1. The document describes how a media product was designed to use and challenge conventions of real music magazines like Kerrang. Key elements that were modeled after Kerrang include the worn title font, banners along the top, and featuring multiple bands on the front cover. Some elements were developed further, like adding a "Plus" bar to highlight included bands. 2. Photos on the cover were posed similarly to Kerrang with models looking directly at the camera to draw in readers. Layout conventions like the title at the top and large artist name in the middle were followed. 3. For inside pages, a typical Kerrang double page spread layout with a large image on one side and interview on the other was used. Dark

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

2. TitleAbove is Kerrangs title font and my own title font. Kerrang use an eroded font for their title, so I chose a font which looked worn away as I felt it suited the rock music magazine genre. The word Riff is short and relates to music so I thought this would be a catchy magazine title, like the word ‘Kerrang’.Like the Kerrang magazine, my ‘Riff’ title spreads across the top of the page, which is the typical way the magazine title is set out.

3. BannersAlong the top of my magazine I made a banner following the typical Kerrang magazine layout.I also made a ‘Plus’ bar along the bottom of the cover to show the bands that would be included inside the magazine, although this is a typical feature on a magazine, I developed the bar by making the ‘Plus’ text stand out with a fancier text.

4. ModelHere is the photo on my front cover and a Kerrang front cover. I made my model look straight at the camera like the people on existing magazines do to draw the reader in.The poses and gestures on both magazine covers are quite bold and both have the same rebellious threatening effect.I used a simple costume on my front cover as I wanted to focus mainly on her facial expression and pose like the music magazines I have researched usually do.

5. Magazine layoutI followed the typical magazine front cover layout when making my own front cover. The title is at the top, with the name of the featured artist large and bold near the middle of the cover.Kerrang usually have other photos on the front cover, so I also put another smaller photo on the front. I think this layout works well for a music magazine cover as it shows as many different bands on the front cover as possible.

6. Double page spreadFor my double page spread I followed a typical Kerrang magazine layout. I used one large image on one side and put the interview on the other.I also made the background quite dark as I found that Kerrang usually use colours like black and grey for their double page spreads.I developed the page by adding a ‘Have your say’ box, to show peoples’ opinions on the featured artist and used some brighter colours to make it stand out.