By Melissa Edwards

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

Professional front cover!

My front cover!

Graphics

Masthead is big bold and short and simple.

Date and time under the masthead.

Personal statement at the top of masthead, related to music.

Main image is slightly to the right and is strong and serious.

Main cover line relates to the main image, bigger than the rest of the cover lines to make it stand out from the rest.

Barcode

Banner at the bottom

Cover lines all to the left, different fronts for each, some bold and italic.

Banners to highlight key points

Professional contents page!

• different fonts and colours for headings, subheadings and text.

• contact details.

• article page number is in bold.

• direct address images.

• 2-7 pictures.

• split into columns (4). • blocks of colour to break up the page. organised into different sections. heading of the magazine at the top (smaller).

• article page number on each photo. have the same colour scheme as the front cover.

• Masthead is smaller and includes a title ‘Contents’

My Contents page!Masthead includes contents and the masthead from the front cover is smaller.

Different fronts for body text and headlines Includes three

pictures

Page numbers on each photo

Split into three columns

Writing under each picture

Direct address

Live performance

Blocks of colour to split up the page

Professional Double page spread!

Drop capital

One main image that fills up the whole page, usually on the left hand side.Mainly a long shot of the artist

Date and page number at the bottom

Stand first, includes the introduction, brief detail of the article

Artists name in bold

Front must be 11pt

Title must be short and snappy

Article must be in a formal mode and address to the audience.

Three columns.

My contents page

Main image on the left hand side, medium long shot.

Title short and snappy.

Stand first in bold, showing a short introduction of the article.

Page number and title.

Writing is 11pt and is address to the audience.

Drop quotes bold and bigger writing.

Has three columns

Drop capital