magazine

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

2. • In my magazine I have used conventions similar to
what a real magazine would use, for example
with my logo I used the font ‘Broken74’ which is
similar to the main font used in Kerrang!’s logo as
both of them appear broken as this is associated
with indie rock music magazines.
• For my front page, similar to other media
magazines like NME or Kerrang! I have used
barcodes placed in the bottom right corner of my
magazine as this makes the magazine look more
authentic, I have also for the same reason put the
date and price at the top of my magazine.
Similar to real magazines I have
made the Desolation logo the main
part of the front cover and made it
big so it easy to see and used
different colours so it would stand
out.
I have also used headers and
advertisements for my magazine for
example, FREE POSTERS which is
similar to real music magazines, I
have also used this for the top
banner where it says ‘’ Free mega
poster and more’’ as this is what you
would usually find on music
magazines, my style is similar to
Kerrang! as pictures and header are
placed in a messy fashion.

3. • For my contents page this photo gave me
inspiration as I liked the layout so I
decided to base my magazine contents
page to look like Nme’s Contents page,
• I liked the use of slanted photo’s so I
decided to use this for the photo’s on the
content page. NME’s magazine theme is
also Rock and its sub cultures: indie rock
and alternative rock.

4. • My contents page is similar to NME’s contents
page as I used it for inspiration as I liked the
use of the headers. I like how she model is
shown to be edgy and rebellious as her overall
theme of her clothes and make-up is ‘Rock’ I
used this in my magazine as their facial
expressions are stern and serious.