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For my contents page I feel like I managed to challenge many codes and conventions of real life published magazines by taking already done ideas and altering them to give my magazine something that no other has.

One way in which I have developed my magazine against other is by adding a section called “Editors Statement This Week” this gives the reader the personal touch of a few words summing up this weeks edition, this gives the reader more trust in the brand and as they are from the editor it tells them that there is a sense of pride in the making of each issue

Another way in which I have developed codes and conventions of real life magazines is through my design. I decided to create a boarder to make the page look more interesting and to tie it all together. I though the perfect image for this would be a guitar neck. I tried it out and it looked really good and also with the masthead at the top, looking like the head of the guitar, this just adds to its already complementing effect on the page.

I have managed to use the convention of the grid structure on this page quite effectively, and the images in the centre with the information around the boarder really works well. Also to attract my audience I put the most exciting and popular tracks, artists, albums and more in my contents page. As most magazines do to attract their readers and encourage more sales.

Most brands like Q give many opportunities through competitions, downloads and more to visit their online version or the magazine. As so have I both in competitions and through the advertisement to like and follow Unstrung on two popular social websites, Facebook and twitter. Telling the reader that we are a multi platform brand that extends further than just the paper copy, adapting to new technologies.