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

Title/Fonts/ColoursAs you can see by the Vibe magazine front cover, the colour scheme I have used is quite similar as I have also used a gold and black theme. The names of the magazines are also quite similar as BASE and VIBE are both four lettered, snappy words with clear connotations of music. The model image is also in the centre of the page like the Vibe magazine. However, Vibe has its title going across the top of the page where as mine is placed in the primary optical area.

Design/Guttenberg PrincipleI have used the Guttenberg principle in all of my pages, as there is either text or image in each of the four technical areas. For this example, in terms of design, I have used conventions of Q’s contents page for my own contents page. For example, both have text on the left handside of the page going down. Both also have a large main image on the page with a small secondary picture on the bottom of the page.

PhotographyOn the image on my double page spread, the model is posing with an umbrella, which has connotations of the word ‘storm’ which is part of the masthead. I have used a dark grey background on the image of the model, which is similar to the Q magazine example, as the magazines are quite similar in terms of target audience, so therefore I have used a photographic convention based on a real life example.

Written ArticleFor my double page I have used conventions of real life examples, such as the NME magazine on the right. My double page is similar as on the left page there is a picture just consisting of the model and there is a minimal amount of writing. On the right page, both magazines have a masthead and then a kicker just before the main article. Although it isn’t used in this particular example, I have used an interview style for my article which is common in many double pages. I have also used informal language and an informal tone in my magazine article which is common for real life magazines who also have a target audience of teenagers and young adults.