ConventionsQuestion 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of

real media products

My Front CoverMasthead

Coverlines Cover Image

Cover Story

Issue Number

Price

Barcode

Professional Front Cover

Masthead

Cover Story

Cover Image

Issue Number & Date

Coverlines

Barcode

Publishers

Artist Features

Comparing Front Cover

Used Conventions

Masthead- I have used a masthead on my front cover. It is similar to Top of the Pops as it is colourful, attractive and bold.

Image- I would say my front cover image is conventional when you look at various pop magazines as the artist is stylish, attractive and happy.

Coverlines- I used similar layout of coverlines in my magazine to the ones on Top of the Pops. All three are situated on the third left.

Developed ConventionsMasthead- Like I said it is similar however, I made my masthead cover whole top of the page as I believe it is a better way of grabbing the readers eye, showing it is a developed convention.

Barcode- I placed a barcode on my front cover as I based mine on Top of the Pops magazine. However, not all pop magazines do have a barcode on the front cover. This shows mine is a developed convention.

Issue Number and Price- In Top of the Pops magazine the issue number and price is on the bottom right, like my magazine. However, in my the size of the issue number and price is bigger to attractive more attention to it.

Challenges Conventions

Cover Story- Most pop magazines cover story is all one bulk of text placed just under artist. However, mine is separated into two section, one above the artist and one below. Also one section of it is slanted to create an attractive message.

Image- I have challenged conventions in my image by using a different shot type. Many pop magazines use a mid shot, however, I used a close up as it shows the artists expression more appealing to the reader better.

My Contents Page

Headline

Page Reference

Magazine Image

Cover Story

Image

Features

Features

Professional Contents Page

Headline

Image

Features

Features

Image

Page Reference

Page Number

Contents Comparison

Used Conventions

Headline- The headline of the contents page is very similar to Top of the Pops magazines. They both have same sort of font

style, colour scheme and layout.

Image- Both magazines has an image of the front cover to highlight where key elements of the magazine are. By placing page numbers next to this, the audience can see where the information in the magazine is.

Subtitles- Both magazine use subtitles to place the magazines content in a set order so its easier for the readers to find the information they are looking for. As the target audience are teenagers there attention are small so they need to find the information quickly to keep them fixed.

Developed Conventions

Page Numbers- I used page numbers to highlight where information is in the magazine. However, I decided to make mine all different sizes, colours and fonts as I thought it would be better way of attracting the audience.

Subtitles- I used subtitles like Top of the Pops however, I used sans-serif font to make them look formal rather than informal as it is information which needs to be addressed quickly and seriously. Whereas Top of the Pops uses serif font for the subtitles.

Challenges Conventions

Artist Image- I decided to place an image of an artist in the corner like in Top of the Pops magazine. However, I decided to get the audience to face the other way to make him look more mysterious.

Subtitles- Top of the Pops uses subtitles, however, they are basically all the same on the contents page. However, my magazine uses a different font and colour for one section as it is exciting and uses words relating to the colour, e.g.- Red and Love.

My Double Page Spread

Image

Image

Image

HeadlinePull Quote

Pull Quote

Kicker

Standfirst

Byline

Feature

Page Number

Page Number

Professional Double Page Spread

Image

Pull Quote

Feature

Page Number

StandfirstImage

Double Page Spread Comparison

Used Conventions

Page Numbers- Both magazines have page numbers at the bottom of the pages, they are also in a coloured fill shape to attracted audiences attention.

Standfirst- The articles both have a standfirst highlighting what's in the article. Also they are both above the article to give the reader a small insist into the article.Pull Quote- Similar to all pop magazines, my magazine has two pull quotes from the article. This allows the reader to quickly glance at them so they can see what the article is most probably going to say.

Developed Conventions

Image- Both magazines have an image of an artist sitting down and both taking up majority of one page. However, in my magazine the image is only taking up one full page, whereas the professional magazine is more in the middle of both pages.

Pull Quote- The Top of the Pops magazine uses two pull quotes in the article, so I decided to use two as well. However, I decided to move them away from the featured article in the corners and made them the same colours so it keeps to a consistent house style and colour scheme.

Challenges ConventionsHeadline- In majority of pop

magazines there double page spread headline is a pull quote from the article. I have decided not to do that and have created a normal headline on its own as it creates a bigger attraction element to the reader.Article/Feature- The majority of pop magazines use interviews as ways of promoting and highlighting the artist. However, I decided to use a biography describing the artists life and journey from his childhood to breaking into the industry. I believed this would be more interesting than a interview.Image- The professional magazine decided to do one reasonable sized long shot of the artist on the double page spread. Whereas I decided to do two small mid shot images of the artist as I believed it gives more publicity to the artist from the readers.