1. The document describes how the student's music magazine uses conventions of real music magazines in its formatting and design. It includes a masthead, cover lines describing content, a main image on the cover, and barcodes on the front page like real magazines. 2. However, it also challenges some conventions. For example, it does not use the rule of thirds on the cover photo. It also places the date under the masthead rather than with the barcode. 3. The contents page continues using conventions like labeled sections and page numbers but challenges them by leaving out the website and date that are included elsewhere. Overall, the magazine borrows real conventions but also develops its own style.

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

2. Just like every music magazine
I included a clear bold
masthead at the top of the In my music magazine I have not
page so that my target applied the rules of third.
audience will recognise the Therefore my magazine challenges
title of my magazine straight the forms and conventions of a
away and also from a distance. real media product in this
To help make my masthead situation. However, not all music
stand out even more I have magazines use rule of thirds
used a stroke round the edge
of the block capitals. This is
Every music magazine has a
what most music magazines
main image on the front
choose to do as well.
cover. In my magazine he is
Just like every other dominating the whole page
music magazine I have so that he stands out to the
used several cover/sell readers. I chose him to do
lines on the page. I have this pose as it makes him
done this to tell my look rebellious which links
readers who will be with my indie rock genre of
included in my magazine, my magazine.
which will attract them to
buy it if they like the look
of the content. Barcode- All magazines have a barcode
somewhere on the front s page showing
This is the main cover line, the date/issue/price- The barcode show
most music magazines have that it is a professional magazine so
this, it tells the reader who the therefore it can be bought so that the I
image is of on the front page, can make a profit. It also tells us the
and even if they don’t know price and the issue of it. However my
who he is then they will now. date is under the masthead.
Pull quote- This is also featured in Just like in many other music
music magazines, I have used this magazines I have included a
to attract the reader so the reader footer. This tells the target readers
can notice it straight away and who is featured in the magazine.
want to find who the artist is that When they see this it may attract
changed his life. them into buying it as they want to
read about these indie bands that
they may like.

3. RIFF MASTHEAD- As you can see it is
SUB HEADING BLOCKED OUT
the same font and colour scheme as
INTO BLACK SUB SECTIONS- this
the front cover. This shows a
shows the different headlines for
consistent style being built up through
the main music articles and
the magazine, as a result of this the
where you can find them in the
readers are able to easily identify what
magazine. As well as this some of
my magazine looks like. It also has
the sub sections link to what is on
clearly labelled the contents which
the front cover e.g. Jamie T GBH
tells the readers what will be included
case cleared?. Which is important
in my magazine
to the readers as they know
where they need to find it
Main image is mainly dominating
the contents page. As well as this Editors introduction to
the main image is backed up by an contents of magazine- the
article about the band which is introduction is important as it
why the readers wont recognise gives the readers a brief idea
this new band. what style the articles are like.
It is also important that this
introduction article is
accompanied by an image so it
Bands are listed in red with is less boring to look at.
page number in black to tell
the readers what they can
expect on those pages. This is
helpful to the readers because Even though my contents page
if there are interested in a uses conventions of real media
particular band on the products it does challenge real
contents page they are able to media products. For example I
identify what page number it is haven't included the date as I
on and access the page already included it on the front
page, as well as this I haven't
included a website on the
contents page because I have
used it on the double page
spread

4. Copy (text) begins with a large
letter I using Drops Cap- This
tells the readers that this is
where the article starts. It
also improves the design of Main
the magazine as it looks more heading/headline
professional. takes up a quarter of
the page. It is in big
and bold which
Main Image is of a new indicates to the
artist who is featured on readers what the
my front cover. It shows article is about. The
him looking straight at the font of the headline is
camera with no emotion similar to the
on his face. This tells the masthead, as a result
readers that he comes of this it shows that
across as indie by what he the magazine is being
is wearing and ‘not caring’ consistent throughout
it may also catch the
readers eye by him looking
straight at them.
Byline (credit for
author and
photographer- This
tells the readers who
has written the
All in all my double page spread uses article and also who
the same forms and conventions of a has taken the
real media product. However in some photos.
ways it develops the forms and
conventions. For example at the
bottom of the page there is a link to
the RIFF website telling the readers
that if they visit the website there
3 columns –It emphasis to the Page number RIFF title Date-
will be more about the artist on the
readers that the text is this links to the contents page
double page spread, I have done this
important as well as the image to tell the readers what page
as it offers my target audience a
which is why they don’t clash the article is on. The date also
service which they will appreciate. I
together. It also makes it easier tells us when this was done
have also used my masthead ‘riff’ at
for the readers to read it as it is and the title suggests what the
the bottom of the page, by doing this
set in a tidy order. article is about.
it creates brand awareness