The Evaluation - Question One: In what ways does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media?

Firstly, to review the objective I had for my magazine was to create a classical crossover magazine for young people to experience popular classical crossover music.

In comparison with Crescendo, to be honest my magazine could look at a lot more professional compared to the likes of Music and Classic FM but I think the similarities are the way my magazine looks. The front cover has for example the usual conventions of a classical magazine - the glamorous musician, the natural and picturesque background and the serif masthead. However, I wanted my media product to challenge the conventions of the higher-arche classical magazines such as Gramophone. Crescendo is a lot more light hearted and fun than the serious and very traditional classical magazines that are around at the moment, and its also designed to be approachable and easy to read for young people who want to or have recently discovered classical crossover music and want to learn more. Its also meant to be purely for entertainment purposes rather than factual information about the genre of music.