My media product uses several common conventions of magazine design, including: 1) A masthead in red, shaped like a guitar strumming, using iconography associated with rock music. 2) A main image featuring a person sitting down, challenging stereotypical images in rock magazines. 3) Strap lines on the top and bottom of the cover similar to those in Kerrang magazine. 4) Page numbers on the contents page to help readers find content, following common magazine practices.

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

2. Masthead
• As you can see my magazine front cover
has a masthead this means I am using a
common convention from magazine
covers. The masthead is red which
signifies anarchy and rock music. The
shape and design of the masthead looks
like a guitar strumming this is a perfect
example of iconography. My masthead

3. Main image
• As you can see my magazine also has a
main image which is very commonre on
music magazines this again is evidence of
me using common conventions. In rock
magazines there is not usally a person
sitting down in the main image therefore I
am not upholding the stereotype.
My main image

4. Strap Lines
• My magazine has two strap lines on the
bottom and the top of the cover and this is
commonly used on many magazines. The
strap lines I have used look similar to
those in Kerrang.
Both straplines

5. Page numbers on contents page
• When people open a magazine they want
to know what page to go in order to find
what they want. My magazine contents
page has this feature.
Page numbers

6. Barcode
• All magazines have barcodes in similar
positions and mine is no different and
therefore I am using common magazine
publication practise.
Barcode on my
magazine cover

7. Iconography
• As you can see by looking at the images
below I have used iconography associated
with Rock music.
Guitars are
associated with
rock music

8. • I do not think I have challenged any
common magazine practises. It is the
practises I have used that make my media
product look more proffessional because it
was made in the style of other magazines I
have looked at.