The document discusses how the author's magazine "Live" uses and develops conventions of professional music magazines like Q and NME. It analyzes the design of the magazine's front cover, contents page, and a sample double-page article spread. Key elements that make the author's magazine look professional include using a simple color scheme, large memorable titles, artist photography that appeals to indie fans, and clear structured layouts that break up text and images. The goal is to attract readers and indie music fans by following established magazine conventions.

1. In what ways does my media product
use,develope or challenge forms and
conventions of real Media products?

2. Here are the professional magazines Q and NME against my
magazine Live. Despite mine is not a professional magazine it looks
good enough to be, it looks right I did this by following the codes
and conventions..........

3. The title is one word long
this makes it a lot more
memorable to the
audience. It is the biggest
text on the cover to attract
the audiences eye, with a
unique font to also make it
memorable to the
audience. So I did this by
making it bold to stand out.
The main artist is giving
direct address this is too
catch the readers eyes
creating a connection which
pulls them in. There is one
artist posing creating a
feeling. The artist on my
magazine looks smug yet
calm creating a feeling that
indie fans will relate to. This
attracts them to want to
then read the magazine.

4. My magazine consists of a simple colour scheme Red, black, white with a
dash of yellow. This makes my magazine look a lot more professional and
well structured, as other professional magazines do as you can see the
NME magazine above. It gives it a better effect as it looks more
approachable to the audience attracting them to it to make them want to
read it. Also throughout the front cover the same font style and size is
used makes it look a lot more structured.

5. My cover –lines on my magazine are
used to intrigue the audience, to make
them want to know a lot more about
them. It gives them a taste of what my
magazine has to offer and what is
inside. They are the second biggest
text on the page to attract readers
eyes. Fewest words as possible are
used this is to make it brief to appeal
to the audience. On my cover lines I
used Indie bands and artists to attract
the fan base to this magazine. This
ensures that readers will be attracted
to it.
This strip line on the bottom of the magazine, is too attract the audience. It
shows that the price of the magazine is reasonable as they are getting a lot
more than what they bargained for . As well as that it also gives the reader
more excitement and intrigues them because they want to know the news,
information and so on about them specific bands/artists.

6. For my cover lines I added black
boxes behind them to make them
stand out more and attract the On this cover-line I have
audiences attention. Against the used “New year, new sound”
black boxes on the cover-lines I to intrigue the audience to
used the font colour Yellow only read it as the word “new”
a small amount because too will hopefully make them
much would of over done it. I got wonder and want to know
this idea from Kerrang. Despite it more.
being a rock magazine it really
went well and complimented the
magazine.

7. The date and price has a very small font size
so it does not interfere with the magazine
as much, yet is their to obviously inform
readers the price, and when this issue of
the magazine was released.
The positioning statement is to
attract readers as it says “the truth
about indie” so they know what to
expect from this magazine.
The bar code is always on the front
of the magazine as their is
advertisement on the back pages.
The reason for this is to make
money. However the bar code is
very small so it doesn't interfere
with the design and feel of the
magazine.

8. Here is my contents page next to a professional Qs magazine
contents page. Mine next to it also looks professional as I followed
the codes and conventions.......

9. My Contents page includes
features that would attract and
appeal to the audience as its full of
stories and information about
bands and artist they readers all
enjoy. I also included extras, The
regulars and reviews this is to get
the audience familiar with this
magazine. This attracts them as
they know what to expect every
time they read this magazine.
My content is in
columns and rows this
looks a lot more
appealing to audience
as it looks a lot more
approachable. It also
looks a lot more
organised.

10. As you can see I carried out my
simple colour scheme throughout
from the front cover to the
contents page. This makes the
magazine look neat and
professional.
The images I chose to use are
all of indie bands/artists to
attract the indie audience.
They are structures neatly and
look organised giving of the
effect that it looks
professional. The numbers on
the images are noticeable so it
is easy for the audience to
access the story they want to
read. They are all in the right
corner as it looks organised.

11. The top strip is a crowd of
hands from a festival, this It includes a website and social
gives of a fun feeling to the networking this creates a bigger fan
magazine. It also includes base for the magazine as it get the
an image on the front of readers interested and attracts
the magazine. This is to them to communicate with the
make this contents page magazine.
known by a wider range of
audience.

12. The images also
includes quotes
from inside the
articles. This
intrigues the
audience as they
want to know
even more.

13. This is my double page spread against one of Q
magazine double page spreads. Yet by following codes
and conventions it looks just as professional.

14. I have used one main image
on one side of the page and
an article beside it to do with
that artist.
I made the background
bleed across the entire
page to make it a lot more
effective.

15. The stand first is the second The headline is the
largest text on the page and biggest text on the
is separate from the other page, this is to attract
text. It is an introduction to peoples eyes so they
give a brief explanation to can notice the article.
the audience what the
article is about.

16. Here I have broken the article
up into clear paragraphs this
makes it a lot more visual and
approachable for the
audience.
It includes a by-line which is
the journalists names and
credits for photographs, with
the text size of 8pt.
The image reflects the genre of indie music
as he has a very not interested, laidback,
care free attitude. Hence the fact he is not
even looking directly at the camera. His
outfit also represent indie as he is wearing
skinny jeans and a checked shirt, this is very
popular with the indie fans.