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

2. Front cover
I based my front page
on that of ‘Spin’
magazine’s special
edition cover with
Azealia Banks. I
chose to aim my
magazine at a very
similar target
audience to ‘Spin’ as
I like the simple look
of magazines aimed
at an ‘indie’
audience.I made sure the cover was neither too masculine nor too
feminine by using neutral colours in the photo with a bold red
masthead. The use of red instead of blue or pink (which are
associated with specific genders) allows for both genders to be
targeted equally.

3. Direct mode
of address-
uses and grat
Shows
features to
attract readers
‘exclusive’
often used to
attract
readers as
suggests
magazine is
unique
Barcode out
of the way
Boldest/bigge
st
Flawless
skin-
kilbourne
Simple
layout-not
overcrowded-
typical to
indie mag

4. Contents
Again I decided to base
my contents page on
one in ‘Spin magazine.
The Spin contents was
in black and white so I
too made my image
black and white. I
continued with the
neutral colour scheme
(besides the masthead)
as I felt it gives the
magazine a more
sophisticated look . Nearly all magazines I looked at had the title
of the magazine on the contents page so I stuck with that. I also
included the issue number and date which most magazines put
on their contents pages.

5. Title displayed
throughout
Simple
colour
scheme
like spin
Features and
page numbers
to advertise
certain articles
Short
description of
article
Picture to
encourage
audience to
visit that
page
Website-
advertises
the
magazine
Simple
image
Not too
crowde
d- indie
mag
code+c
onventi
ons

6. Double page spread
Again, my double page spread was based off ‘Spin’. However I
decided to not follow this one completely. For example I did not
make my image black and white due to already having a black and
white contents page. I also included my masthead on my double
page spread which ‘Spin’ does not and used two collums of article
rather than one.

7. Pull quote
from article
Arrow
encouraging
reader to turn
page
Introducti
on to
article
Larger first letter
Author
and
photog
rapher
Image and text take up half
side each so fold does not
interfere

8. Like most magazines, I used a constant colour scheme
throughout my magazine to keep the house style consistant.
I also used Direct mode of address in my front cover image.
Direct mode of address is used im most magazines as it
connects the audience to the magazine. My contents page
clearly displayed the features of the magazine in a simple
way. This was slightly unconventional as magazines such as
NME have quite a crowded contents page, however as I ws
basing my magazine on ‘Spin’ I decided to follow their
simplistic style.