The document discusses how the media product, a magazine, uses and develops conventions of real pop magazines for teenage girls. The front cover features a teenage male pop artist as the main image, using bright colors like pink and turquoise. While the masthead, placement of cover lines, and repeated use of the color scheme on inside pages align with conventions, the cover lines in speech bubbles and inclusion of a strapline at the top of the cover challenge conventions. The content pages also feature music and fashion images relevant to the target audience alongside the repeated masthead and color scheme. The double page spread similarly places a large main image on the left page about the article, conforming to conventions, while the informal text develops conventions to make the

1. Abigail Gumery –Media
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The front coverof mymagazine conformstothe codesand conventionsof atypical pop
magazine.Thisisbecause the mainimage Ihave usedisof a teenage male popartist.Thisistypical
of a popmagazine aimedatteenage femalesastheyidoliseartistsof thisage. The colourscheme for
my magazine isverysimilartootherpopmagazinesforteenage girlsasitisbrightlycolouredwith
pinksandturquoise whichare seenasfeminineandare associatedwithayoungeraudience. My
mastheadissimilartoothermagazinescalled‘Love Pop’whichisinformal toappeal toyounger
audiences.Itisplacedonthe top lefthandcornerin a box to make it standout to the audience. The
maincoverline isthe largestthingon the frontcoverso readerswhoare interestedinthe artistswill
immediatelybe drawntothe magazine –whichis similartoa real mediaproduct. However,myfront
coverchallengesthe mainformsandconventionsof typical popmagazinesasmy coverlines are
placedinspeechbubblesdownthe side.Thisisdifferenttoothermagazinesastheyplace themjust
on topof the image or inboxes. My frontcoveralso featuresastrapline atthe top of the page in
whichothermagazinesmaynot.Some magazinesfeature thisatthe bottomor notat all butfor my
magazine thisseemedappropriate asitinformsthe readerwhatsortsof topicswill be includedin
my magazine andas thisisthe firstmagazine,attractingthe targetaudience isimportanttothe
successof the magazine.
Strapline
Masthead
Puff
Main Image
Cover lines
Main
cover line
Information on
main cover line
Barcode
and price

2. Abigail Gumery –Media
My contentspage followsthe maincodesandconventionsof atypical popmagazine asthe
imagesIhave usedworkto make the targetaudience interestedinthe articlesthatwillbe insidethe
magazine.The imagesare bothmusicand fashionrelated –bothinwhichare topicsthat mytarget
audience will be interestedin. The mastheadisrepeatedonthe contentspage sothatmy audience
will become familiarwithitandhopefullybe able torecogniseitinthe future.A colourscheme has
clearlybeencontinued fromthe frontcoversoit isobvioustheyare fromthe same magazine asit
has keptitsconsistency.Aswell asthis,the colourscheme will soonbe associatedwiththe magazine
if the readerbuysit frequently. However,mymagazine doesnotquite fitto the rule of thirdslike
others.I chose to dothisas I wantedthe mainimage to standout and be more noticeable asthisis
one of the mainstoriesIhave coveredinside the magazine.
Masthead
Title
Masthead
Image
Writer’s
introduction
Page
numbers
Page
titles
Subheadings

3. Abigail Gumery –Media
My double page spreadfitsthe codesandconventionsof atypical magazine aswell.Thisis
because mymainimage issituatedonthe leftpage and isquite large.Thisimmediatelymakesit
clearwhat the article will be about.Similarlytoreal popmagazines,mymagazine featuresthe main
image onthe frontcoverto the double page spread.Inthe image the mainimage isnot directly
addressingthe cameraas othermagazinesmayhave.Thisisdue to the artistplayingguitar
portrayingthathe ismusical whichishighlyappropriate formymagazine.The actual textIhave
usedinthe article isveryinformal whichfollowsthe conventionsof otherpopmagazine asitis
aimedat sucha youngtargetaudience.Thismakesthe magazine more relatable toteenagegirlsand
easierandmore funto read.
Title
Main
image
Main
article
Page
number