My magazine follows several conventions of real music magazines: 1. It uses a masthead on the cover and contents pages in a distinct font to identify the magazine title, mimicking techniques used by magazines like NME. 2. The color scheme of black, white, and red is typical of rock/indie magazines like Kerrang and adds a rough, grungy look. 3. The fonts mimic those of the genre to attract the target audience, and the main text font is used consistently throughout for familiarity, as seen in many rock magazines. 4. Studio photographs are the primary image on pages, a convention for a more professional look, though some action shots are also used on

1. Evaluation
1. In what ways does your mediaproduct use, developor challenge forms
and conventions of real mediaproducts?
In my magazine, I used a masthead on my cover page and contents page. I
placed it in the same place on both pages, this is a convention that most
magazines use like NME. Itshows the reader what the magazineand by
using it on my contents page as a substitutefor the word ‘contents’ it
makes the magazineseem more professional, also allowing the reader to
identity whatthe page is themselves by looking at it. My masthead was in a
distinct font on each page that no other text was in. This was to make it
stand out as the name of the magazine and to draw attention to it on the
cover page. My masthead was also black to contrastthe white background.
This is also a common convention of a music magazine.
Another convention that I followed in my magazine was the colour scheme.
I used a colour scheme of black, white and red which is typical of a
rock/indie/alternative magazine. This colour schememakes the magazine fit
the genre of music by adding a rough and grungy look to the magazine.
Magazines like Kerrang also use similar colour schemes. On my cover and
contents page, I involved red to make certain coverlines stand out to the
reader so that it draws their attention. The fonts I used in my magazine are
all also similar to the genre of the magazine. They are all edgy and distorted
matching the vibe of the magazine. I used a few different fonts to add
variation and this is similar to other rock magazines to attract the audience.
The main text I used was “Beboline” which was across all of my pages. I
used this for my masthead so that the magazine is recognisableto the
audience and so that there is familiar font on all of the pages. Many rock
magazines also do this.

2. Throughoutmy magazine, the majority of my photographs werestudio
shots as the main image on each page. This is also a common convention of
music magazines. This is becauseit is a more professionalview. I used direct
address in mostof my images so that the actors are directly looking into the
camera. This makes the audience feel more connected to the magazine and
invites them in. Most magazines do this so that people buy their magazine.
My double page spread does follow common conventions though as I have
used a couple of studio photographs, oneon each page, and made the text
flow around the images. The article is also about a band and the full band is
pictured. Which is also common. However, my contents page has a studio
shotbut also two other images that are action shots. This strays fromthe
common convention as many magazines usea mix of studio shots. I did this
because I feel that it makes my magazine more interesting and allows the
reader to see a variety of shots. Furthermore, on my contents page and my
double page spread, I used sub headers to divide up the pages and to
identify the different sections of the page, especially on my contents page
so that whatthe reader was looking for in the magazine was easier to find.

3. My double page spread is also layed out so that it is in a commonly used three
column layout on each page. By using 3 columns on each page, it makes the
text easier to read and follow for the reader. This also follows a common
convention of a magazine as mostuse this layoutbecause it is the easiest one
to use, making the magazinelook more professional. A final convention that
my magazinefollows is that my magazine pages have page numbers. This is a
common convention of not only music magazines, but all magazines published.