This is my answer to the first question for my media music magazine.

1. Media Evaluation
Question 1
In what way does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2. My Magazine
My music magazine
both develops and
challenges the
conventions for
magazines. My music
magazine started off
as a mixed genre
magazine, but I now
think that it is more
for indie artists.

3. Professional Magazines
These are some
of the magazines
I used to get the
look of mine, and
to look at the
conventions that
they use.

4. Conventions - Pugs
I have followed the convention of
using pugs.
On my magazine I have a pug at
the top of my magazine. Pugs are
‘the ears’ of the magazine and are
used to attract the readers
attention. These pugs allow the
readers to see what articles are in
the magazine. With mine, I have
made it stand out by using bright
colours. My pug may also slightly
challenged the convention as it
only says “Never before
interview”, where many others go
ingot more detail about the article
(such as the one on the right).

5. Conventions - Plugs
Plugs are a form of
promotion to try and
gain interest of their
audience. With
magazines, they tend to
use competitions for
their plugs, to try and
get more people to buy
the magazine.
I followed this
convention and added a
competition onto my
magazine which features
on the front page and on
the contents page.

6. Conventions - Mastheads
When I researched mastheads used on
music magazines, I saw a running theme
with what characteristics they have.
When I looked at them all I noticed that
they all were in bold, clear texts in either
black or in some bold colour. They do this
to make it stand out and attract the
audience. They also do this so the
masthead is noticeable, when all the
magazines are stacked on a shelf.
Again, I followed and challenged this
convention. With mine, I made it bold
and in colour, to make it stand out.
However, I made the text lay on its side.
The main reason I did this is because it
didn’t work sitting upwards, as it covered
the models face. I could have changed
the photo, but I felt like that one was the
only one that looked right sitting on the
front.

7. Conventions - Numbers/ Images
Magazines also have images
and numbers on their contents
page.
Magazines do this to show the
readers what is inside the
magazines. It shows what the
articles are about, and also
directs the reader to the page
they would need for that
article.
I have followed this convention
by putting in images and page
numbers in for my articles.

8. Conventions–Double Page Image
When I looked at magazines double
pages, I notices that most of them had one
page with just a picture o the
artist/celebrity, and the interview on the
other side.
I think that they do this to make it look
more clear, instead of having a load of text
working it way around a image, with can
make it look cluttered.
I even saw that
some of the
magazines
having multiple
double pages as
they are
normally long
interviews, so I
also did this.

9. Conventions - Introductions
When I was looking at double page spreads, I
noticed the introduction to the interview was
on many different magazines. Because of this,
I tried to include this in my own magazine.
Just under the headline is where the
introductions were mainly placed. Magazines
do this so that the reader can have a brief
introduction to the article, and find out a
little more o what it will be about.

10. Conventions - Quotes
Many magazine interviews also include quotes from the
person who they are interviewing. These statements are
usually made out of context to make it looks like a
shocking statement. Magazines usually do this to catch
peoples eyes, and pull them into the article as they want
to know what they are talking about.
I used this technique in my magazine on my front cover,
and double page spreads.