conventions

1. Question 1:
In what ways does your media use, develop
and challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
Continuity is especially relevant within all types of magazines and media products, and after
researching different types of products I have now developed my piece to show continuity – following the
convention to make my piece as realistic as possible. In regards to the colour scheme of my media product, I
have used red, grey, black and white and peach colours throughout – on the front cover, contents page and
two double page spreads. This shows continuity which brings them all together as one, showing that they
are all within the same product. These colours have also been specifically used to fit with the genre of the
magazine and as I felt that they fitted best with my models outfit. The font type and text being consistently
bold and of the same also brings a sense of continuity throughout all pages of my media product. Bold
headlines therefore stand out and bring attention to the main part, especially on the font cover. The media
product name – “SESSIONS” being repeated on the right bottom hand corner of each page also show
professionalism as well as consistency through reinforcing the brand name. I have also chosen to feature the
same model on all of my magazine pages to reinforce her important with this issue, making it more
profession and shows continuity.
The following slide show how my media product follows the conventional route of a real media product…

2. Masthead:
Like majority of the magazines already
on the market today, I have placed the
masthead across the top of the page to
ensure it stands out and is one of the
main thing that the audience see.
Covering the top of the font page make
is more dominant, along with large
bold font and the fact I have put the
text in white in order for it to contrast
with the background colour which is
grey. This then makes it completely
noticeable to the reader, who is then
made aware of the brand. The slight
outline of the colour red that is around
some of the letters shows continuity as
it matches the colour scheme of the
rest of the magazine, which also shows
originality.
Skyline:
The skyline feature has been place along
the very top of the page backed with a
slightly darker shade of grey than the
background so that is it almost separated
from the rest of the front cover. This is eye
catching and is conventionally used on
nearly every magazine to pursued people
to buy the magazine. Superlative adjectives
such as “largest” made out that is is the
best magazine that they are going to
purchase and the “2014” reinforces it is u
to date.
Anchor text:
When it comes to the models name
which is the main headline of the font
cover, I have positioned it at the
bottom of the page larger than the rest
of the other headlines. This is the other
piece of text other than the masthead
that stand out to the audience as it will
be also drawing them in with it
dominance. In order to make is stand
out and contrast against other piece of
text on the front cover I have used the
colour red, as it linking to the colour
scheme. I have specifically used upper
case in order to increase the
dominance showing that is it the main
headline of the magazine. However I
have also purposely used the a font
which is less bold for the main headline
with challenges most other magazines.
This is in order to contrast with the rest
of the text and fonts for being thinner.
Pull Quote:
I have included a pull quote which is
quite conventional on the front cover
of a music magazine, in order to draw
in an audience. This gives the
audience a small hint to what is inside
of the magazine to make them want to
buy the magazine and read more
about the article.

3. Main Image:
I chose this main image as I felt that is was
conventional of a magazine main image,
especially for my genre of pop/R&B. I have
positioned her in the centre of the page,
slightly over lapping the masthead and
other headlines reinforcing the dominance
of the her and lets the audience know that
she is the main on within this magazine.
Thinking about the mise-en-scene of
costume, I chose a bold yet simple black
dress implying that she is fierce and is
appealing to an older pop audience of 16+
due to the shorter skirt and more revealing
neck line. The dark colour shows her
masculine qualities of being independent
and a strong female figure, which is made
slightly more feminine with the large and
chunky jewelry to contrast this idea. The
chosen hair style shows her to be ore
mature and reinforces her worldwide
status with a professional look. I have
taken the picture with her looking straight
at the camera to directly target the
audience which develops the forms and
conventions as you usually get the main
star connecting with the target audience.
Finally I have purposefully got my model to
pose with a wink and to show a fun and
less serious side of her, which brings a
sense of entertainment to draw in the
audience.
Headlines:
From researching a variety of magazines I
have been influence by Billboards chosen
layout. As I have the other texts, I have
also made them dominant through a black
and bold font for the other artist that
feature. This draw the audience in a allow
the genre of the magazine to come
through. I have then used different
coloured text describing the story line to
make the artist name stand out even more
in comparison. The use of superlative
adjectives such as “Hottest” is used as a
comparative to other magazines making
out as if it is better than any others - which
also attracts the audience to make the
magazine seem better than any other
which I have noticed a lot of magazines do
in order to get more consistent customers.
Advertisement:
This pull draws in the audience catching
their attention to buy the magazine and
is conventionally use on many
magazines to increase purchases.
I put this pull in a bubble, of which is
the colour in my colour scheme to
show continuity and used the same
bold, black font as the rest of the text
so that is doesn't’t contrast too much.
Bar code and date:
These are conventional feature of a magazine showing the issue date and
the price to inform the audience, and including these made it more
realistic to what a real media product would look like.

4. The frequent reinforcement of the
brand name throughout magazines
is a common convention which I
have made sure is included in my
own product. I have place it in the
top right hand corner so that it is
the first thing that the audience
see on this page.
I have used the same colour scheme here (white,
black, red, grey and peach) to keep the same
forms as other real media product, so that it looks
more professional.
I have place the date at the top so
that it stands out, which is a
frequent convention on every
magazine – so that people
reading know how recent the
information is.
I have chosen to separate the
front cover article from the other
information and make this image
larger to show this is the main
article. This is conventionally
done as they dominate the front
cover of the magazine and the
audiences main reason for buying
the product will be to read about
them, it need to show clearly
what page they are on.
Frequent reminder of the brand
name and the page number.
Captions under neither the headlines, giving more
information to what the article is about, which seem to
be conventional within all magazines.
Picture of numerous artist that
are featured within the magazine
to entice the audience to
purchase and read the magazine.
These are included within most
magazines to show the audience
what else is included as they may
not specifically want to just read
about the main cover star.
I have separated the contents of
the magazine that are featured on
the front cover from the rest of the
magazine pages. This is very
conventional within most
magazine so that the readers who
have been attracted by the front
cover can easily find what they are
looking for.
I have sectioned different
headlines such as “women in
music” and “every month” so that
points of interest can be found
easier by the reader.

5. The pull quote I have included shows that this piece is
made for an adult audience as they wouldn't’t be shocked
by this taboo language. It also shows the genre of the
piece as taboo language is rather common within R&B/
mature pop songs.
The main artist Is
featured again on
this page, showing
a sense of
continuity and
flow of the media
product which
make it a lot more
professional.
Consistent branding is shown throughout with
continuous reference to the brand name and
design that is on the front cover. It is very
conventional that the brand name is reinforced
throughout the magazine on all of the pages.
I have used the same design with
the red lines that occur throughout
my magazine, which also runs with
my colour scheme.
Researching a
variety of
magazines I have
been influenced
by the variation
of fonts on words
within the same
section. This is
something done
to make it stand
out and seem
quirkier.
Showing the significance of the main
artist I have use a different coloured
bold font in order for her name to stand
out.

6. Continuous
colour scheme
running
throughout
with the same
line design
running along
the bottom to
bring the pages
together
showing they
are apart of the
same
magazine.
The main article
is in columns and
links with the
story line and
headlines to
show continuity.
Question and
answers which
are conventional
features of
magazine
interview are
also featured.
I have a drop cap
at the beginning
of my article as I
found magazine
introduce third
articles with this
technique in
order to show
the starting
point.
Title of the article- this is conventional within magazines to
make the article appealing as usually it is a teasing quote linking
with the article to make the audience want to read. This then
makes it more professional makes it more professional.
Reinforces the brand of
the magazine.
Introduction to the main article giving information
into to he text. I have changed font and colour
making it bold in order to stand out on the page.