In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products (draft version)

Genre:

i chose modern punk rock as a genre for the magazine. because there aren't many of those in the mainstream magazine media, i looked to general rock magazines that feature punk bands to get my inspiration. Magazines such as Kerrang! and Alternative Press fit the style very well.  Because of the inspiration i took from the bigger magazines, while the magazine has a punk feel it's still quite structured so that readers can make sense of everything. i used fonts that looked choppy and messy and stuck on to create a somewhat authentic and nostalgic punk atmosphere. I included older punk bands and acts on the front cover and contents page such as Henry Rollins and The Clash whilst also including newer acts like Counterparts and Deez Nuts to give a nice contrast of the time periods the acts were in but also to give readers a range of the huge and diverse genre that is punk rock.




Title for the magazine:

the title, Punkaliscious, seems almost cheesy; however i think it just makes the magazine more fun. Being someone who has grown up and been involved in the punk scene, i can safely say there's a lot of pretentiousness in the scene because people just take it too seriously. the title is my way of letting the audience know it's a punk mag but also to say that it doesn't take to genre so seriously that it's elitist or pretentious.

i used the font Kraash because of its all-over-the-place placement and its cartoon like feel which further ads to making the magazine more fun to look at for its readers and audience. i used the commonly used technique of putting the title behind the model of the front page because i want the model to take up more of the page and look like he's popping out so he feel like he's in your face. despite the wackiness of the font, it's still easily readable, which is optimal for a title font if you often have models in front of the title and if your magazine isn't well known enough for people to just know what it is like NME or People magazine.




Graphology and page layout:

I took a lot of inspiration from Kerrang! mag because of the way it appeals to readers of the age group I'm going for (16 to 25 year olds). It's very bright and in your face without using too many colours in the colour scheme. I cut the model out of his original background completely so that he would blend in less, be more in your face and give off a cool 3D effect because of how he's placed in front of the title that i think readers of all ages will take nicely to. i tried to incorporate other effects from Kerrang! like the bars going across the top and bottom of the page making reference to other bands.




Costumes/Props/Iconography:

The casual pop punk look is what i initially wanted from my model, fortunately his normal clothes met this look perfectly. he wore a black t-shirt with a white longsleeve top underneath. i got him to look as if he didn't have time for me as if i was just some reporter getting on his nerves to give the rebellious, I-do-what-I-want feel to his photos.




Camera work:

i chose a white background for it because it's easy to cut out in editing. i got the model all in the frame save for his lower half because the top half and his face were what the focus was on.



fonts:

i used choppy and messy fonts for a good punk feel. i got them all from dafont.com



representation of artists:

i represented the model as moody and against social conventions to show that he is a deep character but also doesn't care what people think about him.



colour scheme:

yellow, black, red. yellow and black pops out and red and black go together very well too. the red and black give a colour scheme reference to the whole life span of the punk movement. what was once red and black plaid skirts and jeans is now red and black checkered armbands.