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

2. • When designing my media product I took into consideration the use of conventions used in
real media products.
• When designing my front cover, I used a medium close up which was positioned in the
centre of the page , so that it is obvious that the feature article will be focused around this
person, this can be seen on most music magazines. I then designed my title to be large and
bold so that it captures attention instantly and placed it in the top left hand corner, which is
also where many real music magazines place their titles, such as NME and Q. I have used a
colour scheme of black, red and grey, which I chose from my questionnaire, most magazines
use a colour scheme on every issue so audiences can identify their magazine. As well as this I
have used conventions such as the use of straps and a barcode with the price on the cover,
there is also the use of a ‘WIN’ box which can sometimes be found on magazine covers.
• Other conventions I have used on my contents page is the use of the title being in the same
position as the front cover which is a common feature of music magazines. I then uploaded
images which would be from the articles that are featured inside and placed them on the
page with small amounts of writing to give the reader a taste of what they are about. I have
used a strap line saying ‘Inside this week’ which would be included on every issue of MLE.

3. My double page spread uses conventions of real media products by firstly having a
large, strong and eye catching original image of the artist featured, the image was taken
from the concert which the article reviews. The image has then been edited into a black
and white tone to fit the colour scheme, which is black and white and also pink. There
is then a large eye catching title, which is capitalised and bold so that it is the first thing
the reader see’s. The title is ‘Rih-forms’ which is a play on word with the name Rihanna
and the word Reforms, play on word type titles can be commonly found in music
magazines or any magazines to add interest to the title. I have used columns to spread
my article out, as all magazines and newspapers use columns. There is the use of drop
caps at the start of the article which is found in all articles (As seen below), which adds
a professional element to the article. Underneath the title is the stand first, which is a
small amount of text like a subheading which also gives the reader a hint to what the
article is focused on. To fit the purpose of the article, it focuses on one of Rihannas
concert and therefore includes information and statistics, this would be a convention of
writing a review in a music magazine.

4. Strap line advertising some of the articles inside
The masthead in the upper left
corner, is capitalised and bold font to
draw attention to it. Above the title
The use of a ‘puff’ to
is the magazines catch phrase
advertise a
reading ‘MLE; for the latest music’.
competition in the
magazine, the font is
large and red to draw
attention to it.
Variation of fonts, which
follow the colour scheme.
Advertise the article which
is on the cover
The front cover image is a
medium close up and is direct
mode of address. The Image
is looking straight at the
camera, this is also a
convention of magazine front
Bold font to draw covers.
attention to the name
of the bands so it will
appeal to the target
audience
Bar code is a convention of
music magazine front
covers.
Strap line again which shows some of the articles inside, this would
persuade a reader to buy the magazine.

5. Masthead: the title is the largest thing on the page and crosses the
whole page to catch the eye.
The writing underneath the
title is larger than the rest of
the font and gives the
audience a taste of what
Drop caps is a convention
they can expect in the
of double page spreads
article.
and adds a professional
element to my work
Original image taken of
Rihanna from a concert,
which has been edited
in to black and white to
fit the colour scheme of
the page.
The language used is
appropriate to the
theme, using shortened
words such as ‘Rih’ and
also including the names
of her singles and
previous albums
The article is written in
The colour scheme is black
four columns. Columns
and white, with the use of
is another convention
pink as well. The colour
of double page spreads
scheme works well with the
picture and the pink suits the
article subject: Rihanna.

6. Title: this appears again on
the contents page as it is
signature to the magazine Strap, will be included
on every issue
Columns
Images are in the columns to
help separate the writing
Original image
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