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Q1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

FRONT COVERMasthead

• The masthead is the title of my magazine

• I have followed conventions by having it go right across the top of the page, as my comparison magazine “Kerrang” does exactly the same.

• Normally the picture will go over the masthead, but I did not want to do that as it is the first issue and I want the audience to clearly see what the magazine is called and as the comparison magazine does the same it can be said that although it is not the norm it is still done therefore I am developing convention

Image • The picture

on both magazines are medium close ups, which means it is conventional

• They are both females who are not sexualised which is unusual as the rock culture is male dominated therefore men are usually on the front cover.

Barcode/ dateline/

price • These items

are on the bottom right hand side of page. This is because using the rule of thirds this is the area of the page that is least likely to be looked at straight away, hence why it is called dead space.

• Conventionally the barcode will always be on this space of the magazine which explains why the kerrang magazine has the barcode in the same place.

Rule of thirds

• My magazine follows the conventions in terms of rule of thirds.

• The main image is towards the right hand side within the 2 thirds. This is a normal convention because as you can see the “Kerrang” magazine does the same with its image.

• Coverline is on the left third to follow convention.

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Coverlines

• As well as this the coverlines are in the 1st third , which is also conventional because “kerrang” also does the same

• I have developed convention by putting 2 coverlines on the right hand side because “Kerrang” only has one coverline on that side.

• Around each coverline there are a stroke to make it stand it out on each magazine.

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CONVENTIONS OF FRONT COVERDateline, date (day, month year) price, Issue number

Date line should be in dead spot, most likely on the right at the bottom

Image should go over masthead

Masthead should go across the page

Lots of cover lines, if you want a number - minimum 7

Main cover line needs to be the biggest cover line on the page – the first thing you should see

If additional images on front cover need to add a border

Main cover line must link to the image on the front and have connection to the story on DPS – if same person

Colour scheme – must have a pattern, please do not choose random colours

Image, text and cover lines must reflect genre

Put shadows, or outer glows or something to make text stand out on front page

FIRST EVER ISSUE – NEED TO PRESENT THAT CLEARLY, COULD USE FOR CONTINTUITY ON EACH PAGE

Dateline/ issue

number.

• This will conventionally always be on the on the contents page just so the reader is initially aware that magazine is relevant.

• As well as this both of the magazines have a website on the bottom right corner, this is to brand it as well as signposting to more information.

Rule of thirds

• A content page should be split up into thirds as well.

• In both cases the magazines have writing in one third and images take up the other two thirds the only difference is my magazine develops the convention as my writing is on the left third rather than on the right like classic rock.

Images• On my magazine I

have 3 pictures which have a variety of camera shots ranging from medium close up to long shots. All of these pcitures also contain captions underneath to explain what the picture is about.

• It is conventional to have more than one picture . one is a big picture which is normally of the person who the main story is about and the rest are small pictures of other things

• My magazine develops this idea as my big picture is not who the main the story is about. I did this because I wanted to give the magazine another focus.

• The magazine on the right which is “classic rock” develops convention as it does have the one big picture of who the main story is about but doesn’t have any other pictures on the page.

•The actual content of the magazine is divided into category's which is conventional. My categories are different to the magazine of classic rock but I copied the titles from “Kerrang” magazine.•I put the words on left hand side because I wanted that to be the first thing that caught the audiences attention.

Continuity

• The same fonts that are on the front page are being used on the contents. This is to keep some recognition throughout the magazine. As you can see on the front cover of classic rock there are a range of fonts on the page and it is continued onto the contents page. And the same thing is done with mine.

• The colour scheme on the magazine run throughout the whole magazine.

The masthead is small in the margins at the top left of the page. This is to brand the magazine, so whatever page you go on you always know and remember you are reading “Rockstar" magazine. This is conventional although “Classic rock” does not follow it

The By-line lets the reader know who wrote the article and who took the pictures. It is important so that these people get recognition for the work. Both of our magazines have a By-Line.

A pull quote is where the writer puts something interesting that the person they interviewed said in bold so that it attracts the audience to read the article. This is conventional with magazines hence why “Classic rock” does it and why I’ve copied.

A caption for small pictures is normally necessary as it gives you more of an insight of what’s going on in the article which is what happens inside “Classic Rock”. I went against conventions by not having small pictures because I had striking images as it was in the background I wanted them to stand alone as statement images.

The headline needs to be something relevant and intriguing to the article. From instantly looking at both of the headlines you can see it relates to the article because in “Rockstar” the headline “Power of Pink” matches the mise-en-scene of the models pink hair. Similarly you can see the headline “Interstellar Overdrive” matches the mise-en-scene of the scientific theme of the story.

The standfirst goes underneath the title which is conventional and both my magazine and “Classic rock” do this.

Drop down cap attracts the reader to the article and I follow convention because my magazine does this.

Page number and websites at the bottom of the page are conventional, and I do this on my magazine. I followed this convention because I wanted there to be a signpost to more information if that it what the reader wants, and the page number is necessary.

Website