The media product uses conventions from other magazines such as color scheme, layout, images, fronts, and positioning. The color scheme draws from a John Lennon special issue of Q magazine using gold. Images and positioning are used to draw readers in. The color scheme, positioning, and images are developed to link pages together and give a consistent style. The main challenge is the genre of covering upcoming artists, which no other magazine attempts in a whole issue format.

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

2. Use
I am going to talk about the techniques I have picked
up from other magazines such as colour scheme, layout,
images, fronts,positioning, reputation

3. Front Cover
Use
Colour Scheme
The colour scheme is
similar to this John
Lennon special Q
magazine with the
gold border, the gold
representation a
stereotypes view of
winner and success
which also draws
people into your
magazine focusing on
the main part of the
front cover, such as the
text which may draw
people into the
magazine and the
headline image

4. Use
Front Cover
Positioning
The Positioning and layout of
the things on the front cover
is important because within
the front cover looking great
who would buy your
magazine, the front cover sets
the tone for the rest of the
magazine, such as my
inspiration I have used the
same shot type the close up
showing the facial expression
of the featured artist and the
reader connecting with the
artist. Also the positioning of
the text around the artist such
as other artist within the
magazine can be key to
getting readers

5. Use
Front Cover
Image
The image is key for
gaining reader I picked
the close up shot was a
great shot to use the
eyes of the chosen
artist connecting with
the reader and also the
personality is shown
well through this type
of photo. Another
reason this photo shot
is great is for right in
your face when you
look at the magazine

6. Use
Contents Page
Colour Scheme
Colour Scheme as you can
see in the two images are
the same border and the
colours such as the black
photo’s and text and also
the advert being the same
colour as the logo and my
featured artist top. Colour
Scheme is a great way to
connect the magazine
pages together and give
the magazine and success
and slick feel about the
magazine

7. Use
Contents Page
Positioning
Positioning you got
position to draw the page
together, I seen the
techniques used of the
picture of one side and the
text around it on another
magazine and liked the
look of it so, I adopted it to
suit my magazine and
drawn into together, NME
contents page is similar to
mine with similar photo’s
and text draw people in like
I think I have achieved

8. Use
Contents Page
Image
The Images I used I think
were a great way to
drawing people into my
magazine, showing and
range of artist and events
without this images the
contents page would not be
appealing and also the
magazine would be really
boring and the contents
page from NME is good
because it has a great
layout so you can see
everything on the page, my
contents has an advert from
subscribing to the
magazine which is a great
way to get more people
subscribing

9. Use Double Page
Colour Scheme Spread
The Colour Scheme stays the same
with the gold being show in the
advert for his local gig and also
the basic colour of black and white
within the page still and in the
article. The white text and black
background comes together well
and also the gold keeping with the
border and theme and also the
advert for next weeks issue is a
colourful background showing
being different from any
background showing that you had
a new and updated to date issue
every month

10. Use Double Page
Positioning Spread
The Positioning of the images is key
for drawing in people into the
magazine and also the text because if
you see a double page spread with too
much text on it, will just draw people
away from the page and just skip the
page but with the right amount of text
and images and also a range of colour
in the right positioning is key, without
the right position you may gain the
impression of successful, otherwise
you will gain the impression being
boring and lazy layout

11. Use Double Page
Image Spread
The image is a great way
to draw people into the
double page spread, the
reader would be the first
thing they seen is the title
and the images so if the
images don't link together
it will seem unsuccessful
and lazy and also linking
the photo together brings
the whole page together
as a whole

12. Develop
Colour Scheme
The main I developed
within my magazine was
the colour scheme with
the gold colour scheme
staying the same through
out on my front cover,
content page and double
page spread this is a great
way to link the pages
together and giving out
the same expression, the
gold giving a strong
expression of successful
and winner

13. Develop
Images
I developed my image from
my inspiration with the
front cover image being in
black and white because the
Jon Lennon on the Q
featured in dead unlike my
magazine genre being now
upcoming artists and up to
date that is why I kept my
image basic colour’s, linking
to my magazine name
(Fresh) and genre.

14. Challenge
The Challenge was
my whole magazine
in general being the
genre of the
magazine which is
upcoming and up to
date music which no
other does or even
attempt a whole
magazine like mine
that is why, this is
my challenge, I think
overall my magazine
is successful and the
best I could make it.