This document describes the design elements used on the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a magazine. On the front cover, direct address is used with the main image showing a musician holding a guitar. Additional elements include the magazine name, strapline, barcode, price, issue number, cover lines advertising interior articles, and an album cover advertisement. The contents page continues the color scheme and font from the cover. It features direct address photos, subheadings indicating article topics, page numbers, and brief descriptions. The double page spread also maintains consistency with subheadings, varied fonts to distinguish paragraphs, direct address images including a younger photo in black and white, and a featured quote. Throughout,

1. Front page
Direct address and main image - just like
many of the magazines that I have looked at,
I have chosen to use direct address with my
main image. The use of the main image
clearly shows what genre of magazine this is
as he is holding a guitar and the name also
tells us that this is a music magazine.
Strapline – this
gives a little look
into what kind of
magazine this is
and what's it
about.
Bar code, price and issue number – I have
included these aspects as they appear
consistently throughout many different
magazines that I have seen. These are simple
things that appear on magazines that gives it
more authenticity.
Cover lines – I have
incorporated different cover
lines onto my front page.
Like many magazines that I
have done market research
on, it consists of a title, then
just a short sentence on
what that page will include.
It gives a little of if
information to the reader
about what will be in the
magazine so if they like the
look of it, then they can buy
it and will know what it will
be about.
Album cover – There is an album
cover on the front to make it seem
like it is advertising it to the
readers. This will attract attention
as buy may want to know more
about this album and so they will
buy the magazine to find out
more.
Colours – the colours I have used,
red, white and blue are the
primary three colours that feature
on this page.
Headline – the headline is the biggest piece of
text that features on the page and consists of
bright red and blue.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?

2. Contents
page
Direct address – I
have taken this
photo specifically so
the two characters
are looking at the
camera.
Font – this font
continues from the front
page, which shows
consistency between
pages. It is also in the
same colours.
Colours – the red, white and blue
theme that symbolises the British flag
follows onto this page to show synergy
throughout the pages. The background
is the British flag to also show that this
magazine is based on British singers.
Layout – just like many of the
magazines that I have looked at,
my one has pictures on it
corresponding to the text and
page numbers. The page numbers
next to the text are bigger then
the subheading, but the
subheadings are in a bigger font
that the short sentence
underneath. The short sentence is
just a brief explanation of what
will feature on the page. The
colours of the text match with the
background as well.
Subheadings – these are a little
subheading telling the reader
what the text underneath is going
to be about. They are in black
and white to make them stand
out more.
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of real media products?

3. Double
page spread
Subheading – like on my
contents page, I have
subheading on this page, it
helps to separate the
different paragraphs and lets
the reader know what
features on the page. It is in
red and white to follow the
colour scheme but also to
help it stands out the page.
Font – again, I have
made this font continue
onto the third page to
give all three pages
synergy. Also, all the
different paragraphs are
written in to different
font to make them look
like they aren’t about
the same thing.
Direct address – this image also has direct address.
Images – my main image
is of my main character
when he was younger
and him now. On is in
black and white to give
the impression that it
was taken in the
eighties. The
background is also of my
main character.
Quote – after
looking at
different
magazines, I
have seen that
some of them
have quotes on
them.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?