My media product uses similar forms and conventions to real magazines such as a masthead, main image following the rule of thirds, and cover lines. However, it is aimed at a different target audience of college students rather than males aged 14-18. The technologies used to construct the product were Blogger, Photoshop, and InDesign. Photoshop allowed arranging and editing images and text for the cover. InDesign helped create a realistic contents page following a three column layout. The process taught the importance of templates, rules of thirds, and effects for making the cover and contents page appealing yet professional looking. More images and effects could have further improved the contents page.

1. Preliminary Task
1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?
2) What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Similarities of Front Covers
Masthead
Main Image
(Rule of Thirds)
Main
Cover Line
Cover
Lines
Barcode

3. Differences between front
covers
My magazine is specifically
aimed at students who
attend college where as the
target audience of ‘VIBE’
would be aimed more
towards males between the
ages of 14-18.
Has cover lines and an
image that appeal to
students.
I have used a medium
close up of a student as my
main image so that straight
away the magazine appeals
to my target audience.

4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products? Contents Page.
Masthead (Initial)
Highlights front
cover features
Text layout of
contents
Uses sub
headings to help
reader
Layout out of
columns for
features within the
magazine and
categorised

5. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Throughout the production of constructing my magazine the 3 new
pieces of technology I used were; Blogger, Photoshop cs6 and Adobe
InDesign.
Using these 3 industry standard programmes meant that I could create
a realistic magazine cover and contents page

6. Using a digital camera meant that I could capture the perfect
image I needed and ensured that my image was an MCU which
covers the majority of the page. I left enough room for my
masthead, cover lines and I made sure I kept to the rule of thirds.
 Using Photoshop meant I could arrange the
model to where I wanted him and could place
the cover lines, puff and barcode around him.
 On each bit of text I used a drop shadow and
other effects to make it stand out more to
students.
 Using different colours meant my cover had
plenty of variety and was appealing to my
target audience.

7. Keeping to a template of other contents pages I
was able to ensure I had a realistic contents page,
keeping to the 3 column guide line meant
everything was organised and looked professional.
To create my contents page I looked at several
others to make sure I was getting the right idea for
my layout. As well as on the cover page I made sure
I kept to the rule of thirds. I do think that my
contents page could be improved as it looks a little
too plain. I could have improved it by adding effects
to the text and adding more adventurous images.