1) The document discusses how the media product uses conventional forms and techniques from real music magazines. Poses, props, mastheads, sell lines, and other design elements mimic those found in magazines like Vibe and XXL to make the product feel authentic and familiar to audiences. 2) Specific conventions that were utilized include poses and props commonly associated with R&B artists, dynamic mastheads with drop shadows, "puff" text to promote the magazine, consistent color schemes, floating quotes, and inclusion of freebies - all of which are typical magazine marketing techniques. 3) While borrowing existing conventions, some unique design choices were made as well, such as taking up the full double page spread with the main image

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

2. My artist is posing in a conventional manner, so my audience will find it easier to identify with other magazines of the same genre. Poses These are conventional poses used in R & B music magazines

3. Sell Lines Sell lines are conventional feature which are part of the front cover of a magazine, the sell lines are a way in which the magazine sells it self, for example in my magazine I have used “top 50 tracks of all time”, this is a way in which I can make my magazine sell and stand out from other magazines.

4. Props The artist in my magazine was wearing and using props to make a more authentic look and also to make her more conventional, props were used such as: Microphones Necklaces Bracelets These props are usually associated with female r&b artists, so I used these props to make my artist and my magazine cover look conventional and authentic. For example in the blender magazine the model is wear bracelets. So by doing the same my magazine is being conventional so it is associate with the same genre

5. Masthead My masthead is a unique feature of my magazine, which stands out from the rest of the magazine , the font used has a drop shadow with a red background, as the masthead is placed on a white background the use of red makes it stand out to be seen. The masthead is dynamic which looks sophisticated, the use of blueallows it to be identified by a male and female audience My Masthead Actual Mastheads My masthead is unique and different because it has a drop shadow behind it which makes it unique as I have not seen another magazine doing this.

6. Sell Line Puff Main cover line Issue Number Barcode

8. It tries to make the magazine seem better than the competitors which makes you want to buy the magazine

9. E.G in XXlthey use: A decade of dominace, this shows that is may be one of the best music magazines

10. I used “biggest and the best” which gives connotations that it is the biggest magazine out of the competitors and also it is the best.

12. Comparing my magazine double page spread to another, there are many differences which make my double page spread different, I have used my main image to take up the whole page which also includes the background, I think that is a unique feature that my magazine holds, the page is also conventional though, with the use of Q and A style, also the way its been formatted into a conventional layout and composition of columns. Also I have used a floating quote which is an another conventional feature.

13. Floating Quote Floating quotes are one of my unique features in my double page spread. It’s a conventional feature to use because it gives a statement about the artist and what they are about. The quote is shown as she is unique and it puts a statement forward about what my artist is about. Floating Quote

14. Freebies This Is one way I have made my magazine seem more attractive to buy because by offering a free cd, you are offering more with the actual magazine also it is a very conventional way in which magazines attract their audience to buy the product. This is another similarity that my magazine has with other magazines in this genre.