My media product uses and develops forms and conventions of real rock music magazines in several ways: 1) The layout, with bold titles, frequent images, and consistent colors, resembles magazines like Kerrang. 2) Elements like guitars, skateboards, and black clothing on the cover visually represent rock music culture. 3) Written content about bands and concerts would interest the target audience of teenagers and rock fans. 4) The magazine aims to be inclusive of all gender and age groups, challenging the convention of primarily male readerships in similar magazines.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
MASTHEAD
Mosher has a distinctive text format just like
Kerrang. Mosher derived from the word ‘mosh’.
Moshing is a type of dance that fans do when the
are standing at gigs. They run in a circle and
crowd surf. The text style used is called ‘capture
it’. It has a spray paint effect and gives the
magazine an effective edgy look. I chose yellow
because it sis not a sex dominated colour.
KERRANG HAS A SHATTERED GLASS EFFECT. THE FONT IS BOLD CAPITALS JUST LIKE
MY MAGAZINE. BLACK IS USED BECAUSE IT IS A DOMINANT COLOUR AND IT IS
ALSO NOT SEX RELATED.
Kerrang has a shattered glass effect. The font is bold capitals just like my magazine.
Black is used because it is a dominant colour and it is also not sex related

2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
MISE-EN SCENE OF IMAGES
The colour of the clothes emphasises the ‘rock’ culture by wearing dark clothes and hats. The two
band members show friendship and closeness which is essential as it makes the magazine
welcoming. The background is an old garage with peeling paint. The blue colour is neutral. It makes
the two people bold. They wear similar colours so they are both seen as equal.
The Kerrang magazine front image also conveys friendship. The background is white to ensure the
characters are bold and stand out. The clothes they wear are also black. The band member on the
left is wearing a checker shirt. That is a rock fashion symbol. On the right his hand are positioned to
make a heart.

3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
COSTUMES AND PROPS
Props and costumes are very
essential for my rock magazine.
Skateboards and guitars are
trademarks of rock lovers. You
either play and instrument or your
into a sport such as skateboarding
or bmx’n.
The costumes are casual dress, as
normal rock stars. Converse, DC
and Vans are shoes that a lot of
rockers wear. I guess in rock
magazines you have to move with
the style and fashion.
In other magazines guitars are
frequently put on the front covers.
But I chose to out it in the
contents page.

4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
PEOPLE
Some rock artists will dress in school uniform. It
can link to a child like manner of rebellion.
Artists such as Guns ‘n’ Roses are quite popular
for that trade and also My Chemical Romance.
I chose to have people with school uniform on
the front so it also engages school kids
preferably in high school to read the magazine.

5. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
TITLE FONT AND STYLE
Font and style are very important in magazines. As they show
what type of magazine your reading. Is it edgy? Or classy? I
wanted to make my magazine cool, fun and original. The
colours I picked were neutral. White, black, blue and yellow. I
wanted my magazine to be non-sexual selective. All genders
should read it and of any age. Many statistics show that a
majority if men read magazines such as Q and Kerrang. I
wanted to change that,. I used Komika hand font for my cover
line titles and blue colour backed with black blocks to stand the
text out.

6. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
WRITTEN CONTENT
What you write in magazines have to be fun and enjoyable to read. It has to keep your readers
wanting to read more. My title was, ‘we are a backwards band’ this will confuse them and want
them to read so they can understand the article.
The article is about a band called ‘silent until’ who are going to go on tour in the UK. Many
teenagers and young adults like to go traveling so attending concert's and gigs is a good topic to
write about.
Kerrang magazines and Q will have many articles about, going on tour, new tracks releases or what
happened and artists gigs and concerts.

7. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
MUSIC GENRE AND HOW YOUR
MAGAZINE REPRESENTS IT
When you look at a front cover of a
magazine the genre has to be
obvious and bold. General rock
magazines have artists posing in
black clothes, skinny jeans, checker
items and hats. Instruments are
demonstrated and other props such
as microphones, skateboards
anything associated with being a
rock music lover. My magazine
conveys the black clothing, the
skateboards a title based on a rock
music dance.
Kerrang submits screaming
faces, instrument's and also people
with piercings.

8. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
LAYOUT
Layout is important in music magazine because you wouldn't want to get confused with in what is
on the page. You have to be smart in where to draw the readers attention. So titles will be bold and
certain stories will be highlighted.
I used many pictures in my magazine to keep it interesting. I frequently used the same colours and
styles to keep a house theme. The article was set in columns. The large letter at the beginning of
the article was something I picked up over many magazines who use it.
Kerrang has it house theme with red, black and white throughout the magazine. Pictures are
commonly used throughout and writing in articles.

9. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
CONTENTS PAGE
The contents page was very
tricky to do because colour
backgrounds wouldn't fit into
the theme. I came across the
Kerrang contents page and I
used the style.