The document summarizes the ways in which the student's music magazine product uses and develops conventions of real music magazines. It discusses how the student was inspired by magazines like Rolling Stone, NME, and Vibe in designing elements like the magazine's masthead, layout, and photography. The student researched popular music magazines to identify conventions like consistent house style and use of the Guttenberg design principle. Photos were taken and edited to resemble magazine covers and spreads from sources like Q, NME, Vibe, and Rolling Stone. Text was organized in traditional magazine columns around images.