The document summarizes how the media product uses and develops conventions of real magazines. It describes using a large masthead font to stand out on the cover, including details like issue number and price, and featuring a direct gaze of the cover star. For the contents page, it lists articles and images like in the inspiration magazine Q, and includes a letter from the editor. The double page spread uses a styled title, kicker, large featured image, pull quotes and three column text layout typical of magazines, along with page numbers and branding logo.

1. Evaluation
Question 1
How does your media product use,
develop and challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. Front Cover
• My magazine was created in a way that is similar to
NME. There were many forms and conventions
which I tried to follow and develop. I used a larger
masthead, in which the font I used (fiesta) was only
used within the masthead, and was the largest font
used on the page. I also used a font that was
smaller than the masthead but still larger than the
other cover lines for my main cover line. I did this so
the main cover line stood out against the rest of the
cover lines. I used a female cover star who is looking
directly at the camera, which is known as direct
mode of address. This is a common convention that
is used in magazines as it invites the reader in.

3. • I also added a bar code, issue number and date,
website and price as these are all common
conventions used on real media products and
something I felt that I needed to add to my media
product.

4. Contents Page
• On my contents page I used a number of
different forms and conventions. I, again,
used my masthead to tie the page in with
the front cover. I listed my regular and
feature articles in a way that was similar to
the Q magazine contents page that I
used for inspiration. I also added images
that related to the articles and page
numbers next to the articles to make them
easy to find within the magazine. I added
a letter from the editor which I found was
common within magazines and gave it a
more personal feel.

5. Double Page Spread
• On my double page spread I used a number of
different conventions that I found to be common in
the magazines that I researched. I used a title which
I made using a range of different fonts so it stood
out and drew the reader in. I also added a kicker
that gave a brief description of the article. I used a
large image of the person that the article was
about, and included pull quotes, again to draw the
reader in. My article was set out in three columns,
which was typical to most magazines I researched. I
also added page numbers, issue details and a
website in small font at the bottom of my pages.

6. • I added an Unsung logo to the top of one of the
pages to tie the pages in to the rest of the
magazine as I used a slightly different colour
scheme on this page and this was not typical to
most of the magazines I researched.