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

2. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
In my magazine I have developed modern ideas from
magazines such as Clash and Wire where I have taken their
styles of design. This is the style I like along with influences from
Q magazine. However in the process of building my magazine I
didn’t take a direct magazine to mirror. Instead I took my own
ideas and put them with the design style to form something
unique to my magazine. This is displayed throughout the
magazine as there is a house style used throughout with the use
of 3 different texts and only 2 colours. This way I have
challenged the media products that are already out there and
not directly taken everything from one magazine.

3. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The image from the wire magazine seemed better as the background was more interesting than the ones from Clash. Also I
preferred the medium shot instead of a portrait are I felt it gave me a background to work with which is also more interesting to
look at. The image is probably the biggest reason someone buys the magazine because if they see someone they like then
their going to want to know about them. This makes the image extremely important. I had to find someone for my front cover
who fitted to the style of magazine that I wanted to do. The model acts well for the front cover due to it being me and I knew
what I wanted it to look like in my head better than anyone. The image was suppose to serious and give a meaningful deep
mood which I feel is portrayed well, similarly to the Wire magazine here.
The clothing used wasn’t suppose to be typical like hoodies or t-shirts, the idea is to be slightly different. This is shown by wearing
the wax jacket with the green checked shirt and the black vest instead of the typical fashion at the moment. Also standing with
my hands in my pockets gave this idea of nervousness, it’s quite a standard stance to stand in. I also looking straight into the
camera to be able to connect with the public better to give the idea that I was confiding in them or to make them wonder
why I was in that stance so they’d buy it. The magazine is suppose to be for people such as Creatives and DIYers which I feel I
have portrayed this image through the front image and the house style of the magazine. I wanted the magazine to be slightly
different from the mainstream magazines such as Q, NME, Kerrang! etc. I wanted to display and a slightly dark and meaningful
approach as an artist which I feel is done well through the editing of the photo as well. The photos contrast was increased to
give the photo definition in the edges and colours. The brightness was turned up this gave the photo a more moodier
approach as the colours were dampened. I wanted the background to have a vintage and whether feel like an abandoned
house. I wanted this as it gave it a vulnerable feel to the magazine. It also fitted into the types of people who I wanted to buy
the magazine. The weathered bricks give it vintage feel and are a clear background to work with. The lighting on the day was
useful as well due to it being overcast. This helped portray the moody image which I wanted. I Feel that the Wire magazine
gave a good idea as to what I wanted despite the age difference and colour differences.

4. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
I liked the style of the Clash masthead and made my own version as I felt it was stylish and bold, catching the publics eye. I
wanted my magazine title to grab the publics eyes therefore I chose Clash to replicate as it is a well known music magazine.
Most music magazines have one word titles or abbreviations so I decided to chose the word ‘Tremolo’ because as it is one word
and is a type of bridge that you can get on a guitar, this felt fitting as a guitar makes music and the magazine is a music
magazine. Magazines such as ‘Q’ or ‘NME’ have their masthead in the top left corner of their magazine as well. I decided to go
with it going across the top because it is more bold and suits the style of magazine I wanted to have.
As you can see there is the Clash masthead vs my masthead. I liked the boldness and thickness of the masthead so I decided to
replicate this. This style of text also reflects the style of music in the magazine. The idea being that the music in my magazine is
new which is represented by the white and a clean canvas. The white is also a great colour to use because its bold and clean
making it bright therefore sticking into the publics head. Therefore my title style implies the music inside because of the whiteness
being bold and bright for bring clear and signifying new young music. Despite this as you can see in behind the Clash masthead
there is the artists head due to it being a portrait picture. I didn’t want this therefore I steered away from this idea and kept the
masthead on its own to give it more prominence.

5. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
I liked the idea of having a special issue or something that
the magazine wouldn’t usually do. This is because when
something is unique or ‘special’ then people are more likely
to buy it as it will have something inside that’s new. I thought
the conventions of this worked well here as it is stylish which
as I explained it what I looked for. However when I created
my own I felt as though it wasn’t clear enough. That’s why I
used the idea from the as I explain later from the ‘12 Free
Downloads’. The black blocks behind the text cause it to
stand out more and give the words more definition. The
reason I put it there is because I felt as though there were to
many dark colours on the bottom left like it is in the Clash
magazine, therefore I moved it to the orange bricks as they
were lighter. On top of this I wanted to put the text on the
left because in English we read from left to right and this
means that the public would automatically start reading the
text on the left. I also placed it higher because I wanted to
keep the balance of text right and not have to much text
to high or to low in the magazine.

6. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
I like the text used to display the main story in the magazine
as it I felt it was different and a nice text to use. I felt that it
connected best with the audience I wanted to attract due
to the fact isn’t ‘in your face’ and it’s not massive and bold.
Also I didn’t wanted to put any bright colours in it as I didn’t
wanted to keep it to the house style of white and black.
Bright colours also take away the stylist look I wanted. The
white works well as the bottom of the image of my
magazine is dark colours therefore the white contrasts this
and stands out well. Obviously the ‘Seven Seconds To Shore’
is the band name, this needed to be the biggest part as
they are the main feature. The writing underneath which
says ‘The waves are yet to come’ is smaller. This is because I
wanted it to intrigue the public as to what it meant so they
would open up the magazine. The reason I put it in the
bottom left is because I felt It fitted well here due to the dark
colours and if I put it at the top of the page then there
would be to much large text at the top therefore having it
at the bottom levels the front cover out. On top of this the
‘Special Issue’ column was already there and I didn’t want
to move it as I felt it looked good there.

7. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
I felt that this idea drew in more buyers as people love free
items. Therefore the idea seemed legit to use. I took
influence the styling from this magazine as well as I
thought it worked well with the blocks behind the writing
because it makes the text stand out better and still looks
stylist. The reason I put it there is because once I had put it
in the ‘Special Issue’ column the other side of the page
felt empty without it. Also the reason I didn’t put it higher
than it is, is because below it was still to empty. The same
goes for when I moved it lower, above it felt empty so in
the middle seemed perfect. I left the ‘12’ without a black
background as it is much bigger. The reason it is bigger is
because when the public see the ‘12’ it draws them over
and then they see the words ‘Free Downloads’ which then
makes them want to buy the magazine due to the fact
they are getting value for money when they buy it.

8. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
Throughout the magazine keeping a house style is very important if
you want it to look stylish. I did this by keeping the same text on the
contents page, in the same colour along with keeping the lines
underneath the title. I still kept the idea of having boxes behind the
text as it made them stand out more and also kept them inline and it
helped with the columns. On top of this I wanted there to be a an
underlying image instead of a plain back ground. This contributed to
the house style due to the fact that I didn’t want there to be any plain
background. As you can see the image of Dave Grohl on the left is
what I took inspiration from. I liked the idea as I felt it gave the reader
an exact idea of what the main story was about. However I wanted
to take the colour away from the image. This was because I felt as
though this gave it more style and the idea of a contents page is to
clearly direct you to certain areas on the magazine. I felt I have done
this well as bright colours distract the eye. On top of this increasing the
contrast on the photo caused the edges and shades to become
more sharp which once again causes the image to stand out more so
that it doesn’t just sit in the background. I also decided to move all
text behind around the model, this is because I wanted to show the
significance of the main story and covering the model up would have
taken this away and made them less important.

9. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
This part of the contents I felt worked well. This is
because it shows the main story clear and well due
to the fact that its higher than the other texts and its
also on its own. I took inspiration from this as I felt it
was stylish and connected well with my magazine.
At this point I used white text as this met my house
style along with the same font. The faint box behind
helped to bring out the text so that it stands out
more. It also makes it look organised and neat which
is what I was trying to achieve. I used bigger text
than the rest of the magazine due to the fact I
wanted it to stand out more, because it’s the main
feature. As you can see as well I added a longer
teaser underneath ‘Seven Seconds To Shore’ this
also shows the importance of the feature and draws
in the reader.

10. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
In the feature part of the magazine I liked the idea
here as it I felt it was organised and clear which I
what I wanted my contents to look like. Also the fact
that that its stylish is pleasing to the eye and what I
wanted. Also I took inspiration from the text as I felt it
went well with my magazine therefore I went ahead
and did mine. I had to use the features on the front
of the magazine as this was what the magazine is
about. Sticking to the house style is important and
this way of presenting the text is what I wanted to
use to attract my target audience by using the same
text. Also once gain using the vague box behind the
text helped to bring it out more and separate the
text from the image. On top of this I put a small
version of my masthead ‘TREMOLO’ in the top corner
of each page, here it is at the top right. This works
well by keeping the magazine to its house style. The
reason I put the two columns on the right is because
wanted people to see the cover feature first due to
the fact in English we read from left to right.

11. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
I wanted the images of the other artists to sit in the in
the same way that the main image with the black
and white with high contrast. This is because this is
the look I as going for and these artists look like
typical for the image I was trying to portray to my
audience by making them wear brands and
clothing that was vintage looking such as Levi’s and
the floral t-shirt. Similarly to this magazine on the left I
wanted the images to be subtle and neat with no
major outlines. I felt as though this worked well as
they are evenly distributed around the page. I
wanted them at the top due to the fact that there is
the main image at the bottom of the page. This way
the page looks in proportion.

12. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
I decided to put this found advert in the magazine as I thought it helped to
attract my target audience. I used this specific advert due to the fact that
it’s a festival line up which is the sort of thing which DIYers and Creatives do
in their spare time. Also the fact that it’s a alternative small indie rock
festival also is the sort of target audience which I wanted to attract.

13. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
The text in my double page spread took
inspiration from Clash. Mainly in the idea
of the text. I liked the way the text stood
out in front of the text using the boxes
behind it as this was one of my original
ideas from the cover. Therefore arranged
my own ideas and formed them into an
interview. I felt that this made the text
stand out more and gave it a stylist bold
way to stand out in front of the main
image. Also placing the text at each side
of the pages gave room for the big
image to clearly show that it’s the double
page spread. I wanted the boxed to just
cover the writing as I wanted to keep as
much of the main image showing as
possible. Also making the questions of the
interview bold gave it a clear outline and
sequence to the magazine.

14. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
I liked the way this title spread across
the two pages and how bold it was.
There for I adapted this to my own
taste. I wanted the title to clearly show
what the article was about in a neat
and bold way whilst sticking to my
house style. I Did this by using the same
font and black text with a white box
behind it as this stylish idea is what I was
looking for. Spacing out the text across
the page clearly caused it to become
more sophisticated and once again all
the text across this page is the sort of
style which Creatives and DIYers like.

15. 1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
Finally at this point I wanted to show the whole band which I had been
advertising throughout the front cover and contents page. I did this to keep
the reader intrigued so that they would buy the magazine and then look for
the double page spread. I wanted the image to look moody and dark as this
was the image that the band I wanted to show. I feel like it did this well by
choosing to take the photo at night in an empty car park as this is an
alternative place to hang around. Also I wanted the band to look slightly
rebellious by being somewhere, where they shouldn’t be. Increasing the
contrast and decreasing the brightness helped to portray to the reader this
dark moody band. Also the choice of clothing was made to be alternative to
suit DIYers and Creatives. This was done by wearing tight jeans, baggy coats,
busy t-shirts and parkas. Also the idea of messy hair helped to portray this.
Moving the model in the middle slightly to the left was also to help so that
when you opened the magazine he wasn’t lost in the fold. I didn’t take this
image from any magazine that I have found however I used my own ideas to
create something unique which once again is to help attract the target
audience I wanted.