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I think that my media product uses conventions of real media products as on my front cover I have placed
the mast head at the top left-hand side of the page, included a header and footer and placed a barcode,
along with the date, issue number and price, in the bottom left hand corner of the page. I also think that
my contents page clearly follows the conventions of most existing contents pages due to the page
numbers and images that I have used. I took inspiration from many different magazine but the main
magazine was Kerrang as it is the same genre as mine so I followed the conventions of this magazine.
However, all magazines share the same conventions but I looked at Kerrang because this way I was able to
get a better idea of how my own magazine would look like due it being the same genre.
Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?

For my double page spread, I think that I have followed conventions of real media products
because most double page spreads have the image on one page and all of the text on the other
so I have done the same in order to make my magazine look more realistic and like an existing
magazine. Therefore I have followed the conventions because most double page spreads do
this so I was able to take inspiration from other existing double page spreads. Overall, I don’t
think that I have challenged conventions because I have tried to follow them as much as I can
in order for my magazine to be successful and effective.

Looking at my media product, as shown above, I have used continuity by having a house
style through out my product. This is because I have used the same colour scheme all the
way through, which is red, black/grey and white. This makes it clear that all of the pages
belong to the same magazine as I have kept the colour scheme very consistent throughout
my front cover, contents page and double page spread. Plus on my front cover the main
feature story is of Black Ray, this page is listed on my contents page to be on page 12 and in
the bottom left hand corner of my double page spread is number 12 which shows continuity
in my media product as they all link together.

However, my font style is not the same throughout my product which shows that my
magazine isn’t very continuous in doing this. This is because I wanted to experiment with
lots of different font styles to make my magazine unique and quite diverse as I think that
this contrasts with the rock genre. Although, it is very important to have continuity in a
magazine so that it matches which makes it look professional and it also makes it look as if
a lot of thought has been put into it and it makes it look as if the front cover, contents page
and double page spread are all from the same magazine.

I followed conventions when thinking about what shot type I should use for my front cover, contents page and
double page spread. Conventionally, on front covers the image is a medium close up so I wanted to use the same
shot type in order to follow another convention to make my magazine look as realistic as possible. When doing my
photo-shoots for my magazine I experimented with a variety of different shot types such as long shots, medium
shots, high angle shots, low angle shots and two shots so that I had a variety of shot types to choose from in order to
get the right effect for the page I was doing. In the end I decided upon a medium shot for my front cover, a long shot
for my double page spread and a variety of different shot types for my contents page as I felt like these were the
most conventional shot types for the pages. I used a long shot, close up, medium shot and an extreme long shot on
my contents page to show variety on my page and to follow conventions of contents pages’.

I then looked at the types of feature stories inside music magazine so that I had an idea of
what stories to put on my front cover and contents page and so that I knew what to write my
article about for my double page spread. When researching into this, I found out that most
music magazine talk about upcoming albums, tours or generally about a particular artist so I
decided to do my article all about a particular artists, and in the article is talks about the
artists as a person and how she became famous as I felt that this is something that the public
would like to read about and it also follows another convention.

Conventions of an Existing Front Cover
Header to give
the reader a bit
of information
about the
magazine
Short, memorable
and bold mast
head
A variety of different
feature stories
Main feature story bigger
than the others directly
next to the main image to
show that they link
together
Barcode, issue number, date and price in a
corner to draw little attention to it
Little bit of
information as to
what you will find
in this magazine
Smaller image
to give the
reader more
information as
who will be
featured inside
Main image in the
centre of the page to
catch the readers
eye and to draw all
of the attention to it

Conventions of My Front Cover
Mast head at
the top of
the page that
is short and
memorable
Plug advertising
something within
the magazine to
draw the reader in
Header to give the
reader a bit of
information about
who to expect inside
the magazine
Main image in the
centre of the page
to draw the
readers attention
to it
Main feature
story bigger than
all the other
feature stories to
draw attention to
it. Also
positioned next
to the main
image to link
them together
Barcode, issue number, date and
price in the corner of the page top
draw little attention to it
A variety of
different feature
stories
Footer to give the reader a
bit of information as to what
is inside the magazine

Conventions of an Existing Contents Page
Date in the top
corner so that the
reader knows which
issue it is
Big image that takes
up most of the page
to show a main
feature story of this
magazine and to
draw a lot of
attention to it
Reviews of the
magazine telling the
reader how good
the magazine is to
make them fell
better about the
reader
Title at the top of the
page so the reader knows
what page they are on.
Accompanied with the
name of the magazine to
remind the reader when
reading this magazine
what magazine they are
reading, to increase
recognition
Contents down the side of
the page so that not much
attention is drawn to them
but they are here as that it
the main point of a contents
page
Smaller image to draw less
attention to it as the big
image but to show what is
featured in the magazine

Conventions of My Own Contents Page
Date and issue
number at the
top of the
page so that
the reader
knows what
issue it is
Variety of images
with the names of
who is in them and
a page number so
that the reader
knows what page
to find them on
Subscription box
to allow readers
to sign up to the
magazine
Title at the top so
the reader knows
what page they
are on
Contents listed
down the side
including page
numbers so that
the reader can
access a page
easily

Conventions of an Existing Double Page Spread
Large image
that takes up
one of the
pages
Big pull quote as
the title in a bold
font to make it
stand out
Main article on one
page to keep it all
together making it
easier for the reader to
read
Smaller image to help describe the
article more
Name of the
photographer
of the image

Conventions of My Double Page Spread
Big bold pull quote
as the title to make
it stand out
Large image
that takes up
one of the
pages
Page numbers at the bottom of the page accompanied
with the name of the magazine so the reader knows what
page number they are on, which helps when finding a page
from the contents page, and to remind them of what
magazine they are reading
Name of the
photographer of
the image
Article on one side of
the page making it
easier for the reader
to read
Drop cap and at the
beginning of the
article

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