doesn't need to due to its white background) and it is positioned at the bottom right instead of the top left.

• Challenge: My magazine challenges real media products ( the 'Top of the Pops' magazine) as the cover photo is a close up of the model and not a mid shot. Also my models appearance is extremely different, you can see her eyes better, her hair is pinned up and she has less eye makeup and more/brighter lipstick. While I have still used a pink masthead to connect to my pop genre, my masthead is in the top left corner of my magazine and doesn't span across the whole page. I have significantly less images on my front cover than the professional one.

•  Use: My magazine has the same text layout as the professional one ('Mizz') for its contents listing. The page is split into to halves and the contents is on the right side. Like mine the contents are split into sections, separated by headings. The page numbers are a different colour to the text and next to each image is a large page number that corresponds to a part of the contents page. My contents page also features an image of the artist mentioned in the magazine, like the real one my image is found on the left half of the page just above the halfway point.

• Develop: My contents page starts to differ from the 'Mizz' magazines as I have placed my editors letter/welcome paragraph further down the page and included an image of the editor herself (instead of a cartoon image). My images of the fashion section are found at the bottom right of my page instead of being with the artist images etc, also my images are larger and there are more of them.

• Challenge: My contents page looks completely different as my masthead is at the top left of the page and is at least 5xs the size of 'Mizz's masthead.

• Use: My double page spread also has an image dominating the entire left page, just like the professional one. Also the website for my magazine is written at the bottom right of the page and is a similar size to Cosmopolitan. Both articles are Q&A interviews and both used a different colour for the questions to make them stand out against the rest of the interview.

•  Develop: My d.p. spread also has the artists name featured at the top right of the page, but it is reversed in its order. Unlike the Cosmopolitan d.p. spread, I have placed the artists name underneath the articles title. Instead of using two fonts like Cosmo, I have used the same font but have placed it in italics to create some contrast. Both articles have columns of text on the right page, but my d.p. spread has two columns instead of three, however they both split the article into paragraphs- a paragraph per question and answer.

•  Challenge: My model is drastically different to the one on Cosmo. My artist has been photographed from a high angle on her left side using a mid shot, whereas the Cosmo artist is in a medium close up and is at eye level with the camera. The models each have a different style taste, Cosmos artist is in a large furry coat/jumper and is wearing large, chunky rings- these are both associated with richness and glamour. This connects to her story as she is a "Superstar Rising". My artist is dressed in a simple 1940's dress, with no jewellery and a plain flowered headband.