The college magazine cover and contents pages share similarities with real media products but also have some differences. Both magazines include common front cover elements like a masthead, main image, and cover lines. However, the professional Bieber magazine has a more polished, aesthetically pleasing design. The contents pages of both magazines include subheadings and images but the student version has a plainer, more basic layout while the Bieber magazine is more exciting and visually interesting.

1. AS Media
Preliminary Task: Cover and contents page of a college magazine

2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
Front Cover Similarities
Masthead
Cover
lines
Main image
(MCU)
Flasher
Flasher
Cover lines
Banner
Left third Left third

3. Front Cover Differences
The layout and everything
There aren’t many about the Bieber magazine is
differences between the two more professional, well
magazines as they include thought out and very
the same characteristics that aesthetically pleasing.
most magazines include.
The Bieber magazine is
very professional and the
image has been
manipulated and
transformed
completely, the colouring
and the sizing of the model
its perfect to suit the
target audience and show
Justin Bieber as an older
more grown up character.
The colour theme is different The image used in the
and in the professional college magazine is of a
magazine there's a consistent student where as in the
use of the same colours ‘Bieber’ magazine it’s a
linking it all together whereas celebrity.
in the student one the shades
of colours are different.

4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
Contents Similarities
Subheadings Subheadings
Heading
indicating
what
page it is
Images
Colum’s of
the pages
featured in
the magazine.
Images

5. Contents Differences
The student
magazine is very
plain and simple.
The other
magazine is
exciting and more
interesting.
The layout of the
student magazine is
very basic and
predictable where
the other magazine
is more thought out
The images on each content to make it
page are different linking to aesthetically
the theme of the magazine pleasing