1. 1. In what way does
your media product
use, develop or
challenge forms
and conventions of
real media
products?
The masthead on the front cover of my magazine is big, bold and matches the colours
of the front cover. Also it goes across the top of the page just like the masthead on the
Vibe magazine.
All of my cover lines are in the left third of the magazine and also has the bar code at the bottom. Also the colours used match my front cover.
This is just like the cover lines and barcode layout on the vibe magazine, however, my media product develops forms and conventions of real
media products because all of my cover lines are big and bold making them easier to read where as only a few of the cover lines on the Vibe
magazine are big and bold.
Another feature on my
magazine uses forms and
conventions of real media
products is that I
mentioned various artists
names, mentioned the
name of the artist that
was on the front cover
and also used a header.
My media product
develops forms and
conventions of real
products because it has a
puff/pug on it. This is
something that has not
been added onto the Vibe
magazine.
The main image that I used
on the front cover of my
magazine uses and
develops forms and
conventions of real media
products because in the
Vibe magazine the person
on the front cover is only
showing half his body,
whereas on my front cover,
the person is showing
almost all of their body.

2. 1. In what way
does your media
product use,
develop or
challenge forms
and conventions
of real media
products?
The title on my contents challenges forms and conventions of real media products because on my contents
the title is bold and matches the colours scheme whereas on the other magazine the title is small and basic
with a small font size which doesn’t make it as easy to read. Also another feature on my music magazine that
I used which is used on real media products is that I included the date.
The contents layout on my music
magazine uses the same form and
convention of real media products
because the colours are the same
and it goes all the way down to the
bottom of the page.
My media product challenges
forms and conventions of real
media products because on my
magazine, the picture I used is
very small and is at the bottom of
the page, whereas on the other
magazine, the image is very big
because it is used in a way as
the background of the contents
page. I am challenging this form
because instead of using a really
big image as the background of
the contents page, I decided to
use a small one and add it to the
bottom of the magazine.
Another feature that I used on my
magazine which is a form and
convention of real media
products is that I added the name
of the artists at the bottom of the
contents.

3. 1. In what way
does your media
product use,
develop or
challenge forms
and conventions
of real media
products?
The title that I decided to use on my double page spread was the
artists name. I chose to do this because my magazine article was
going to be about the artist so I decided to make the title link with
the article. This uses and develops forms and conventions used
in real media products because I just use the artists name and
nothing else whereas in real media products, the publishers
decide to write a small fact about the person in the article.
For example, in this media product, the publishers wrote ‘The
Most Exciting People in Music JAY-Z’ whereas on my article I just
wrote ‘Mr P’ which is the name of the artist.
Another feature that I used on my media product which is used on real media
product is that I made the first letter of the entire article stand out, this was
because I wanted to show to the readers where the article started from.
However instead of making each letter at the beginning of each paragraph a
bigger font, I just chose the starting point whereas on the other magazine
every new paragraph has had its first letter made bigger than the rest of the
font. Another feature that I never added on my media product is an image
behind the text. I chose not to do this because I wanted the article to be easily
Another way that my media product uses and
challenges forms and conventions of real media
products is that on my magazine I used two
pictures, one by itself on the left side and another
picture between the article whereas on the other
magazine there is only one big image which takes
up all of the space available on the left side of the
double page spread.