Question 1: In what ways does your media use, develop and challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

Continuity is especially relevant within all types of magazines and media products, and after researching different types of products I have now developed my piece to show continuity – following the convention to make my piece as realistic as possible. In regards to the colour scheme of my media product, I have used red, grey, black and white and peach colours throughout – on the front cover, contents page and two double page spreads. This shows continuity which brings them all together as one, showing that they are all within the same product. These colours have also been specifically used to fit with the genre of the magazine and as I felt that they fitted best with my models outfit. The font type and text being consistently bold and of the same also brings a sense of continuity throughout all pages of my media product. Bold headlines therefore stand out and bring attention to the main part, especially on the font cover. The media product name – “SESSIONS” being repeated on the right bottom hand corner of each page also show professionalism as well as consistency through reinforcing the brand name. I have also chosen to feature the same model on all of my magazine pages to reinforce her important with this issue, making it more profession and shows continuity.

The following slide show how my media product follows the conventional route of a real media product…

Masthead:Like majority of the magazines already on the market today, I have placed the masthead across the top of the page to ensure it stands out and is one of the

main thing that the audience see. Covering the top of the font page make

is more dominant, along with large bold font and the fact I have put the

text in white in order for it to contrast with the background colour which is grey. This then makes it completely

noticeable to the reader, who is then made aware of the brand. The slight

outline of the colour red that is around some of the letters shows continuity as

it matches the colour scheme of the rest of the magazine, which also shows

originality.

Skyline: The skyline feature has been place along

the very top of the page backed with a slightly darker shade of grey than the

background so that is it almost separated from the rest of the front cover. This is eye

catching and is conventionally used on nearly every magazine to pursued people

to buy the magazine. Superlative adjectives such as “largest” made out that is is the

best magazine that they are going to purchase and the “2014” reinforces it is u

to date.

Anchor text:When it comes to the models name

which is the main headline of the font cover, I have positioned it at the

bottom of the page larger than the rest of the other headlines. This is the other piece of text other than the masthead that stand out to the audience as it will

be also drawing them in with it dominance. In order to make is stand

out and contrast against other piece of text on the front cover I have used the colour red, as it linking to the colour

scheme. I have specifically used upper case in order to increase the

dominance showing that is it the main headline of the magazine. However I have also purposely used the a font

which is less bold for the main headline with challenges most other magazines. This is in order to contrast with the rest of the text and fonts for being thinner.

Pull Quote: I have included a pull quote which is quite conventional on the front cover of a music magazine, in order to draw

in an audience. This gives the audience a small hint to what is inside of the magazine to make them want to

buy the magazine and read more about the article.

Main Image:I chose this main image as I felt that is was

conventional of a magazine main image, especially for my genre of pop/R&B. I have positioned her in the centre of the page, slightly over lapping the masthead and

other headlines reinforcing the dominance of the her and lets the audience know that

she is the main on within this magazine. Thinking about the mise-en-scene of

costume, I chose a bold yet simple black dress implying that she is fierce and is

appealing to an older pop audience of 16+ due to the shorter skirt and more revealing

neck line. The dark colour shows her masculine qualities of being independent and a strong female figure, which is made slightly more feminine with the large and chunky jewelry to contrast this idea. The

chosen hair style shows her to be ore mature and reinforces her worldwide status with a professional look. I have

taken the picture with her looking straight at the camera to directly target the

audience which develops the forms and conventions as you usually get the main

star connecting with the target audience. Finally I have purposefully got my model to

pose with a wink and to show a fun and less serious side of her, which brings a sense of entertainment to draw in the

audience.

Headlines:From researching a variety of magazines I have been influence by Billboards chosen

layout. As I have the other texts, I have also made them dominant through a black

and bold font for the other artist that feature. This draw the audience in a allow

the genre of the magazine to come through. I have then used different

coloured text describing the story line to make the artist name stand out even more

in comparison. The use of superlative adjectives such as “Hottest” is used as a comparative to other magazines making

out as if it is better than any others - which also attracts the audience to make the magazine seem better than any other

which I have noticed a lot of magazines do in order to get more consistent customers.

Advertisement:This pull draws in the audience

catching their attention to buy the magazine and is conventionally use on many magazines to increase purchases.

I put this pull in a bubble, of which is the colour in my colour scheme to

show continuity and used the same bold, black font as the rest of the text so that is doesn't’t contrast too much.

Bar code and date:These are conventional feature of a magazine showing the issue date and

the price to inform the audience, and including these made it more realistic to what a real media product would look like.

The frequent reinforcement of the brand name throughout magazines is a common convention which I have made sure is included in my own product. I have place it in the top right hand corner so that it is the first thing that the audience see on this page.

I have used the same colour scheme here (white, black, red, grey and peach) to keep the same forms as other real media product, so that it looks more professional.

I have place the date at the top so that it stands out, which is a frequent convention on every magazine – so that people reading know how recent the information is.

I have chosen to separate the front cover article from the other information and make this image larger to show this is the main article. This is conventionally done as they dominate the front cover of the magazine and the audiences main reason for buying the product will be to read about them, it need to show clearly what page they are on.

Frequent reminder of the brand name and the page number.

Captions under neither the headlines, giving more information to what the article is about, which seem to be conventional within all magazines.

Picture of numerous artist that are featured within the magazine to entice the audience to purchase and read the magazine. These are included within most magazines to show the audience what else is included as they may not specifically want to just read about the main cover star.

I have separated the contents of the magazine that are featured on the front cover from the rest of the magazine pages. This is very conventional within most magazine so that the readers who have been attracted by the front cover can easily find what they are looking for.

I have sectioned different headlines such as “women in music” and “every month” so that points of interest can be found easier by the reader.

The pull quote I have included shows that this piece is made for an adult audience as they wouldn't’t be shocked

by this taboo language. It also shows the genre of the piece as taboo language is rather common within R&B/

mature pop songs.

The main artist Is featured again on this page, showing a sense of continuity and flow of the media product which make it a lot more professional.

Consistent branding is shown throughout with continuous reference to the brand name and design that is on the front cover. It is very conventional that the brand name is reinforced throughout the magazine on all of the pages.

I have used the same design with the red lines that occur throughout my magazine, which also runs with my colour scheme.

Researching a variety of magazines I have been influenced by the variation of fonts on words within the same section. This is something done to make it stand out and seem quirkier.

Showing the significance of the main artist I have use a different coloured

bold font in order for her name to stand out.

Continuous colour scheme running throughout with the same line design running along the bottom to bring the pages together showing they are apart of the same magazine.

The main article is in columns and links with the story line and headlines to show continuity. Question and answers which are conventional features of magazine interview are also featured.

I have a drop cap at the beginning of my article as I found magazine introduce third articles with this technique in order to show the starting point.

Title of the article- this is conventional within magazines to make the article appealing as usually it is a teasing quote linking with the article to make the audience want to read. This then makes it more professional makes it more professional.

Reinforces the brand of the magazine.

Introduction to the main article giving information into to he text. I have changed font and colour making it bold in order to stand out on the page.