QUESTION 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

• MASTHEADMy masthead is placed in the

middle for maximum effect

as it’s the first thing you see

drawing your attention. The

use of white on greyscale

maximises this.

• TAGLINEI have used two taglines

and placed them above

and below to give it a clean

look and encourage people

to buy it as it’s a collectable

copy.

• COVER STORYI have used white writing to

draw attention ton this section

as it gives the reader an idea of

what’s inside the magazine. I

have also rotated a word to

create a visual interest point.

• COVERLINEThe use of popular artist

will draw the attentions of

fans who may want to read

up on their favourite artist.

Which in my research have

found, is quite a popular

convention

• MAIN IMAGEGreyscale image to make the writing pop. It’s a mid-

shot which is popular within the magazine industry

• BARCODEBarcodes are a necessity of

all magazines as they allow

it to be bought in shops.

SIMILAR FRONT COVERS

• CONTENTSI have challenged usual

conventions by not stating

it is a contents page like Q

magazine.in my research

this proved to be a rare

thing

• MASTHEADI have used a masthead on my

contents page to link it to the

cover page which is popular

in the magazine industry

• SUB-HEADINGUsed to divide stories making it

easier for readers to find the

story they want.

• IMAGESUsed an image to create

special segments that will

appeal to my target

audience

• COVER STORYit is popular within the magazine

industry to mention cover page

story twice

• DATEI have mentioned

the month of the

issue so people are

aware when this

was released

• EDITORS LETTERI have used this because it is a

popular convention that

interacts the audience to the

editor and gives a brief

overview of what’s in the

magazine

SIMILAR CONTENT PAGES

MAIN IMAGEIn my research I

fond there was a

divide between

images and articles

on both pages or

sing one image on

one page and the

article on the. I

chose to go with the

second option

because it gives my

target audience the

chance to make it

into a poster

• QUOTEI have blown up a

quote which is

popular in the

magazine industry

BACKGROUND

I have used an R

That is transparent

To make my DPS

look more

professional. I have

seen this in several

magazines like Q

PAGE NUMBER: I have placed the

page numbers at the bottom to resemble popular

magazine conventions

HEADING: I have used the similar

technique to Q magazine that has a small heading