N/A

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

2. COVER MAGAZINE

3. MASTHEAD
This is the name of the magazine and is almost always displayed at the top.
The masthead must be large and bold because it’s usually one of the first
things the reader sees. As you can see in my magazine the masthead is
across the top of the magazine and partly behind the main image. The font
itself is different from the rest of the cover, this is done because it’s a brand
itself and doesn’t change throughout the issues.
This is a very popular convention that I have followed its used to illustrate how
well know it is that there isn't a need to show the whole masthead.

4. COVER LINES
The cover lines are bold as this is used to
draw the reader into opening the
magazine and investigating more about
the story.
The cover lines are positioned on the right
hand side of the cover as so it doesn’t
overlap too much with the main image as
it may be hard for the reader to read.
The use of different colour and size
fonts showing emphasis and attracts
the reader’s mind into wanting to read
them.
As can notice the cover lines have been
right aliened giving the magazine the
more of a professional look.

5. MAIN IMAGE
This is one of the most important
forms of a magazine as it is the main
attraction the catches the reader's
attention before they look at the text.
As seen the image used is
conventional, as it is a close up making
it the magazine more complete,
instead of the image being lost in
white space which makes the reader
feel a bit detached from the magazine.
The image is placed in the centre of
the magazine making the magazine
feel more professional.
Eye contact is made so that the reader
feels that the magazine is targeted for
them.
Plus there isn’t any cover lines
overlapping the face as this would
seem very ammeter and ruin the
cover

6. HEADLINE AND SUUBHEADING
The headline is often the name of the model/artist on the front cover. It displayed
in large fonts so that that the reader quickly recognises who the main attraction of
the magazine will focused on.
The use of different colour and background can make the headline more
recognisable and stand out more.
The subheading is used to aid the heading and appeal the reader into reading more
about the artists, as seen I have used a quote to do so. This type of convention isn't
often used but I think is quite effective when used right.

7. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE COVER
SELLING LINE
STRAPLINE
PRICE, BARCODE
AND DATE
It provides information and allows the
reader to purchase the magazine. It
is often placed at the bottom which is
also a convention used by most
magazine, as it doesn't draw
attention to reader because it
does not link to the actually
magazine.
This strapline is used to inform the reader of
extra information that couldn't be placed on
the front cover, so it is often placed at the
bottom of the magazine.
This is often position above the masthead
to illustrate the importance of the magazine.
Like the strapline it follows the house colours
and is quite small, allowing it to not drawing
that much attention then the masthead and
cover lines.

8. CONTENTS PAGE

9. FEATURES
The features column as seen uses different sized fonts and colours to show
how to categorised. The main categories are highlighted in red, following
the house style and making it easier for the reader to find a specific aspect
of the magazine their looking for. Underneath the categories are featured
stories which relate category and as seen its bold so that its clear and is as
a mini-heading for stories; underneath that is information describing a bit
about the story.
On the left side is the page numbers which is an essential form as it
informs the reader where specifically they have to navigate to, to find a
certain article page.
In the contents page I only used three columns which is a reasonable
amount, making sure that there isn’t too much going on and making it look
formal.

10. IMAGES AND EDITOR’S LETTER
I have included an image of the artist from the magazine
cover emphasising that he is the main attraction of the
magazine and in doing so the reader feels compelled to read
the article page about the artist. As seen he doesn’t make
eye contact towards the image, as he seems to be dancing
to music; this than makes the reader more bubblier and
more of life. As a result the image is different from the cover
as though the reader experiences a different aspect of the
artist.
The second image used features a new face so that the
reader gets a visual image of the people they are reading.
As seen “Devon Blue” makes eye contact towards the
camera as if looking at the reader.
The editor’s letter’s image is of the editor and with of the
artists behind the photo-shoot, which gives off a fun vibe
and forms more understandable relationship between the
reader and the magazine
The editor’s letter gets the reader involved with
the magazine and informs them about the
cover story and other article pages. As seen
the editors signature is added at the end,
makes the statement feel more personal to
the reader.

11. TITLE
The title is clear and easy to read, this is because the colour of the font is black and
is on a white background making the title pop out. Underneath the title is a series of
lines, this is used for design purpose and makes it look better and gives a off a vibe
a professionalism.
Just right below is the number of the issue so that the reader can keep up to date
with the magazines and collect them if they desire. Plus it informs them when the
magazine was published. As notice they are portionally small as this doesn’t really
play a key role in the magazine.

12. ARTICLE

13. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ARTICLES
QUOTE DROP CAP TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOOTER
Pull in quote is
featured to make the
reader have a better
understanding of the
story and makes the
feel in the centre of
the knowledge. It
follows the house
style of the colour red
and makes it stand
out on the page.
The article as seen has three columns which is full of informational text about the artist who
is the main attraction of the article. By having three columns it makes it look less like a long
essay which has text from end to end.
Drop cap which is used
to emphasis a new
chapter or a different
section in the column.
The drop cap can off
hooks the reader into
reading the article, as it
big and bold so the
reader may be curious.
Where famous artist are
interviewed every issue. This is
why it is positioned at the top of
the magazine article, so it is the
first thing the reader reads and as
a result it may compel them to
read on further and try find out
why this specific artist is exciting”.
Even though the font size is small
and goes against convection it s
still effective because the font
type is different from the rest of
the article.
This is an essential form as it
allows the reader to navigate
through the magazine
quickly and just flick through
by just viewing the bottom
the pages. The logo on the
right lets the reader know
which magazine they are
reading and makes the
become familiar with it. The
data lets them know they
have the right issue and isn't
a past issue or so.
COLUMNS

14. MAIN IMAGE
The use of grayscale makes the image look older and
more retro, which fits with the my magazine’s target
audience who are the ages of 18- 40.
His facia expression is quite captivating by the way he
makes eye contact with the camera and how he partly
opens his mouth in a enticing way. Which draws
attention to the reader and get a deeper understanding
of the artist visually. By having one page dedicated to
the image of the artist it allows the reader to see the
characteristics of the artist and therefore make him
more recognisable which is important as he is an
upcoming artist

15. TITLE
As seen the headline is positioned at the top of the article page, the name
of the artist featured. The colour red makes it stand out from the rest of
the article.
The headline is quite simple and unique compared to most article pages
where its usually large and across the double. This does challenge the
convention in the sense that most headlines should stand out and must be
the first thing the reader sees. However I think the article title gives the
reader the vibe that this is special because of its simplicity and size.

16. FORMS
I have taken all the images myself, as magazine are printed
onto paper this means that I haven't used any animation or
video clips.
The colour scheme of the article uses four main colours, red,
black, blue and white and you can see it throughout the
magazine. It’s simple forms such as this that make magazines
so well known and successful.
I have only used four different types of fonts throughout the
magazine to keep it consistent and simple in order not to
confuse the reader. The fonts I have used have been century
Gothic, Impact, Roman Times and Homoarakhan.

17. DEVELOPED IDEAS

18. DEVELOPED IDEAS
The headline is from a Q magazine
featuring “Elbow”, as you can see it
has a nice blue background and the
text(Impact) is big and bold. I have
done a simpler job in the sense of
using the same/similar font and using
blue background. However I decided to
make the text white instead of black
as it would stand out more.
I liked the way Q magazine
presented their cover lines by the
use of different sized font and
colour. Plus also having bars
underneath it and on top
separating it from other cover
lines. So I took the idea and
applied my own colour making it
suit to my house style more such
as having the main cover line in
blue and bars in red.

19. One of the convention that I challenged is by having the red border around
magazine cover which is quite unusually as it isn't used in music magazine. I
got the idea from the “Times magazine”. However I still think it’s a effective
convection as it makes the magazine pop out and make it stand out more(
as seen my the image below) and I think it should be used more .
Background colour of my contents page which was completely black which
from a certain perspective my have thought it was a rock magazine because
dark colour aren't often used as background pages. I obviously did it on
purpose so that when the reader opened the magazine and saw the that
contents page was different it would grab their attention as it wasn’t
unexpected.
CHALLENGING CONVENTIONS