The document describes how the media product uses and develops conventions from real media products. It discusses using conventions such as a barcode, masthead, left third layout, range of fonts, larger titles, breaking content into sections, page numbers, contact details, larger images, image captions, article headings, quotes, and page numbers. Some conventions are used directly from real media, while others are developed - such as breaking text into smaller blocks with bolded lines rather than just paragraphs. The goal is to engage the target audience while challenging conventions in some respects.

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

2. I used the convention of a barcode
on my front cover as this is a legal
requirement.
I used the convention of a
masthead and positioned it with
the artist’s head slightly
overlapping it, as this was
something I noticed in the real
media I researched. However I
also challenged this convention
because in one magazine I looked
at, the masthead was not
overlapped by anything, therefore
making it a convention I
challenged because I chose to
follow other kinds of real media.
I used the convention of a
left third because this is
something that all of the
magazines I looked at used.
I included a range of stories
so that there were more
things that would appeal to
my target audience.
I used the convention of a main
image because it draws attention
to the main story/feature of the
magazine which was something
that the real media I looked at also
did. I developed this convention
because real media includes other
images as well as the main image
but I chose to only use one main
image so that all focus was on that
artist.
I used a range of fonts because this
stops the magazine from looking
boring and it is a convention that I
noticed in all real media.

3. I used the convention of a
large title to specify that this
is the contents page. I
noticed that this is something
that was done within real
media and therefore I
decided to use this
convention within my
product.
I used the convention of breaking
up the text into sections such as
“Featured, as this is something
that I noticed was done within
“Kerrang” and other real media.
I clearly broke up each story
with page numbers, which
made It easier to locate
particular stories. I notice that
this was done in both Kerrang
and Rocksound and therefore I
chose to use this convention.
I provided contact details for the
magazine. Although this was
done within real media I
developed this convention by
placing the conventions
alongside the title of the page.
I included images to provide
links to the main/featured
stories in the issue. This was a
convention that I used from
real media in order to equal
the images and text and not
provide too much text. It also
provides an insight to these
stories.
I used the convention of a larger
image to link to the main story of
the magazine. This was a
convention that I used because it
is used in real media to
emphasise the main story.

4. I used the convention of
breaking up the article
into columns as I noticed
was done in real media. I
also made the story
about the return of a
famous artist, so that it
would interest my target
audience.
I broke up the text into
smaller blocks with
bolded lines. This was a
convention I developed
because in real media,
the text was usually just
broken up into
paragraphs, whereas I
used bolded lines.
I used the
convention of taking
up one of the pages
of my double page
spread with a large
image. This means
that there are not
copious amounts of
texts to read
through. Plus, this
image means that
focus is kept on the
story and the image
links to who the
story is about.
I used the convention of
captioning the picture, to provide
a short explanation that links to
the story.
I used the convention of
providing a heading to the article,
to tell the readers what the
article is briefly going to be
about. This convention is used in
all of the real media double page
spreads that I looked at.
I provided a quote, like in the real
media that I researched, so that
interest and curiosity is sparked
about the story to attract
attention without giving too
much away.
I also used the convention of
putting a quote in the middle of
the article so that the text is
broken up and has the same
effect as the quote on the other
page of the spread.
I used the convention of page
numbers like in all real media.