This document discusses how the author's media product, a music magazine called Anthem, develops and challenges conventions of real music magazines. Specifically: - The author designed Anthem to visually resemble the popular music magazine Q, using a similar color scheme, layouts, and photos. - Elements like the masthead, pull quotes, and featured music genre are modeled after Q's style to achieve an appealing, eye-catching effect. - The author also included original elements like made-up band interviews and an "Anthem Awards" ceremony to maintain their own branding while referencing an existing magazine format.

1. By Josh Baugh

2. Question 1
- in what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My music magazine, Anthem, was produced to look similar to
Q Magazine; using the same colour scheme and similar photos
and layouts.
I did this because Q magazine is my most favourable
music magazine on the market, because of eye
catching front covers. I feel that my magazine has
achieved that same appealing effect.
The masthead, itself, is simple but effective. Being so
simple, it’s easy to remember, allowing the ‘reader’ to
almost instantly recognise the logo.
I have used the same shape as the original magazine,
but tilted at 90 degrees to maintain my own personal
branding.
The Pug image and pull quotes are all relevant to my
chosen genre of music, Rock / indie. As are of Q’s. This
is once again referring to Q’s style and layout.
As you may know, Q have a award ceremony, praising
their best featured artists from the magazine. I decided
to produce my very own award ceremony, “Anthem
Awards.”

3. Again, as you can see, my contents page is
somewhat similar to that of Q’s.
I almost copied the exact layout, adding my own
individual effects that make it my magazine.
This is a screenshot of an online video
that shows an interview of the band.
‘False Society,’ a made up band of mine.
This is a metaphorical use of synergy
for my magazine, advertising for the
other media platforms that my
magazine possesses.

4. My article page was the most technical page in
my magazine. It was constructed using a number
of layers to produce a professional finish.
The masthead remains throughout the pages,
maintaining the branding of my company.
The background gives the page a bit of definition,
but subtly – not distorting the ability to read the
text.
Drop text and pull quotes were inserted to make
the page look like a real magazine.
The image of my article displays the featured
band, False Society.
The image is a little different to many others.
I wanted to depict the brotherly relationship
between the boys, making them look close
and professional.