1. Evaluation Q1
In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?

2. • In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
When creating my music magazine, I was working within
the genre of rock; more specifically, punk rock. This is
one of the biggest genres at the moment and I
researched it thoroughly. I looked at current music
magazines that feature punk rock music and
deconstructed them to find out the conventions of this
genre.

3. Hook of free things Prominent masthead
Main article
with sub
heading
Smaller
cover
lines
List of
bands Front cover of my magazine: Download Front cover of current popular magazine: Rock Sound
included
The front cover of my magazine has a number of similarities to a well known, big selling rock magazine’s; the
main image used is of the whole band, with the lead singer standing in front of the rest of the members. Both
magazines use hooks and a list of the bands included inside. Both main cover lines are the biggest text on the
page, and have a number of smaller cover lines. Both include a barcode as this is an important convention of
a magazine.

4. Editor’s letter
Full band
shot
Article
Information
categories
about
publisher
Contents page of my magazine: Download Contents page of current popular magazine: Rock Sound
My magazine’s contents page has a number of similarities to the contents page of Rock Sound; both are laid out
in a clear and professional way, both feature the cover band in a full body shot and both include information
about the magazine and its web pages. I have also included the conventions of a contents page, incorporating
an editorial profile explaining what is in the issue, article titles in sections and the same colour scheme as the
front cover.

5. Outdoor shot
Rule of thirds: each point
is situated on one of the
members’ faces or eyes,
to draw attention to
them
Introductory
paragraphs
The double page spread for
Download has similarities to
Rock Sound’s double page
spread. They both use
quotes and prose rather
than broken down text, and
have an introductory
paragraph to give context to
the readers. They both use a
full band shot in an outdoor
scene, to add atmosphere to
the article. Whereas Rock
Quotes from Sound used “The new sound
lead singer of sacrifice” as a title,
Download used a quote from
the band; “We want to be as
big as You Me At Six”.
Prose rather than
broken down text

6. I used the forms and conventions to create an
accurate depiction of a rock music magazine

7. I used the forms and conventions to create an
accurate depiction of a rock music magazine