1. Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
My magazine follows traditional conventions of existing media products such
as my masthead is large and spans across the primary optical area and strong
fallow area. My magazine also uses informal style of text this is because I
gained influence from the rock magazine Kerrang. The name of my magazine
‘Hertz’ is also conventional as it is a short snappy title linked to sound.
The colour scheme of my magazine follows a popular convention of red, black
and white I used this because it gave a professional look to my magazine. This
colour scheme is also normally linked to the rock genre as it is a very dominant
set of colours.
The typical layout for a conventional magazine follows the Guttenberg design
principle I have applied this to the magazine to give it a professional look also
to draw look to important information and images.
My coverlines also follow the conventions as they are there to frame the main
image which draws attention to the image and displays it as the main focus of
the magazine. This also follows my inspiration of Kerrang as they do this
repeatedly on their front covers.