This media product uses and develops conventions of real magazines. It has a masthead, coverlines, images, and contents page that are typical of magazines. Some conventions are challenged, like placing the masthead below the cover image and using a double page spread for the lead article. Fonts, images, and layout are consistent to reinforce the brand. While some conventions are followed, original design choices are made to best suit the content and engage readers.

1. Q1 - In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media
products?

2. ^ Professional
< My Front Cover Page

3. ^ Professional Contents Page
< My Contents Page

4. My Double Page Spread
Professional Double Page Spread

5. The masthead deviates from codes and
conventions by being underneath the I have tried to limit the fonts that I
front cover artists head. However I can have used on my front cover as it
justify this decision as the title did not fit keeps it clear and easy to read.
or look right over the models head
therefore I decided to do what looked
best. The magazines website is under the
mast head as the gap looked very
The masthead is large bold and in
empty and the website fitted in well. I
a unique font to the rest of the
also thought that the positioning of
fonts on the front cover.
the website next to the barcode
would not have looked right.
All of the coverlines on my magazine
are much smaller than the main
coverline, meaning they are still
readable, but the main coverline still
grabs the readers attention.
The image I used is of the story in the
main coverline. The image is in a mid The main Coverline spreads across
shot and i have made sure that there is all of the page, and stands out from
no text or coverlines over the models the background image , it also has a
face. The image used has not been link to the main image and is a lot
mounted onto a new background as bigger in font to the rest of the
the background of the picture fitted in coverlines.
well with the mood of the photo. I
tried to ensure the model was looking The barcode is on the bottom right
straight into the camera, as this hand corner, this is where i have used
provides us with direct address, the codes and conventions as it also
therefore meaning that it instantly has the date and price of the
engages the reader. I hoped to portray magazine on it.
the genre of my magazine through the
models body language as well, as she
looks relaxed i was trying to show the
The strip at the bottom of the page is something that you see
way that indie/ acoustic music is very
on a lot of magazines, therefore i chose to do put it on my
relaxed and rough, there are no magazine. I have filled it with content that is on my contents
alterations, or modifications. page.

6. The images on my
The text on the contents page is all
contents page go with
one size, although the titles are in
the codes and bold as it makes them stand out, it
conventions as there is then gives the reader the option to
one main image which read the sub line . The font is
is of the playmakers consistent throughout the page and
outside the cavern makes it clear for the reader to be
club. Although this is able to read the content .page
numbers are on each of the images
not much bigger than
and next to every story. Page
the rest of t5he images numbers anchor each of the cover
its big enough to stand lines and connect them all together.
out from the rest of I decided to do the page umbers in
them. All of the a different colour so that i could
images are linked to a make them stand out and add some
story that is featured colour to the page. The average
font on this page is 11, and the
in teh contents page
titles are a tiny bit bigger in 12.
and thee are 5 images
on my contents page
which fits with that of
other magazines.
The colour scheme is consistent throughout my magazine so far, this allowed the brand to
be recognised. There is a plain background so that everything stands out and so that my
page looks lean and clear. The website date and issue number are all placed above the title,
and breaking away from the codes and conventions I decided not to put an editors letter as I
did not ft with my magazine.

7. I have broken away from There is one main image and no subsidiary images as it did not fit in
the codes and with the layout of my magazine. The photo I have used for my main There are 3
conventions on this
image is of the band and is in an long shot, it matches the tone of the coloums per
page as I have decided
band and shows them playing in action.
that the best picture of page for my
the band was best
spread over 2 pages, article, this
therefore I have moved means that the
the text to be along the
bottom of the page and text is read able
bled the image across 2 and clear. The
pages as well.
colours are
There is a drop cap on consistent with
the start of the extract the work that is
and the first paragraph
is in bold so it grabs already in the
the readers attention. I magazine so it
have also decided on
this stand first as it is reinforces the
funny and it engages brand.
the reader as well as
giving them an idea of
the band and what the
article will be about.
There are drop
quotes in my The page numbers are in the
The title is at the top of
piece as this bottom hand corner of the
pages and the website is also the page with the stand
highlights there as this keeps the first as well, the title
interesting parts magazine’s brand going stands out from the rest
of the extract. through the magazine. of the page instantly
engaging the reader.