The media product uses and develops conventions from real magazines. On the cover, conventions from Rolling Stone such as color scheme and image placement are used. The contents page uses a three-column layout and multiple images, developing conventions from Q magazine. The double-page spread closely follows conventions from NME such as text placement and emphasis, but develops conventions such as using three columns of text instead of two. Some conventions are challenged, such as replacing a large central image on the contents page with a neat three-column layout.

1. Evaluation Question 1
Q1) In what way does your media product,
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. The top 3 magazines were my main inspirations, and underneath each one of them is my final
magazine, just from looking at the magazine I looked at and the magazine I made you can see
there are clear conventions that I have used, developed and challenged. The most apparent
convention on my cover that I have used is the F model, I have simply switched Rolling Stone
magazine’s cover around, my writing is just down the other side of the page. On my contents page
I have challenged the convention of only having one main column and one large image by having 3
main columns and two smaller images. On my double page spread I have made my magazine
incredibly similar the Main convention I have developed is again the columns. In NME’s double
page spread only 2 columns of text are used, but I did not feel this was enough so I used three
columns instead.

3. Front cover
I have used various conventions from
the rolling stone magazine. I wanted to
achieve a similar cover to this cover,
and the conventions I have used have
worked well. I moved the cover lines
to left side of the page as opposed to
the right, there was no real reason for
this other than I preferred the look of
it. I used a mid shit which I also found
important as it gives the audience and
target market a clear view of who will
be in the magazine, leading to other
connotations of who might be in the
magazine. With the mid shot I also had
the top of the image slightly covering
the masthead, I have clearly left
enough of the masthead visible but it
does also create a good image like on
rolling stone magazine.
The colour scheme on rolling stone and many other
magazine covers is usually black white and red. I have tried I did not challenge many conventions of the front that I analysed.
to use this colour scheme as much as possible but as I have a I really liked the rolling stone cover it is very simplistic, the cover
British theme within my magazine I had to somehow get lines are small and the image is very simple. I did like the black
blue from the union jack in as well red and white. I was and white image on rolling stone but I thought mine would be
unsure on how to develop this convention so by adding the better suited with more colour so I rejected this convention.
union jack flag behind the mast head I feel it has added
another style to the cover and clears up the idea of my
magazine as a British magazine.

4. Contents
Again another important part of my
contents page is the colour scheme,
red, white and black are key colours,
so I used this convention similar to on
my front cover. There isn't a huge
amount of coverage in either of these
contents pages, both have quite an
acute audience so there is no real
room to widen the coverage. I could
not add corporate brands or
musicians fro outside the genre
otherwise it would be against the
whole ides of my magazine. A simple
convention of contents pages is that
under each feature there is a little bit
of text describing the feature, I did
not really copy this from Q mag but I
did use it as it makes my magazine
look more professional.
There were some conventions that I developed in my I did not like the way that a majority of the page has been
contents page from my inspirations the main one taken up by a picture in Q mag, I challenged this idea
being that I used three columns of text as opposed to completely and made my contents completely differently. I
one. I also kept the layout very simple so I changed Q wanted it to be a neat 3 column lay out and obviously a huge
mags contents page having specials and monthly picture in the middle wouldn’t allow me to do this. At first I
additions to just having what was in this months only had one image on my contents but this looked to bare
addition and nothing would change the layout I had and it looked like a word document with a picture on it so I
formed. added another smaller picture for more depth.

5. Double Page Spread
As you look at both my double page spread and the NME magazine you can see I have clearly used a lot of the conventions that
they have, I really liked the dps about the vaccines so I made mine as similar as possible. I split my page clearly with the text on
one side of the page and the image remaining bold and visible on the other side of the page. One thing I liked about the article of
the vaccines is that there is a small amount of background text before the actual article itself, I also decided to do this as it gives
the audience a better understanding about why there is an interview or special feature on the band. I also used the convention
of emphasising a quote, by making it bolder and larger but still within the text itself, this just adds something a but different to
the article and makes it look more eye catching.
I did have to develop some conventions however because I was not entirely happy with the look of NME dps. I wanted 3
columns of writing as I didn’t think that 2 was enough or gives my interview enough room to be read. With this it meant I also
had to develop the sizing and placement of my picture as the vaccines take two thirds of the page whereas on mine it is split
straight down the middle. I also did an interview in my article and I put the interviewers name in red but NME have not.
I didn’t have to challenge many conventions of NME double page spread as I really liked it and tried to make my magazine as
similar as possible, I even used a similar coloured background for my article. one thing I did challenge however was the bits of
blue detailing around the edge of NMEs dps it does fit with their colour scheme but I think it looks messy.