In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?
2. Masthead
I followed the convention of ID’s masthead, I called my
magazine F M as it link to music, an Fashion and Music
starts with F and M. Also my target audience is young
male sand females so F and M
3. Cover Photo
My cover photo follow the conventions of ID’s
genre. The Photo is a striking image drawing
your eye to it, allowing me not to have many
cover lines.
4. Cover lines
My magazine has a strong striking image on the
front, so conventionally there will only be a
small amount of cover lines not take away the
cover photos purpose. My cover lines follow the
convention telling the reader what is inside the
magazine, so my magazine will appeal to the
target audience.
5. Kicker
The kicker I have used is a small bit of information
about the article persuading people to read further on
ion the article.
6. Columns
I followed the convention of my main article
in columns. Using 3 columns is convention
for music an fashion magazines. Reading in
columns make it easier to read, including
when you’re traveling.
7. White space
The whit space I used for my contents page is
unconventional as the white space either side of the
image is different.
8. Colour
Not using much colour in my magazine is unconventional for a fashion
magazine, however the colours that I did use where to draw the eye of the
reader and attract the audience to it.
9. Multimedia platforms
Having my Magazine on multimedia platforms is
conventional. As many of my target audience will
use the internet daily, allowing them to visit the
web-site of the company.
10. Social media
Having social network links on my magazine is
conventional as my target audience will use these
allowing to the visit the what has been put in the
magazine.
11. Font
The font that I have used in my magazine is
conventional as it looks good and is easy to read.