1. The ways in which my magazine
uses, develops or challenges forms
and conventions of real media
products

2. Using conventions
• The image is always central and I have chosen to use this convention
as I feel it works well on the magazine and help to make the picture
stand out on the page as the main focus.
• Another convention I saw on the front cover of blender is there is
nearly always a tricolour scheme (only 3 colours used)
• Only one image is used on the front to stop it looking cluttered and
overcrowded.
• Blender as a magazine also seems to hint towards female power,
especially on their front covers.
• Blender nearly always uses a white background with black and one
other colour for the text.
• I used a bright fiery colour and a playful yet still sophisticated font.
• I have kept the barcode in the same place as it appears on a blender
magazine.
• Direct mode of address is used in blender and in my magazine.

3. Developing conventions
• Blender tries to catch peoples eyes by having
quite provocative models on the front cover, I
have decided to go a bit classier and have my
models in more clothes with slightly less
provocative clothes but still have them be posing
in a ‘cheeky’ manner and have them interacting
with one another which blender cannot do as
they only ever have one model.
• I have tried to use more direct language than is
used in blender as I feel they did not use enough
direct mode of address.

4. Challenging conventions
• Blender never has more than one person on the front
and they always look very posed and professional so I
decided to have a band and have them looking more
natural, not to a point where it became unprofessional
but just enough to have them seem not real to their
fans.
• I have included coloured shapes behind some of the
text on the front cover which blender have not done as
I feel it adds more to the layout of the cover and hakes
it stand out more as it separates the text from the rest
of the page, this challenges blenders convention of
having a blanks page with only one picture and text on
the front.

5. As you can see from the previous
slides I have used more codes and
conventions from blender than I have
developed of challenged. This is
because I like the layout of the front
and set up as well as the way the
model and the words are carefully
placed using the rule of thirds which I
have also tried to use on my front
cover.