My magazine challenges some conventions of teen pop/R&B magazines through its black and white cover photo and color scheme, but maintains other codes through layout, fonts, and styles of photography similar to other magazines. The inside articles have a clear structured layout in columns for easy reading. While the cover design breaks from colorful norms, the inside photos add color back within the pink and blue theme. The layout focuses the cover on one artist but spreads out text inside to maintain younger readers' interest.

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

2. Who the codes and conventions need
to appeal to
My magazine is made for teenage girls interested in
r&b/pop music and also that are interested in
fashion and the gossip about the people associated
with this genre. It had to appeal to them through
the colour scheme, the types of pictures that were
used and also the content that was included. My
magazine challenges some of the conventions such
as colour schemes but sticks to the majority of the
codes and conventions such as style of photo and
the costumes the artists are in and also the layout
of the cover.

3. Conventions of a magazine
• Masthead
• Fonts
• Writing style
• Colour scheme
• Cover lines
• Pull quotes
• Style of photography
• Page numbers
• Bar code, issue number
and price.

4. Front cover
The images on the front cover
are similar as it focuses on one
person who the main article
inside the magazine is about.
Both images have a medium
long shot of the artist which is
the main article but we have a
different use of colours as the
other magazine has a dark
background and three set
colours for the text which links
into mine for having a theme of
three set colours but my image
is in black and white which is
challenging normal conventions
of a pop/R&B magazine although
it has bright coloured text on the
page.

5. Masthead
The magazines that are in the same genre as
my magazine have similarities to my masthead
My magazine as they have both used the same layout with
their masthead at the top of the page with the
model in the picture partly covering the
magazine. Blender magazine has used a bold
black text upon a black background to make it
stand out and Vibe have used a bold red text
upon a black background which gives the
same effect as blender, my magazine also fits
this as its got a grey background with a black
text but it differs to the other magazines to
make it more noticeable as the letter ‘I’ is in a
Other magazines different colour.

6. Writing style
• The writing style on the inside
of the magazine differs from
the front cover as it’s very
structured and has a clear
layout into columns so it’s
presented well to the My magazine
audience and is easily
understood. The layout
makes it easier for the reader
to find different paragraphs in
the interviews and makes the
double page spread more eye
catching to the readers as it’s
not trying to grab your
attention as the cover lines
on the front cover do, it’s for
you to read.
Other magazines

7. Colour scheme
The magazines have three main
colours on the front cover, My
magazine has used black, blue
and pink, the other magazine
has used black, yellow and
white and the last magazine has
used Black, gold and blue. A
main colour to be used on
magazines is black as it stands
out more and makes the text
clearer on a light background
although the middle example
has a black background with
bright coloured text over it.
Whereas mine and the last
magazine have a light
background with the bright
coloured text over the top to
make it stand out more.

8. Style of photography
• All the photos are staged
photos with one person in a
studio, the shots taken for front
covers are predominantly
medium long shots or a mid
shot which shows mainly the
face and upper body of the
person on the front
cover, Most front covers show My magazine
the model having eye contact
with the camera which makes
it more eye catching to
readers, the photos need to
grab readers attention to make
them want to buy the
magazine. My magazine
challenges the normal front
cover as the picture is in black
and white whereas most front
covers are in colour.
Other magazines

9. Props and costumes
My magazine was very simple, I used
basic colours for the outfit which was
black and white with no prints as I
wanted a plain picture so the text on
the cover would stand out and be more
effective. I used a young girl to show
the target market it was aimed at so
the audience feel they can relate to the
person being interviewed inside. On
the inside pages I added colour to the
pictures but kept the colour scheme by
putting a pink top on her and she had a
leopard print cardigan on as the
pictures were all on one side and I
wanted them to be bolder than on the
front cover.

10. layout
The layout of my magazine follows the same trend of other magazines by having one main artist
shown in the middle of the front cover and then with the masthead behind the artists head at the
top of the screen and then a main heading of who the artist is on the cover and then the text of
what is included is around the side of the page not covering the artists face.
The double page spread of my
magazine is a little less compact than
most magazines as it’s aimed at a
younger audience and it has a more
spread out layout in order to not lose
the readers interest but there’s enough
text to gain an insight into the artist.