The document discusses the student's media product, which is a music magazine. The student believes their magazine looks like a real music magazine due to the colors and text used, as well as details related to music. They looked at existing magazines like Vibe and XXL for inspiration. The clothing and poses of the models help indicate the magazine's hip hop genre. Photography, editing, clothing choices, and layout were used to make the magazine look professional and clearly fit into the music genre.

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

2. Does your product look like a music magazine?
Why?
I think my product does look like a music magazine because of
the colours and the text that I have used for my magazine. The
details that I have added are also relate to music. The clothes
that my model is wearing also relates to music and the subgenre
of hip hop. I think my product could be improved to be better
but I think it does go along with the music magazines.

3. What analysis of existing professional products did you
do?
I used a barcode which was from Google images and I
then did not really use much existing professional
products. I made my own edits on Photoshop CS6
which I had installed at home. I looked at other existing
magazines such as Vibe, XXL, NME etc. These
magazines helped me a lot and helped
me make my magazine.

4. Does your magazine clearly fit into the music genre or
is it unclear?
Well, the magazine sort of fits the music genre and the
reason for this is the details that I have given on my
front cover and my double page spread. The clothing
(mise-en-scene) also makes the audience know about
what genre it is. The model on my contents page is
sitting on the railing which shows the audience that it’s
hip hop because of the way he is sitting.

5. How have you used models as music artists?
I have used models as music artists In many ways. One
of these reasons is the facial expressions. There facial
expressions are like the ones that I looked at while I
was constructing my media c/w. I was directing the
models on how to stand. I was also in charge of what
they should wear so I decide to make them wear
clothes that hip hop artists usually wear. I made them
wear snapbacks and made the model on my contents
page wear a earing. Both the models had good facial
expressions which matched the genre of hip hop.

6. How have you used photography, editing and mise-en-
scene?
I have used photography in many ways. I have edited my
photos so they look like professional magazine pictures. I
also made effects on them like blurring them and putting
shadow effects on them. On my contents page I cropped
two images out and put them on one page so it looks like a
realistic contents page. I also made the models wear
specific clothes which related the genre of hip hop so the
audience can tell straight away what genre it is. The models
represent artists from hip hop so they have earrings. I
wanted to have a model with tattoos because it would have
looked more better but I could not find one.

7. How have you used layout design?
I have used the layout design in many ways. I done a article
which includes an interview. I put that into columns and
made it all straight so it would look neat. On my front cover
my texts go around as the picture so they look
professionally good. My layout design would also help in
attracting the audience. On my contents page I cropped out
two images and place them in two different places on the
same page as most hip hop contents pages have. The
numbers of the pages are then laid next to the images with
the masthead placed on top of the page. On my front cover
the masthead is covered by the image of the model which
shows the audience that the magazine is already well
known.