The document discusses the cover design of a college magazine, comparing it to real magazine covers. It notes several key conventions used: a prominent masthead at the top, distinct cover lines highlighting the magazine's contents, and a main central image to draw the reader's attention. The cover lines and main image are used to advertise what is inside the magazine. Additional features like competitions and ads for other companies were also included to promote sales.

1. By Rianna Landell

2. COVER AND CONTENTS OF A COLLEGE MAGAZINE
PRELIMINARY TASK EVALUATION EXAMPLE
1. In what ways does
your media product use,
develop or challenge
forms
and conventions of real
media products?

3. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products?
The masthead is
bold on the vibe
magazine and my
masthead could be
a bigger font to
draw the reader in.
The cover lines
are distinct and
informative to
show
exclusively what
the magazine is
going to contain.
Added freebies and
competitions to
Added featured boxes
advertise other
to the cover lines
companies.

4. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products?
Both made the
main images the
visual centre
point of the
magazine cover
Have added the
masthead at the top
filling the top thirds.
Cover lines
I thought that the main
image was one of the most
I chose to make the most important things similar Both have a colour important because it’s the
to other magazines, so it fit the layout of a typical scheme main focus point and its
magazines and showed all the information that
what intially draws the
will advertise the magazine.
readers attention.