This document summarizes how the media product challenges conventions of real music magazines. It includes unconventional elements like placing the artist quote beneath their name on the front cover instead of the side. The contents page splits the contents into three columns instead of one. Images on the double page spread are in black and white or tan colors instead of full color to match the gray and orange color scheme. The artist name has a see-through effect in the center of images, differing from conventions. Overall, the document explores both conventional elements borrowed from real magazines, as well as unconventional design choices.

1. In what ways does your media product use , develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products
FRONT COVER
The bar code is located on the bottom right corner of
the magazine. This is typical feature of a music magazine
front cover, as seen in ‘Q’ magazine

2. The Masthead, similar to ‘VIBE’ is positioned behind the
artist. I chose to do this as it shows the dominance of
the artist and tells readers that the main focus is the
artist

3. At the top of the magazine, there
is a headline to add versatility to
the front cover

4. The Headlines surround the
artist, on both sides, to segregate
the artist from the rest of the
magazine

5. CONTENTS PAGE
A message from the editor is seen in some magazine but
is rarely featured. It makes the magazine more personal
and again mentions the main artist, ‘Jonah.k’ to add
suspense and give insight into what readers can expect.
However, I choose not to include a picture of the front
cover as I thought it would be too repetitive

6. A picture followed by a short description of the article is
featured on both magazines. Just including pictures,
would make the contents page look bland. The captions
give a taster of what lies ahead.

7. The large picture in both magazines shows the
popularity of both the fictional and real artist. Its also a
great way to add variation and fill up any blank spaces.

8. I used the same layout as ‘Vibe’ when designing my title
because it was different from all the other magazines I
researched. However, I developed it slightly by
positioning ‘CONTENTS’ elsewhere and splitting up the
letters differently

9. I drew inspiration from ‘Vibe’ on how to structure my
text, but I changed it by using different the font styles
and color to suit my magazine better

10. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
During my research, I discovered that almost all
magazines have the artists name larger then the rest of
the text to inform readers about who the article is about

11. Articles often have a quote from the artist to make the
article more personal and relatable. I was inspired by
the article on the left because it was eye-catching and
unique

12. I made sure so place a ‘G’ in the background to remind
readers that they are reading ‘GRIND’ Magazines. The
other article the capital ‘L’ is used to remind readers
that the article is about Lady Gaga

13. Just like solange, the image of Jonah is repeated several
times for variation.

14. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products
FRONT COVER
I’ve included a blackberry scanner to appeal to the
teenage demographic seeing as blackberry’s are a
popular mobile device

15. A quote from the artist is placed beneath the artists
name, this is challenging conventions because they are
usually placed on the left side of the artist. I decided to
locate it there to add authenticity

16. The black bars help separate the different pieces of text
so that the reader fousea on one headline at a time.
This is an usual feature of a magazine. Also the large ‘+’
was included because I didn’t just want to use text but
shapes also

17. CONTENTS PAGE
The ‘Contents’ is placed on the right hand side of
the magazine and is split into three sections

18. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
The images are either in black and white or
are a tanned colour. This effect was done to
coincide with the overall cover scheme which
is grey and orange

19. The style of the quote is different from
conventional magazines

20. The artist name is placed at the centre of the
images and has a ‘see-through’ effect which is
different