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

2. The model on my front page was selected as he is appealing to the audience, because he is dressed in the latest high street fashion, which the audience can relate with My magazine has a masthead stating the title of my magazine Nexus, this follows the convention of magazines always having a masthead. This serves to draw the readers eye line to the title, which is aimed at intriguing the readers. The models eye line is in the top third of the magazine, this follows the conventions regarding the rule of thirds by keeping the eye line of the model within the top third of the photo The secondary articles are located along the left and right sides of the magazine, this is because of the way that information is read as it is customarily read left to right , which means that the secondary articles will be one of the first things that are seen on the cover page It is a convention of magazines, that they should have a website which promotes the social networking aspect of the magazine, I have included a website on my cover page to follow this convention I have included a plug on my cover page in the form of a competition that is exclusive to my magazine. This is designed as an incentive for the reader to I have made the main article on the cover page stand out by making the font larger and also a different style. I did this because I wanted to draw the readers attention to this article I have included a pull quote on the cover page to act as a point of intrigue to draw the readers in, so that they want to buy the magazine I have included a banner along the bottom of the page, to highlight some of the musicians that are included in the magazine. This acts as a further incentive to buy the magazine as it shows that there are top musicians that are included within the magazine 3. I have included an introductory paragraph, to my contents page. This contains brief information about what the reader can expect within the magazine I have put the masthead at the top of the page, to follow the style of the magazine. However I have positioned my main picture in front of the masthead to create more importance on the picture I have created an importance on this picture because it is the main picture, I have also included a quote for the picture to act as a pull for the reader I have followed the convention of including a date and issue number on the contents page I have included a black row down the left side of the page, this follows the convention of music magazines contents page by stating who is in the magazine I have included a section which includes the magazines social networking details. This is a convention of magazines as they are moving more towards electronic means of promoting and distributing their magazines. I have included a regular features section, because it adds a sense of individualism if it has a regular section which the magazine continues, it also shows that the magazine has a good structure which it uses to produce the magazine The subscribe and save section acts as an incentive for the continued readership of the readers, it also shows that the magazine values its readers, which will make the readers more loyal to the magazine 4. This pull quote was included to intrigue the readers and to pull them into the article. It also reveals a brief insight into the artists life which is further expanded upon in the article The main photo is a mid shot of my model, holding a guitar, I chose this as it shows off a larger picture of the model and it also demonstrates that he must be capable at playing the guitar, which is backed up by the pull quote The name signifies who is being interviewed, it also implies that he must be a professional or else he would not have been given this treatment The exclusive interview has been used to make this article unique, and that it can only be found in this magazine The article follows three columns which make the text easier to read as it is set out more effectively, however there is an opening paragraph which leads into the article which is a bigger font and that it takes up two of the columns, this has been used so that this will be the first thing read on the page. This will enable the reader to have a brief introduction on what the article will contain and how it was done In the article there is two different colours of font this is to represent the two different speakers who are present within the article At the end of the article, the last paragraph is an ending paragraph which provides a close to the article by thanking the interviewee and referencing future articles I have made the background a multitude of colour to make the double page spread look more interesting and appealing. This will increase the chance that he readers will fully read this page and not skip it