1. In what way does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
media products?
Jessica Luu

2. What are conventions?
• Definition of Convention: A way in which
something is usually done; within a particular
area or activity.
• Magazines have many conventions here are
the main ones that occur in music magazines:
- Charts and new music
- It sets the fashion of music trends.
-It clearly shows the genre of the magazine
(e.g. pop, rock, RNB etc.)

3. What are forms?
• Definition of Form: The visible shape or
configuration of something.
• Music magazines also have forms, here are
some that we know occur:
-Produced on glossy paper
-It visibly presents the genre
-It must have a front cover

4. Forms and Conventions in a real pop
magazine front cover
Short pull quotes
Mast head in the
‘left hand third’ Clear main image
Consistent colour
scheme of:
Pink, black, yellow and
white Name of artist
Thumbnails which
Clear background
reveal more from inside
the magazine
Music set
fashion trends
Quote from an
interview
Barcode and price tag
Catchy superlative

5. Forms and Conventions in my pop
magazine front cover
Mast head in the ‘left hand Thumbnail in the top tight
third’ – This is a convention hand side challenges the
of most magazines usual conventions of a
magazine
Competitions and freebies
from the magazine Clear main image
Background isn’t one The name of artist in the
colour and clear – This was bubble and not clearly
done to challenge the real shown challenges the real
conventions and see how it conventions of a
would still appeal to the magazine because they’re
target audience always bold and stand
out.
Barcode – a essential
convention
A couple of thumbnails –
Colours are the same as most pop reflects real magazine
magazines: black, white, pink and yellow conventions

6. Forms and Conventions in a real pop
magazine contents page
Explains clearly
what this page is
Subheadings
Plain background
Page Numbers colour (white)
Colour scheme:
Pink, white, yellow
and black
Fashion trends
Thumbnails

7. Forms and Conventions in my pop
magazine contents page
A main thumbnail. This Title of the page
challenges the normal which is usually a
conventions of a convention of a
contents page which contents page
usually have many little
Page numbers
thumbnails not a main
which is essential
image.
in contents pages
Music chart also challenges
real convention. Most Thumbnails which is
conventions don’t use also a common
information like this in the convention
contents page
Subtitles in the articles
Different types of images
Plain White background
which is a normal
which is always a main
convention of a contents
colour
page

8. Forms and Conventions in a real pop
magazine double page spread
A main image taking
up half of the double
Title with quote from article
page spread
First letter
presented in
larger format
Second image
(thumbnail)
included inside Matching colour
text scheme
Highlighted questions

9. Forms and Conventions in my pop
magazine double page spread
Title of the interview. This challenges the normal
conventions a magazine as they usually have a quote
from the interview The stand first
A main image usually takes up
taking up half of half the page of the
the double page double page
spread. This spread, but I
occurs in most challenged this
double page convention by
spread. I have keeping it smaller
followed the for more content to
normal convention be added
of magazines
Quote
highlighted and
Black and white colour scheme made bold to
Highlighted the questions which is common in real media attract the eye of
conventions as it separates the answers from the question the audience