This document discusses how the student's media product, a magazine, uses common conventions and forms found in real magazines. Specifically, it includes a masthead, main image, strap lines, page numbers on the contents page, and a barcode - all standard features typically seen on magazine covers and contents pages. By incorporating these industry conventions, the student aimed to make their magazine look more professional.

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

2. Masthead
• As you can see my magazine front cover
has a masthead this means I am using a
common convention from magazine
covers.
My masthead

3. Main image
• As you can see my magazine also has a
main image which is very common on
music magazines this again is evidence of
me using common conventions
My main image

4. Strap Lines
• My magazine has two strap lines on the
bottom and the top of the cover and this is
commonly used on many magazines.
Both straplines

5. Page numbers on contents page
• When people open a magazine they want
to know what page to go in order to find
what they want. My magazine contents
page has this feature.
Page numbers

6. Barcode
• All magazines have barcodes in similar
positions and mine is no different and
therefore I am using common magazine
publication practise.
Barcode on my
magazine cover

7. • I do not think I have challenged any
common magazine practises. It is the
practises I have used that make my media
product look more proffessional because it
was made in the style of other magazines
I have looked at.