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

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

2. Front Cover One main image
Title is the biggest used to attract
writing on the page, audience’s
catches readers attention, uses
eyes first, biggest direct address as
and brightest, is a model is staring
unique type of font right towards the
and colours to reader, also gives
represent my
sense of attitude.
magazine.
Main cover line Positioning statement under
anchors image, title, ‘magazines slogan’
second biggest text date and issue number also
after the title, has a included along with price.
sub-line underneath
sometimes
explaining what
Barcode used at the
article is about.
bottom to give it a
Puff used at the professional look.
bottom to give the
reader a look at what
else is in the
magazine. Contains
band names which Cover lines are big, colourful writing to stand out
might attract a reader more with small subtext underneath giving
to buy the magazine. readers more information about the article.

3. Small picture Contents page
of magazine Word ‘Contents’ runs
front cover along the top.
also included.
Included issue date
Page numbers and number
are bigger or a included.
different colour
to attract Different images
attention and to showing readers the
add diversity. wide range of
Small headlines articles appearing in
for each section the magazine.
of the contents
page writing.
Tidies it up to Page numbers
look more neat included on photos
and easier for so audience can find
readers to find that page quickly if a
what they are photo attracts them.
looking for.
Page is set out into three different columns to allow more room for writing and photos.

4. Double page spread
Three different Headline is big
pages, one picture and stands out
taking up at least also in a different
two full pages. font to rest of the
Smaller image on article.
the third page to
relate to article.
Stand first below
the title stating
Artists name in the artists name
different colour and a little bit of
along with information
interviewers about the article.
name. By line included
in stand first.
Drop capital,
Quote from artists shows audience
usually somewhere in where to start
the middle, used to reading.
break the text up a bit
more so it doesn’t
appear too boring. Page number appears on the
bottom.
Simple consistent colour
scheme. Direct address to audience.