In what ways does your media product

use, develop or challenge forms

and conventions of real media products?

This is the masthead which conforms to the conventions of a music magazine because it is bold and in capital letters. I chose to do this because it stands out and catches the reader’s eye. I also positioned the title at the top of the cover and put it over the pictures so the title anchored the image and therefore allowing the reader to know what the title is and to see it clearly. It challenges the conventions of a music magazine because I picked a vibrant colour which is red. Vibrant colours are often used but not generally for the masthead. I used a drop shadow so it anchored the image.

The title of the magazine

I am looking at the front cover of the magazine again for the mise-en

-scene of the images. I think this conforms to the music magazine’s ideology because the front covers always have the model who looks the best. However I used the conventions of typical magazines to get my model to pose in a way which would attract my target audience.

I got the model to stand in front of a white background so I could easily edit the photo on Photoshop. Also it makes the background not look crowded and it also makes the photo look more professional as a typical magazine would also have the models on the front cover to stand in front of a white background.

Mise-en-scene of images

I used my contents page to conform to the conventions of a typical music magazine by getting the models to have props and I used their costumes to conform to my target audience. I got the people in the photos to wear these type of costumes so that it could convey the genre of music that my music magazine is. I got the models to wear casual clothes so that the readers could relate to them and have a connection rather than the stereotypical image of people on the contents page to look their absolute best and wear clothes that the readers can’t afford. This makes the magazine more attractive to the readers by having this connection with them.

Costumes and props

I used the conventions of music magazines to present the people on my contents page. I used the dominance of females on this page as it challenges the typical genre of music which I have chosen to base my magazine on. This also shows who the target audience is. I challenged the conventions of the male stereotype in a music magazine because it shows that my magazine isn’t stereotypical and shows a various amount of information and attracted the audience which I targeted.

People

I used my front cover page to present the conventions of the title font and style. I used a bold and sans serif font because it challenges the typical conventions of a music magazine. I used this type of font and style because it is strong and vibrant which conveys what the contents of the music is like inside.

The colour of the title also challenged the conventions because it is red and makes the title more vibrant to therefore stand out to the reader. I used this because it follows the conventions that I wanted to use. I wanted to have a vibrant magazine which uses a various amount of colours to convey the conventions in what I want to present.

Title font and style

I used my double page spread to show the conventions of written content. This is because this is the main pages which has the most written content within the magazine. I used the use of columns to divide my content so it makes the magazine look more organised and well laid out. This allows the reader to read the content easily. I also used pull quotes to grab the readers attention by having them a different colour to the rest of the colours that were used on the page. I used this because it makes them stand out more and also follows the conventions of my magazine by using vibrant colours.

Written content

I used my contents page to show the conventions I used to present the music genre and how my magazine suggests it. I used the use of props to present the genre I wanted to convey in the magazine. The props of the bottom left picture presents that the magazine has acoustic or a guitar related context within the magazine. However I based my magazine on an alternative genre so I used the conventions of a various amount of magazines the convey this. I used the use of the models in the way that they pose to suggest some characteristics that a stereotyped band would do to convey the music genre on the top picture.

Music genre and how your magazine suggests it

I used my double page spread to present how I used the conventions of layout for my music magazine. I used the conventions of columns to separate the text and make the pages look more organised. I also used the conventions of typical double page spreads by having the first letter of the contents in a bold capital and larger than the rest of the text. I used this so the reader would know where the content started. I also used the conventions of the title by having it bold and vibrant to follow the house style of my music magazine.

Layout

I used the conventions of contents pages on my magazine by using columns to separate the pictures and the text from each other. This makes the page look more well organised and well laid out. I also used the conventions of the drop shadow tool by using it on main titles and of the sub headings of the pictures so it gave a 3d effect and made the page look more attractive.

I also used the conventions of going along the rule of 3 and separating the contents page into thirds by using columns to separate it into thirds.

Contents page