Evaluation: Final Contents page

In this evaluation of my final double page spread I will be answering the following questions:

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

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract address your audience?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

My contents page of my magazine links strongly to the front cover. My second original picture is used as the background of the contents page. I took this picture when recently seeing this artist singing at a festival. I thought it would fit in perfectly as my contents page picture as this is a special festival edition of Jango magazine. Using a picture as the background of my contents page is a traditional conventions of a culture music magazine which can be seen used in the Q magazine.

The set out of the magazine is very original, neat and professional and similar to that of magazines such as Rolling Stone, Q and Mojo. A Q magazine contents page can be seen using this kind of style next to my own magazine contents page. The headline of each section of my magazine is written in black on a green banner background. This is to relate to the colours on the front cover of the magazine. The colours, green, black and white are used throughout the magazine to establish these colours with the house style of Jango. The headlines are written on a green banner to make the black text stand out. This is to also help the audience to find what particular part of the magazine they want to read and where about it is situated in the magazine.

The word "Jango" is typed in the biggest font as it is the most important text on the page, to establish the magazine with this contents page. Again it is typed in a green font. The subheadings are written in a white font and tell the reader information of what page they can find and where they can find it within this magazine. Under the subheadings as puffs with small pieces of information to tell you discretely about what each article is about.

This contents page demographically represents indie and rock fans as it is aimed at people who tend to go to festivals such as Glastonbury, Leeds, Reading and Oxegen. These festivals are mostly sold out by indie and rock fans. Whereas other festivals such as the V Festival is more for those who are pop fans. My original picture also on this page appeals to rock and indie fans as the picture was taken at a recent Glastonbury Festival. The ideology of the pictures is to show how much fun it is to attend these festivals, as the crowd watching this artist sing can be seen having a good time in the bottom of the right hand side of the picture. There is no iconography within this picture as this magazine is aimed at both males and females.

The mode of address for my contents page in informal but not slang. I felt as though slang would not appeal to my audience but would appeal more to a younger target market. Words such as "Festival Features" "Regulars" and "On the Cover" are regular conventions of a music magazine which is shown in such magazine as the Q contents page which used words, such as, "Features" and "Every Month".