This document discusses how the media product follows conventions of real magazines. It summarizes how the masthead, cover lines, images, pricing, and contents page adhere to typical magazine layouts. The document also notes specific design elements, such as eye contact in images, column formatting in articles, and color-coding of text, that emulate real magazine conventions.

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

2. My masthead partly follows the
conventions of a music magazine
because the magazine I have
The date is passed on the looked at the masthead is typically
top right hand corner with in the middle and in capitals, with
the issue number this the ‘z’ I slanted it to add effect and
follows the conventions I changed the colour to the rest of
and makes it look more the masthead so this part of the
professional. masthead stands out.
This cover line frames the
main image, it also My main cover line it
identifies the artists name stands out as the front is
which is large and a slightly changed and the
different font and colour to exclusive is in a different
make it more visible font to stand out.
My main image is in the centre
Price of magazine, clear and of the page taking around 70%
above the barcode also price is in of the room on the cover page,
dollars because if magazine is my model has direct eye
sold in other country contact with the audience this
engages the reader also from
my research on magazines at
the start I found all the
magazines I looked at had
I added a barcode on
direct eye contact so again I
the bottom left hand
The strip along the bottom followed the conventions.
side this follows the
conventions because it which could also go along the
makes it looks top is founded on quite a few This cover line is a pull out
professional. Rnb music magazine as this quote from the article
engages the reader inside the magazine

3. This is a copy of my
masthead this gives the
front cover and contents The word contents follows
page a link . conventions as it clearly
identifies that it is a contents
page and it being in white
makes it stand out on the black
background but also it follows
my colour scheme
Another image of the
model on the front cover
this again give a link to
the front cover.
This follows conventions as it
Three images of states exactly what will be
models who will be found in the magazine, my
included within the heading are in red and a
magazine description is in white
underneath, this contents
only shows the main things
that would be featured in
this magazine.
The size of
this text is 12

4. The word ‘Smokes’ is
also on the front cover
linking both front cover
The main image and double page
on this double spread, this is a title
page spread stating who and what
takes a whole this article is about
page as I
believe that the
image is a good
image a shows
both artists
together
The colours I've used
clearly distinguishes
between questions
and answers as
questions are in red
and answers in black,
Both artists are this follow the
giving the conventions as the
audience eye The is a caption of the image article is in column and
contact which explaining who this artists are and each question is
engages the what they’ve achieved. spaced out so its
audience clearly viewed.