The document discusses how the media product uses and challenges conventions of real rock/alternative magazines. It summarizes the key design elements used on the double page spread, contents page, and front cover that are similar to or different from magazines researched like Kerrang. Elements like font, layout, images, and promotional features are discussed. The goal was to follow conventions to engage readers but also introduce some contrasts through images and additional columns on pages.

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

2. Double page spread I used this Kerrang magazine in my research to look at how rock/alternative magazines present there double page spreads. I realized looking through a few back catalogues of Kerrang they use smaller images usually took in a studio in the magazine as well as the main picture. I used smaller pictures in the center of my double page spread. I used humor and other language features that are common in magazines. Also I used interviews in my artice as this is a key feature in most music magazines as I found out from my research in the NME double page spread below I decided to use a three column style although my researched magazine only had two columns. Also I went for a powerful font ‘alloveragain’ for the headlines that fit with the style of artist and I just went for a simple font ‘myriad pro’ as it is easy to read and Kerrang has a simple font for there main text on the double page spread.

3. contents I carried over the house style font and the yellow/black style to make the text stand off the page. I noticed this color was in Kerrang magazine and it works well to help this stand out. I used a yellow banner behind sell lines too really highlight the main points in the magazine. I used similar bottom right subscription packages like in my research on the contents in Kerrang. I challenged the conventions of a normal rock magazines with the image in the bottom left corner to to create contrast using a image style I researched from vibe magazine using the model as a border line. The smaller images of artists in the contents are very common in this type of magazine to intrigue the reader into reading in to the magazine using page numbers in the corners. Also I used little teasers as the table of contents to intrigue the reader. I carried the house style over from the front cover, using the yellow, black and red colour palette, and the fonts ‘alloveragain’, ‘nightstalker’ and ‘Impact’. The yellow banners on both help the sell lines stand out just like in the Kerrang table of contents the yellow banners make the text stand off the page.

4. Front cover I centralized my image and had the got the models eye line in the top third, and in the viewers eye line this creates a relationship between reader and artist, this also makes the reader feel like there on the same level as the artist. The barcode is usually situated in the bottom right of the front cover. In the skyline I used the summer festivals as top news as I know that this is the topic all the big magazines will be talking about this year, e.g. massive ‘download’ ticket give away… download is one of the biggest alt music festivals in the country. And will intrigue a massive number of readers into buying, thinking there in with a chance. In my magazine they will be encouraged to buy by knowing they will be getting information on all the festivals on this summer and find out which is the best to go to. I used bold font in the center of the page which normally has the name of the artist and the little teaser line underneath intriguing the audience into reading the main sell line. The free poster special is a great puff to use and draws the reader into buying it thinking there getting more for free, having images of the posters as a little teaser can help the reader see if they like it without looking inside.