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

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Image Anchor

barcode

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Footer

Sell Lines

Cover PageI have stuck to conventions for my magazine cover, using typical styling seen in the Billboard magazine, for my own. The layout and design I chose to use fits with the forms of a chart magazine so it will interest the particular audience it is aimed at, and the bright colours also makes it stand out.

Masthead

Features Section

On The Cover Section

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Title

Weekly Section

Charts List

Contents PageAgain, I have used typical conventions to base my contents page around. I decided to put part of the charts list on the contents, so when readers are flicking through they will want to buy the magazine and find out more. I also decided to have 3 different sections for the articles; on the cover, features, and weekly, enabling the audience to find what they want quickly so they dont lose interest.

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Double Page SpreadMy double page spread is mainly based around the article itself, with a simple layout and images surrounding the text, so it looks sophisticated. I decided to do this because as a reader myself I liked getting lots of detail, but not huge amounts of text, so I made it more interesting by breaking it up but still having a fun article.