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

media products?

My music magazine using forms and conventions of other existing music magazines as in my article

for my music I followed from the music magazines I researched they tend to use the use of columns

within the text I used this convention In my music magazine as I thought this use of forms and

conventions worked well and more presentable therefore used columns In my music magazine in

order to do this I working in design CS3 I used these steps and represented below:

1. I created a text box using the ‘T’ symbol

2. I Copied and pasted my text into the text box I just created using File, and Paste

3. Once my text was then inserted into the text box I highlighted the text with my curser and went

to object and text frame options

4. When the dialogue box came up I then clicked on the arrow up underneath the columns section

to increase the amount of columns, for my music magazine article I used 3 columns

5. My 3 columns were then created

My music challenged and developed the use of forms and conventions used in my music magazine I

used specific forms and conventions within my music magazine cover page in which are similar to

forms and conventions of existing music magazines however have a difference and slight edge and

unique feature to it.

One of the ways my music magazine challenged

and developed forms and conventions of existing

music magazine is in my music magazine I used the

featuring column as I seen when I researched other

existing music magazines however I used some

featuring artists alone an some featuring artists I

have an insight into what the reader/s are going to

be reading about the particular artists to intrigue

them into reading my music magazine however not

giving to much information away or overloading

too much on the page

When it come to the date and price of the magazine I decided to challenge forms and conventions

by inserting the price and date of publishing the music magazine at the bottom of the page, as I

researched on other music magazines and they tend to have the date on price next to the barcode

or at the top of the page. I chose this method because I wanted to create a unique and different

approach to the music magazine by challenging and developing forms and conventions of existing

music magazines. I thought this worked well on my music magazine as it looks edgy and works well

in the poisoning on the page.

I wanted my masthead to look stylish and attract and appeal to the target audience to draw them

and immediately draw them into reading/purchasing my music magazine to do this I worked on my

masthead to get it to add to this effect and challenge forms and conventions of other existing music

magazines to make the magazine look different. The font I used was ‘dirt2death’ I used this font

because it looked funky, different and attractive and to create a unique unconventional format I

used a outline edit to create the fainted font in blue behind which looks edgy and unique which is

what I was aiming for and it works well on my page

To attract and appeal to the audience I also chose on a feature in

which I liked when I researched other existing music magazines

which I liked the idea of so I chose to use this idea in my music

magazine. I chose to include a free poster of one my other cover

stars featuring, however on music magazines I saw this idea

featured on the bottom of the cover page however I challenged

forms and conventions by featuring my free advertisement by

placing it at the top right hand corner of the page with funky text

‘postmaster’ over the image I also challenged forms and

conventions by using an adding tool on adobe Photoshop to cut my

cover star out and feature without a background where as on other

existing magazines I researched tend to have the background. I feel

that this feature worked best with my music magazine and made it

look more unique and different to existing music magazine and

added the extra effect.

I also challenged forms and conventions of other existing music magazines that I’ve researched on

my article, I did this by creating the effect represented in the name of the cover star at the top of the

article on page 3. In order to create this effect I simply used this steps and explained below:

1. Once I’d chosen the font for the name and typed out the name I then placed it on the page, I

clicked on the box symbol below (as circled in red) on in design I then clicked on the colour

symbol (as circled in blue) until this dialogue box come up In which I selected the colour

white.

2. I then drew and created my text box to the size needed to fit my text into as represented

below.

3. With the box still selected I then went to object, effects, then transparency when I got this

dialogue, box come up in which I could then change the transparency settings. When the

dialogue box come up I changed the transparency to 85 %

4. I then moved the box I’d created to the position I wanted it in and place the text in the box, I

then realised the text was behind the box.

5. I realised this didn’t look as effective so I then clicked on the text and went to object,

arrange and bring to font.

6. This then created this effect which looked so much more effected on the page and suits its

purpose and will appeal to a target audience.