2. In what ways do my product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My magazine has a similar title to that of NME. Both names are just initials, in a bold sans serif font. They are both large fonts, and are both in the top left corner of the font cover . Underneath the title is the full name of the magazine. Similarly to NME, my magazines cover bands name is in a large bold font. They are both in bright colours, different to other cover on the magazine. Underneath the name is a brief summary of the story inside written in white. At the bottom of my magazine, I have features of what else will appear in my magazine, just like NME. I placed a bar code at the bottom of my magazine, with a date and price, the price matching that of NME. At the top of both the magazine are features of what is inside. The photos on each magazines have white outlines around them, making them similar. My design work was created to reflect that on the indie music magazine NME. My magazine was also created for that audience, so I created my magazine to have many similarities to NME. Here is my front cover compared to that of NME's front cover. My front cover.
3. Contents page. I found the closest font possible to NME's font used in the 'Inside This Week' as placed it at the top of my contents page. I then placed the date in the most similar font I could find underneath. I mimicked the red box on the NME's contents page with a similar red box placed on mine. I placed the box in the same place as NME's box is placed. I like this look as every photo frames it. The writing in the box is also written in a sans serif font. My contents page. NME's contents page. In NME, the descriptions under the photos are written in either a sans serif or serif font. I copied this look to attract the same audience with a similar layout. The page number in NME is placed always in the bottom right cover of a photo which I copied on my magazine There is a plus feature is the NME contents page, and I added my own in a different place. I used some of the same bands used in the NME one.
4. Double page spread My double page. I used the same idea of a white box with black writing containing a comment about the band. I used the same style of page number, date and magazine name at the bottom of the page. In contrast to the chosen magazine double page spread, I had text all along the bottom of my page. Similarly, the background to my text was white, and the writing in black. Another factor which made my magazine similar was the fact my photos were spread along both pages, instead of just one, just like the photo in NME.
