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

2. COVER
Title of the Magazine Cover
The title of the magazine is bold and I did not use the same technique with
contrasts against the ‘frontman’ within the hiding part of the title under the artists on
image located on the cover. The black colour the front due to it being a first issue of the
stands out against the colours which are also magazine, the magazine would not be well
featured on the cover, such as the red and known therefore people would not know
yellow. The title of the magazine is able to be what it would be called. Also, due to the
slightly covered by the artists on the cover as black and white image on the cover I could
it is a well known magazine which people not put the title in black as it would not
would recognise even without seeing all of stand out at all. I had the same problem
the title. with using white as well.
CONTENTS AND DPS Contents and dps
Also, the use of the title of the magazine is I took the same approach as Kerrang! did as
always blended in well with the rest of the I placed the title of the magazine on a strip
magazine as it does not stand out a lot, but on the contents, however I decided to
you can easily see it. For example, on the change the approach with altering where I
contents placing it at the top. Also, it is a placed the title, as with the title being in the
feature of a magazine that next to the page middle, I felt that the eye of the reader
numbers, the magazine name is printed in the would automatically go to that, and
same font as on the cover. The contrasting therefore follow up to the image. Also, I
colours on the contents allows the followed the general convention of placing
reader to again, acknowledge what the title within the same font as
magazine it is as it would be well the cover next to the page
received if they were choosing numbers.
between several magazines. overall comment
OVERALL COMMENT I think that the placing on all of my
Within this specific magazine example, pages of the title is well fitted to
the name of the magazine is portrayed the genre and the general
very clearly and it stands out to the conventions of a music magazine.
target reader very well.

3. Graphology / page
COVER layouts
The graphology of the cover is very
Cover
I did not use exactly the same technique
with the layering of different objects on the
compact with very little of the background screen as it would have taken away from the
image showing. The text along the middle is background image due to it being in black and
larger to stand out to the selected white. However, I have taken the technique of
audience. Also, the placement of posters at the larger font so that the main article within
the bottom is very good, but difficult for it the magazine would stand out more than the
to look good, but most of the time it looks other information within the cover. I also used
too crowded. Also the use of the the convention of overlapping text within the
overlapping text makes the page look more .advertisement of the main article as I found
crowded, which for the genre of music is that it was a good idea due to the readers eye
very good. being drawn to it straight away.
Contents CONTENTS
The graphology of the contents is really I used pretty much the same layout as Kerrang!
effective as it highlights something important Due to it fitting all of the general conventions of
within the magazine with the image used. what a contents page should look like within my
Also the columns used for the page genre. I changed the layout slightly with the
references and the editors letter are really editors letter being at the side, instead of
good as it looks minimalistic from a distance underneath and the page numbers being at the
due to the headers with the colours used, yet bottom instead of at the side. Also I changed
it is actually very busy. where the name of the magazine was as I felt
that it would stand out more in
DPS the middle.
Also, the layout of the double page
spread is really effective. I really like DPS
the use of the image spreading I used the same convention of
across both pages. The text spreading the image across both
overlapping the image on the right pages and the text being featured
is really effective as well as it stands on both sides of the Dps. I also
out and it the image beneath it printed the name of the band in
draws you into the name of the bold to follow the convention that they are the
band. most important thing within the article.