The document compares the conventions used in the author's media products to those found in real indie rock magazines. It provides a conventions analysis of both real magazines and the author's products, listing elements like mastheads, images, page numbers. There are similarities found, like consistent color schemes and placement of elements. Differences are also noted, such as missing dates and unused conventions like secondary images or artist indexes. Overall, the author evaluates how well their products follow conventions of real media publications.

1. Evaluation Question 1
Conventions of real products

2. To answer this question I will compare my products
to real media products in attempt to see if they
follow the conventions of real institution practice.
At the beginning of my research I did a conventions
analysis on indie rock magazines, I have reposted
them in this presentation so compare to a
conventions analysis of my products.

3. Real Media Products

4. My Product
Sky line
Mast head
Main Image
Sell Lines
Head line
Sub-Heading
Bar code/price/issue no./date
Secondary Images

5. Real Media Product

6. My Product
Page Title
Images
Page References
Social Media tags
Quotes from main
article
Feature Section with
page numbers
Plug
Page Number

7. Real Media Product

8. My Product
Page Title/Article Title
Main Image
Introduction
Article
Highlighted Quotes
Page Number

9. Overall Comparison
Similarities
• Colour Splash continuity
• Most aspects/conventions
recreated in the products
• A continued ‘look’
thoughout the magazine,
i.e. ‘clean’ or ‘crowded’
• Same placement of
Masthead
Differences
• Missed the date on the
contents page
• Use of a secondary image
on the double page spread
• I feel like I could’ve used an
artists index on my contents
page as it doesn’t have very
many article on it to cover
60+ pages of magazine