The document discusses how the media product uses several common magazine conventions in its design, including: 1. Using a color theme, masthead, coverlines, barcode, price and date like real magazines. 2. Featuring articles with images, pull quotes, and page numbers to promote the content inside. 3. Including additional common magazine elements such as an editor's message, exclusive labels, and Q&A article formats. However, it also challenges some conventions by using unusual stylistic choices such as a quirky cover pose atypical of magazines.

1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT
USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL
MEDIA PRODUCTS
Lindsey Parkes

2. A common convention of a I have made the masthead big
magazine is a colour theme. I and placed over the model to
have used different tones of make the title stand out. I have
purple and black for my theme used the pull qutoe of “the
and have limited myself to only fastest selling chart magazine in
2 fonts. the uk” this promotes the
Magazines like „Kerrang‟ only magazine and tells the audience
use 2 colours like red and black the genre of the magazine at the
and is easily recognised by their same time.
readers.
I have used the coverlines to
I have used a medium close up show the audience what artists
for my front which is a very are featuring inside the
common convention for magazine, Mix mag also do this
magazines. The model is on their front covers.
looking directly into the camera
to connect with the reader. The I have used a bar code, price and
model is posing in a „quirky‟ date for my magazine so it is
way to catch attention, this is sellable in shops. This is used on
something most magazines do. every magazine.
I have used a flasher to promote a special edition of the magazine.

3. I have put the name of I have used the date here so the
my magazine here so all reader knows they are up to
three pages link date with the magazine and I
together. I have a have put the website of the
grey/black colour magazine if the readers need
scheme on this page and any more information.
feature the shades of
purple from the front I have used bigger titles here to
cover. show „News‟ „Features‟ and
„Reviews‟ and put each page
I have used three number correctly matched with
different pictures and the title.
put the page number in
the image to show the I have featured an editors
reader where to find this message which some magazines
story. usually have. This is for the
editor to connect with the
reader.

4. I have used the
image of my
featuring artist as I have put the word
the whole „Exclusive‟ in bold to
background of my stand out from the
double page rest of the title as
spread. Magazines the article is
like billboard use exclusive to the
this method a lot magazine.
to emphasis the
image. I have used a sub
title giving a brief
I have used a pull description of what
quote from my the article is about.
article and placed
it on the left hand My article is in a
side. Magazines do question and answer
this to make format which most
readers want to magazine use.
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