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

The magazine i created uses all of the typical codes of a real music magazine. Firstly on the front cover i included a masthead to inform the readers what magazine it is. I chose the name "Turbulence"due to it having connotations of "trouble"and "un-balanced" therefore i felt it anchored the genre of magazine i was creating which was Rock/Alternative. Like the Kerrang magazines i looked at in my product research, i placed the masthead at the top of the page, due to this being where the audience will automatically look. I also used a bold font to catch the audiences attention and a simple font so that it is easy readable for the target audience.The main image is positioned at the right hand of the side of the page with the cover lines going down the right hand side and the main cover line going across the bottom. Also like all the magazine covers i re-searched, the main image i used on my magazine cover has direct mode of address, with the model looking straight at the camera, therefore making it feel more personal to the audience. The colour scheme i decided to use was black, white, red and yellow. The black, red and white create a more sophisticated and professional look and the yellow stands out, emphasizing the selling line therefore automatically grabbing the audiences attention, encouraging them to buy this magazine. Also like Q and KERRANG magazine, i used the same colour scheme throughout all three pages, therefore creating a house style that would be recognizable to the target audience. In terms of Guttenberg the primary optical area consists of the selling line, masthead, and the top half of the image and cover lines which is what the audience will first see, by having the selling line in the primary optical area, it is an effective way of encouraging the target audience to buy the magazine, like the KERRANG magazine i researched. The weak fallow area and terminal area consists od the model credit and banner.

On the contents page i have used the same colour scheme as the front cover, creating a consistent house style which adds to the professional look to the magazine and makes the product recognizable to the target audience. Compared to the magazines i researched the layout of my magazine is different because i used two images the same size down the right hand side of the page and the cover lines down the left hand side, therefore this challenges the layout of real magazines, however i still feel the layout of my magazine works effectively, because in terms of design balance it is isn't too text or image heavy.When constructing the images, like Kerrang magazine i kept in mind the stereotypes of this particular genre of magazine. This can be seen in the mise en scene, for example the models on the

contents page are wearing leather jackets. Like Q magazine i used columns such as "on the cover" and "every month" no make it easier for the audience to find specific articles. I also used a editors note to make the magazine feel more personal to the audience.

On the double page spread i equally balanced the page, with the right hand side consisting of a dominate image and the right hand side being text heavy like the Q double page spreads i researched. I used two images, a small image where direct mode of address is used to create a more personal feel for the audience, however i also challenged the common codes of the double page spreads i researched, i did this by instead of using direct mode of address, i constructed the image to have the model looking away from the camera, i feel that this is a unique image, and it also anchored the quote "i still have many insecurities like everyone else". I still followed the consistent house style as i did on the front cover and contents page. I also set my text out in columns which adds to the sophisticated and professional layout, like Q, KERRANG and NME magazines.