1. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or
challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products?
2. Front Cover
The orange tag under neither The masthead is displayed in
the header displays the price the header as that is typically
and issue date, also on the the place for it to be on any
opposite side their is a other magazine I have seen.
barcode. These make the This would be as it is the first
magazine sellable as they place the eye looks at on the
have the features of a real page.
media product.
The main image is light with a
Most of sell lines are placed bright background, also there
down the right side of the is direct eye contact to the
page so they follow the rule reader which is a lot of music
of thirds, this is used in magazines to give a positive
almost every magazine I have and honest impression of the
researched. They are also artist.
commonly placed around the
face/image so blend on the The main sell lines are
cover. commonly placed in their own
I have added a footer to hold box or coloured shape to
the basic information of the signify their importance and so
magazine which helps to give noticed quickly. Therefore I
a slight border to the page decided to use this idea on my
3. Contents Page
The idea of there being an The header holds the title of
editors message on the the page which is written using
contents page is something I the same font type and colour
found to be interesting and of the magazine title, this
useful for my music created a theme within the
magazine. magazine which is a common
This piece of writing is the conversion found.
linked with an image to
balance out the amount of Underneath the header is
text on the page. placed a smaller version of the
magazine title so it is repeated
Sections of the contents page and then becomes more
have been put in boxes with rememorable to the reader.
patterned borders to separate
the information and add more Down the right hand side of
colour and interesting display the page is a list of the topics
to the page. This is found in and features which will be
other popular magazines. found in the magazine, this
I added smaller images to the page to used in every
idea is
make it more aesthetically pleasing,
magazine on the contents
this helps to give a visual idea topagetextgive an introduction
the to and adds more
informal personality to the magazine summary the what it is
and to create into
4. Double Page Spread
The main image The text is all placed
takes over the whole on the right hand
of the left page, this page, this is used for
to make sure that most magazine I
their is an equal have researched. I
amount of imagery to also noticed that the
text. Also it creates a text is usually
visual idea of the separated into two
article, it helps to columns so it is not
show the artists too overpowering for
spoken about and the reader. Including
display an impression a smaller image
of the to the reader withing the text adds
so gain interest. more shape and is
Using eye contact I have added
makes a direct link another smaller clip an aesthetic way of
showing information
of the magazines title in the footer to
and friendly feel to
to complement the
create a common theme and links the
the reader such as
text.
pages together. This is included with
others do.
the website and twitter page, this
feature frequently used makes the