Q1. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media

products?

Masthead

Main Image

Cover Lines

Barcode

Selling Line

Main Cover Line

Date Line

Front Cover

MastheadMy Masthead follows the codes and conventions. This is because It is placed at the top at the top of the magazine. My Masthead is

bold and it stands out ‘CHILLS’, this is because I want it to be noticeable to my audience.

Selling Line My Selling Line, again follows the codes and

conventions. This is placed at the top of the magazine but it is placed above the Masthead. The selling line is short and snappy and that is how I presented it ‘Music

just for you anytime anywhere’

Main Cover Line

My Main Cover Line follows the codes and conventions. My Main Cover Line is big and bold, this is so that it stands out and that it is noticeable to the audience. I wanted it to drag

the readers attention so they know what the magazine is going to be about.

Barcode

My Barcode is at the bottom left had side of my magazine. This follows the codes and conventions. I placed my barcode

here so that it is out of the way from the other text so were not focused on it.

Main Image My Main Image is in the middle of my front cover. This had to stand

out or else it won’t follow the codes and conventions. This

image is important because the image is what makes the reader

engaged and what to read the magazine.

Cover LinesMy Cover Lines surround my image

this is because we don’t want the magazine to look messy. This follows

the codes and conventions. Even though on most magazines the cover

lines are placed on the left third, I choose not to do that because if I

have cover lines on both sides, it will be too much writing and my target audience may not want to read my

magazine anymore.

Date LineThis follows the codes and conventions of a proper magazine. This is small and doesn’t stand out as much but the reader are still

aware of It. Under the date line is the website address. I place that where I did

because it’s not that important but I made sure the readers are still aware of it.

Contents

Main Image

Title

Mix Column

Smaller Masthead

Colour Scheme

Editor’s Notes

Categories

Issue Date

Smaller cover page

Title

This is a placed at the top of the magazine. It stands out and it is

bold, this is so that the audience is aware that this page is the contents

page. This follows the codes and conventions. Smaller Masthead

My Smaller Masthead follows my codes and conventions. On all

magazine there will be a smaller masthead, this also reminders the

reader what the name of the magazine is called.

Main Image

Issue date My main image follows my

codes and convention. My main image is bold and stands out. This is so that the audience is

aware that they are featured In the article. Other images will

have smaller pictures with page numbers on them.

This follows the code and conventions of a contents page. This is placed at the top of the contents page. Its is small because we

don’t want It to get in the way of the other text.

Colour Scheme Mix

Categories

My colour scheme follows the code and conventions because it matches the colour scheme for my front cover. It is a blue background which allows the reader to feel calm and they don’t get distracted so they keep their attention on the

text.

My Contents pages has a mix of pictures, headings

and text boxes. This follows the codes and conventions. Without

theses' the page will not be a contents page.

My Categories follows the codes and conventions. This is because I have regular feature of the

magazine will appear in every issue as well as new features which will appear

the once.

Column I have 3 column’s in my

contents pages. This is so that the reader finds it

easy and simply to read. My column follows the codes and conventions.

Smaller cover page

Editor’s note

My small version of my front cover, follows the codes and conventions. This is so that people don’t forget how it looks like and they don’t

keep on haven to go back to look at it.

As you can see I didn’t put in Editor’s notes and that means I didn’t not follow the codes and

conventions. I didn’t do it because I wanted the categories

to all be based on music and nothing else.

Double page spread Image

Colour Scheme

Subject NameDrop Capital

Headline

Strap-line

By-line

Columns

Colour scheme

Image

Columns

By-line

My colour scheme follows the codes and

conventions for a double page spread. My colours

matches my contents page and front cover.

My main image is big and bold so it stands out to the audience that the girl is the key feature of my magazine. I also have other images of

her that is spread at the top half, across the double page spread. They also stand out

to the reader.

My columns follow the codes and conventions. This is tidy and simply to read that the

reader can understand. I have 4 columns that are even sizes

My By-line is where my name is written to show that

I am the journalist and seeing as I am he

photographer I have o quote my name again

Subject Name

Drop Capital

Headline

Strap-line

The Subject name is where the subjects name is placed or

highlighted on the double page spread. This is so that the

reader knows who the magazine is about

The drop capital is when the first letter of the

article is bigger than the rest of the text. This is so

that the reader knows where to start from. I

followed this code and convention

The head line is often placed at the top of the

double page spread. This is what draws the

reader in.

The strap-line is often placed at the top or bottom of a pages and It tells the matter. I didn’t follow

this code and conventions because I didn’t have enough

space to place it in.