IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA

PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE

FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL

MEDIA PRODUCTS?

I have conveyed multiple conventions of real music magazines within my

media products such as barcodes, mastheads and cover lines.

I think that overall my magazine has conformed to the typical conventions of

real life magazines; my pieces are all generally similar to those already on the

market. The main way in which my music magazine challenges the

conventions is the fact that not having any competitions or freebies advertised

on the front cover. Although I do have extras included to entice readers to

buy my magazine.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

I feel as though my magazine has brought something new to the music

magazine industry especially with the colour scheme I have chosen.

Many music magazines (of EDM genre) have bright, eye-catching colours that

really strike you when you look at them. Whereas mine is more balanced and

runs with the same colour scheme throughout the magazine. I did this so that

my target audience can notice my magazine and will know that my magazine

conveys the EDM Genre.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

In regards to my front cover the layout is quite different and can rarely be

seen in many other music magazines. The masthead being along the top of the

cover lines being all around the image. I chose to do this to fill the white space

because of my transparent backdrop. My contents page also contains the core

principles that are entailed with a contents page in a music magazine. This

gradient themed black, white and red design is one that can be seen

throughout my magazine.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

The written content of my magazine conforms to the codes and conventions

of a double page spread article and uses the writing techniques to construct a

professional article. These techniques include pull/grab quotes and leading

questions. I decided to make my article an interview with lots of short but

interesting question and answer paragraphs. The text is organized by using

columns and the same size text throughout the Q+A, to help read the article

with ease and makes understanding the content less of a struggle.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?