This document discusses the conventions used in magazine design and how the student's magazine production challenged some conventions while adhering to others. Specifically: - The student used professional conventions like carefully chosen cover images, adjustment layers, mastheads, cover lines, and barcodes to make the magazine look authentic. - However, the student challenged the convention of having models on the cover in direct address by instead using an image to convey the magazine's serious tone. - Inside pages included article layout in columns, drop capitals, and a stretched title across a double-page spread, mimicking professional design.

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

2. What did I try to do?
In my magazine production I tried to use all of the
conventions that a professional magazine would use.
Therefore I tried to carry over all of the conventions
used in a professional magazine over to my magazine
As you can see from the main image of my
front cover, I took time to get the correct
image for the front cover as this is a key
feature in all successful magazines.
Without a the carefully chosen image on
the front cover it would not attract peoples
eyes and if it did not stand out then people
would be less likely to gain interest in the
magazine and because of this would be less
likely to purchase the magazine.

3. Professional Effects
Professional Magazine companies will use
professional software such as Photoshop to
adjust their images to ensure the images look as
good as they can be
Adding effects to my front cover...
On my magazine front cover I decided to add something called an adjustment Layer
, this layer allowed my to change the effects of the images on the front cover but on a
different layer so I would not cause any permanent adjustments to the original image
Without Adjustment Layer With Adjustment Layer
As you can see there is a distinct
difference different between the
image with the adjustment layer and
without the adjustment layer. The
image is a lot brighter and allot more
aesthetic

4. The masthead fills
the whole width
of the cover with a
bright yellow The main image
colour and a red conveys the indie
shadow effect. style of the
The font is magazine to the
modern and this reader and allows
represents the them to get a feel
target audience. for the content
The cover lines that will be
anchor the main featured further in
image and set the magazine
what is contained
within the The barcode, price
magazine and date are
added at the
The exclusive text bottom of the
encourages the page to make it
reader to want to look as
look further into professional as
the magazine possible

5. Challenging Conventions
Most magazines will have the model on the front of the magazine conveying direct
address.
Below is an example of Below is the front cover of
another magazine with the my magazine , as you can see
model giving direct address... no direct address is used...
WHY?
I decided not to have
my model conveying
direct address, I
decided to do this as i
wanted to convey the
seriousness of my
magazine

6. The image in the
top left indicates
the title of the
magazine and The images
gives the reader a represent different
visual of the front articles contained
cover within the
magazine
Articles that will
appear within the
magazine as well Page Numbers are
as features displayed in a
different colour to
stand out to the
Articles that will reader
apear along with
page numbers

7. Double Page Spread
For my double page spread I tried to use as many conventions that real media products
use in their media products to try and show that i am familiar with all of the codes and
conventions
The image I used Alike professional
displayed all of the Double Page
band members Spreads I decided
to stretch the title
across both pages
I used a drop
capital at the
start of the
article
The article is displayed in
I decided to use white for the colour of the text
column format as most
as it was the only colour that worked well with
professional magazine
the dark background
articles will be laid out in this
way