My magazine 'Re-wired' aims to fulfill the same conventions as a professional music magazine by including typical elements like catchy headlines, news stories, in-depth articles and gossip. While the contents are similar to a leading magazine, the stories in my magazine are mainly fictional. Photos were improved using Photoshop to better represent the music industry, though early photos lacked relevance. The magazine's design employs a patriotic color scheme to appeal to both British and American audiences.

1. •My magazine ‘Re-wired’ uses, develops
and challenges forms of conventions by
taking the typical magazine and fulfilling
the same standard produced by the
professional magazine company.
•From my studies I discovered there was
a range of content that occurred across
competing magazines; this is including
catchy cover lines, top new stories, in-
depth articles and all the gossip
throughout the music world, which I easily
fitted into my magazine.
My magazine
•The only difference is mine is mainly contains similar
fictional, I used as little real life stories as layouts to a leading
possible. magazine. The
contents is what is
expected of a
leading magazine.

2. •The magazine includes a selection of images, this has
developed from taking poor pictures with an irrelevant
background to pictures where the scene is set, the
costumes fit the genre of the magazine.
•When needed I was able to put techniques and abilities
of using Photoshop to alter things. I tried to represent
this on the double page, using the snow to my benefits
getting some good shots to show the extravagant shots
the professional photographers would get for Q and
This image shows no
NME.
relevance to the
music industry.
•This was also show where as I wanted the effect of a
concert so I had to edit it in to the best of my abilities;
this was quite difficult as I was a complete novice to
Photoshop before I started media.
This is the out
come of my
attempt at
photo-shop.

3. •My magazine would be able to go up along side a
leading magazine like Q as it has the same sort of
practicality, I have stuck to a very strong house style
of red, blue and white, give it a very patriotic feel.
•This sets a fairly indie feel to it giving the
impression of ‘best of British’ this would also then
attract the American audience as they generally
enjoy stereotypical jolly old England.
• I have also used teaser cover lines to introduce
bands that will be influencing the weekly read.
Banner’s are used as they are eye catching and
they lay right on the route of the eye so I have
including more interesting information to grab the
reader.
A patriotic feel could give the
impression it is much better than
another magazine, it shows real
strength.