IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA

PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR

CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA

PRODUCTS

FRONT COVER

MY FRONT COVER IS BASED AROUND Q

MAGAZINE WITH CHERYL COLE ON THE

COVER SO IT DOES FOLOW A LOT OF

MEDIA CONVENTIONS.

MASTHEAD

I have followed conventions by having the

masthead as the largest text on the page. This is a

common occurrence in magazine as it catches

your eye and is the first thing the reader reads.

Another

convention I have

followed is having

the masthead in

the centre bottom

of the page.

I have followed

conventions by having

the masthead in a

contrasting colour to the

background, this makes

it stand out from the

rest showing it

importance.

MAIN IMAGE

I have followed

conventions by having the

main image placed in the

centre of the page. This

shows the importance of the

artist. This is usually in

music magazine because it

catches the eye of the reader

and may encourage people to

buy the magazine if they see

a famous artist they

recognize.

I have followed

conventions by

having the artist

looking into the

lense of the

camera giving

the effect of eye

contact and a

more personal

feel.

I have followed

conventions by having the

main logo in the top right

corner. This is often used

as the reader will read this

first. Showing its

importance.

MAGAZINE LOGO

By having the logo

stand out with bright

dominant colours.

These colours are

often reserved for

the most important

text on the page.

I have followed conventions by

using contrasting colours with

the text and graphics.

This is often used as it makes the

reader want to buy there magazine

which is why it is a common

convention of music magazines. I

have also followed the convention

of having a positive strap line

instead of a negative one. By having

“best” it makes people want to read

the magazine producing more

buyers.

STRAP LINE

I have followed conventions by

having the strapline on the bottom

of the page in a solid colour filling

the width of the page. This gives

the page a solid foundation.

CONTENTS

I have put the title on the top this is a convention

of music magazine.

I have used the same colour scheme as my cover

in my contents. This is use in a lot of magazine

such as Q.

I have also followed convention by placing my

magazine logo and name next to the headline

“contents”. Like Q has also done.

HEADLINE

I have followed conventions by putting the text on the left hand

side of the page.

I have followed conventions by have black text on a white

background this makes it easy to read.

I have also put the numbers in a different colour to the rest of

the text.

Put the heading in a larger font and in bold to make it clear to

the reader which is an article and what kind of article it is going

to be.

TEXT

I have followed conventions by using splash to advertise.

Kerrang do this in the majority of there magazines. And all

magazines advertise in some way.

I have put the main articles as pictures with the page numbers

in a bigger font to the others. This makes it easy to see which

articles are more significant, it may also encourage more

buyers as if they see a face they like on the contents page they

will want to read that article so buy the magazine.

I have followed conventions by putting a reduced version of

my cover on the contents page. This helps to create a house

style as well as linking the pages together.

FORMS

ARTICLE

The image takes up the whole the page

showing the importance of her, and as Alice

Burns is already a huge well known artist

artist. Many others do the same thing such

as Q magazine.

The image shows a part of the artists

lifestyle many other magazines do this as it

gives an insight into the artist life and what

they're about.

Image spanning into text but in background.

MAIN IMAGE

My have followed many of the conventions that NME have

used in there article here.

I have put a blurb in giving information of what the article

is about and who she is. The reader will decide on this

weather not they want to read on. NME also do this.

I have followed conventions by placing a pull quote in the

middle of the rest of the articles text the majority of

magazines do this as it encourages readers to red the article

as it usually has something hooking and intriguing.

I have followed magazine conventions by having the whole

of the article in the same font and size this makes it easy to

read.

TEXT