The document discusses how the student's media product both uses and challenges conventions of real music magazines. The student analyzed real magazine covers, contents pages, and spreads before designing their own magazine. Their magazine cover maintains elements like the artist making eye contact and using three main colors. However, their contents page includes the magazine name as branding. Their double page spread also sticks to three columns of text like real magazines but highlights the question and answer section effectively.

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

2. Before creating my magazine I did
some research to analyse generic
conventions of music magazines. I
then tried use and challenge these
generic conventions into my own
work.

3. Annotation of a real magazine cover

4. Annotation of my magazine cover
Models face not
covered by text
Left side third rule
Content layering
over main image
Date/price/
barcode
Main cover line
Image
relates to
main feature
Plug
Range of
fonts/sizes for
importance
Maintains
house style
3 main colours; red white
and dark grey

5. Annotation of a real magazine contents page
Text lined perfectly
to left side
Plain/bold font
(easy to read)
Maintains
MOJO house
style
Main image
Issue number
added
Name of magazine
included (branding)
Sub headings
different
coloured font to
numbers
Artist making
clear eye
contact
Relevant contentPull quote
from
interview

6. Annotation of my magazine contents
page
Text lined perfectly
to left side
Relevant content
Maintains
Shuffle house
style
Sub headings
different
coloured font to
numbers
Artist making clear
eye contact
Includes branding
of SHUFFLE
magazine
Images to
interest reader
Structured
headings
Includes branding
of SHUFFLE
magazine
Plain/bold font
(easy to read)
Sticks to 3 main
colours

7. Annotation of a real magazine double page spread
• .

8. Annotation of my magazine double
page spread
Sticks to 3 main
colours
Plain/bold font
(easy to read)
Artist making
clear eye contact
Main image
covering left
page, interests
reader
Page
numbers
Text
structured
into 3
columns
Q/A
highlighted
effectively
Main title
Introduction to
interview
Relevant content in interviewSticks to SHUFFLE
house style
Interesting title attracts reader