The document summarizes how the student's media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media products. The front cover follows conventions by including the date and issue number in typical locations. The contents page challenges conventions by only including two images instead of many, and develops conventions by placing headers between sections. The double page spread challenges conventions by only using one main image instead of multiple, and develops conventions by placing a quote directly on the image. Overall, the student aims to balance following conventions for professionalism while also experimenting with new designs.

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

2. In what ways does my front cover use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products? Every media product has the
date on the front and the issue
My main image follows the forms number, again I decided to
and conventions of real media follow the forms and
products as it takes up the majority conventions of real media
of the page, like other professional products by placing it in the
magazines out there. Also the image same place as professional
is front on and Steph’s eyes are magazines, this is because I
directly facing the camera. believe it fits there nicely and
doesn’t take it too much space.
My cover lines follow the
forms and conventions of I have stuck to the forms and
real media products as conventions of real media
they’re clear and products by having a clear
structured. Also like masthead at the top of the
professional magazines page. I chose to place it at the
the majority of the text is top of the page like other
on the left hand side as media products so its clear for
when magazines are the reader to see.
stacked in shops this is
the side that shoppers
will see- this shows that I
have followed the forms Like other media
and conventions of real products my magazine
magazines. has a clear and defined
barcode. Every
magazine has one of
these
Again like the majority of professional magazines I decided to add a footer, I decided to put a footer is as through my magazine
research I saw that a lot of magazines have this feature. I also believe that it is useful as it gives the reader more information
about what is going to be included in the magazine,

3. In what ways does my front cover use, develop or challenge forms and
I have challenged the conventions of real media products?
conventions by not having a Used the conventions by
header. having a clear masthead, it
is placed at the top of the
magazine like Kerrang!
Challenged the
conventions by only
having one image on
my front cover,
however I also used the
conventions by having
the main image taking
up the majority of the
space
Used the forms and
conventions as
Kerrang! Have got a
barcode on their
magazine, it is also
placed in the same
corner
Shows that I have used the conventions as
kerrang! Also uses a footer

4. In what ways does my contents page use, develop or challenge forms and
With my contents page my conventions of real media products? With my masthead on the
contents page I used the
magazine challenges the
forms and conventions of real conventions of real media
media products by only products by having a clear bold
having two images on the heading stating that this is the
page, whereas other contents page. I used this form
magazines have a range of and convention as I believe it
images. The reason why I gives the magazine structure as
decided to only use two the reader knows what page is
images was because I didn’t which.
want the page to look too I used the forms and conventions of
cluttered, also I wanted to real media products by having the
make the images that I was date and issue number appear again
using large to fill the space. on the contents page, the reason why I
followed this convention was to give
the magazine structure and show that
I followed the forms and
it was all one issue.
conventions of real media
products by captioning the I used the conventions of real media
pictures. This appears in all products by having page references
music magazines and the reason and then some text explaining what
why I chose to use this was going to be on the page. The
convention is so the reader can reason why I used this convention was
easily see where to find the because it gives the magazine
article relating to the picture. structure and if I didn’t have page
numbers the reader wouldn’t be able
to find the article in the magazine.
I developed magazine conventions by
placing separate headers for each
section of text, the reason why I did this
was so the contents page became more
convenient for the reader.

5. In what ways does my contents page use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
Challenged forms and
conventions by not having Used the conventions by having a
a editors note. clear title stating that the page is the
contents page, Kerrang! Has also
done this.
Challenged the forms
and conventions of
Kerrang! Magazine as I
don’t have as many
images on my contents
page, also my images are
larger.
Used conventions by having page
numbers

6. In what ways does my double page spread use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?
I developed the conventions of real media products by actually placing the quote on the image,
The main image on my I decided to do this to pull the reader in and show how the quote relates to the image and This is the header
double page spread therefore relates to the interview. This is developed compared to real media products as the and sub header for
challenges the majority of media products place their quote highlighted within the text and don’t place the the double page
conventions of real actual quote on the picture spread and for this
media products as I used the forms
through my research and conventions of
I’ve seen that many real media
magazines use more products. This is
than one image on their because it gives
double page spread. the reader a good
The reason why I only idea of what is
chose to use one was going to appear in
because I didn’t want the article and
the page to be then allows them
dominated by images I to decide whether
wanted the reader to be they want to read
focused on the text. This on or not. By using
is also why I chose to this convention of
use a plain background real media
as I didn’t want products I believe
anything distracting the my double page
reader from the spread looks more
interview. professional.
I used the forms and conventions of real media products when I was My double page spread used the forms and conventions of
constructing my interview. You can clearly see the layout of the real media products by placing page numbers on the page.
interview and who is the interviewer and the interviewee. I decided to This was important when I was creating a magazine as I had
follow the forms of real media products for this aspect of the double to ensure that every detail was covered to make my magazine
page spread as it makes the magazine look more professional and the as professional as possible. The page numbers allow the
layout is easy for the reader to read. reader to easily find the article they want.

7. In what ways does my double page spread use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?
Shows that I challenged conventions as
Kerrang! Have many different images on Used conventions as like Kerrang! I have
their contents page whereas I only chose used the masthead on the double page
to have one. spread to give the magazine continuity
Again I followed the conventions by
having a little summary of what the
article is about, as you can see
Kerrang! Have done this too.