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

2. Similarities
After evaluating both magazines (XXL), it is very explicit to me that both
magazines are very similar in aesthetics and the use of a colours scheme. The
masthead is behind the model as it emphasises the model. This will allow people
to see the model before the masthead. The masthead and layout is always the
same in each edition which allows customers to see the magazine from far.

3. Similar conventions used
• Clear Heading to attract brand loyal customers from far
• Heading could be under the main image to give the
main image more importance
• Clear image to depict the individual and make him
stand out
• The colours used are aesthetically attractive and theme
based to represent the seasonal vibe and Tupacs’ death.
• Similarities include: short summaries of important eye
attracting and knowledgeable RnB information which
magazines such as vibe and XXL represent.

4. Similarities within
The colour scheme of the magazine has remained
consistent with the theme used through out the
magazine. The similarities in the front cover,
contents page and DPS. All four pages are very
consistent with the colour and layout. However, the
colour isn’t directly similar to Q magazine, but the
scheme of the colour coordination is similar. The
magazine is slightly different from its competitors
so the market has a new design variety. The
difference between Elite magazine and its
competitors is that, the competitors go crazy with
the colours used and make their magazine look
unprofessional in the cover page, contents and DPS.
For example, XXL magazine change the colours they
use very often and causes them to not have very
strong house colours.

5. Differences
There are a couple of features that make
my magazine unique, these include:
The image style, which shows the model
‘Jerimiah Santos’ posing on one side to give
more significance to his wrist and his left
side of his body.
Although my genre is Rnb and represents
XXL I used conventions from Q magazine on
the contents page and developed them in
my own way so they work in my favour
Also
The images presented are relevant and
create a story and show the headline of the
story.