In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines)

1.  When creating my music magazine I looked at
other magazines including my school
magazine that I had previously made so I could
compare and make improvements. I ensured
throughout my magazine that I was making it
unique to other magazines but still followed
certain conventions so ‘RECORD’ would
appeal to my audience.

2. Strapline
Date of release & price
Puff
Pull Quote
Barcode
Masthead
Cover lines
Main image
Image
Cover lines
Pull quote

3.  I began the process of making my magazine by choosing my
main image that would be on my front cover. I chose an image
that was front facing and where you could see the artist
properly to show her style and look. I then began creating my
masthead in which I followed conventions of a music
magazine by creating something that stood out and was bold &
eye-catching to my readers. To show individuality and to
challenge traditional features of a masthead I used an image of
a record to replace the ‘o’. Another feature on the front cover is
the barcode which is used in order to sell the magazine onto
the consumer and this can be seen on many magazines. I added
cover lines, pull quotes and extra images in order to attract
people to read my magazine but I ensured that I used three
main colours, red, white & black, so it looked professional and
didn’t clash.

4. Cover
story
image
QR code
Image
about
another
article
List of
articles
Date of release
Magazine name
Page numberMasthead
Pull
quote

5.  I started creating my contents page with my masthead where I used the
idea of an image of a record replacing the ‘o’ like I did for the name of my
magazine. I used this idea again to make the magazine front cover and
contents flow therefore creating a link between the two pages. The aim of
a contents page is to give consumers a way of locating certain pages in the
magazine and to follow conventions of a music magazine I listed all the
articles that could be found in my magazine with the page number
allocated next to them. To make my magazine stand out compared to
others I added a QR code, which was created by myself, in order to give
consumers the opportunity to widen there search into a certain article or
the magazine itself when they scan the code. Elements, such as page
number, date of release and name of magazine, where apart of my
contents page that I ensured I had added because not only is it a key
convention of a magazine but makes the magazine look professional.
There are four main images on my contents page which make the page
more interesting and attract readers to the main articles and with each
image is the page number and article name to direct them to that page.

6. Main
image
Page Number Headline
Magazine
Name
Page
Number
Article
Images
Pull
quote
Illuminated letter

7.  On the first page of my DPS I have used an image of the
artist which takes up the whole page and this is done to
show her style and this follows a traditional convention of a
double page spread. To follow conventions of double page
spread I used a pull quote so the readers can develop and
understanding of what might be in the article. On second
page of my double page spread an illuminated letter in the
colour red helps bring the two pages together because of the
bars above and below the pull quote. My article is in a style
of an interview with the questions highlighted with a red
font so it is clear what is being asked to the artist. In order to
make my magazine different and to challenge conventions I
added six images in a row at the bottom of my page
showing my artist in different looks so the mise en scene
gives elements of individuality.