IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,

DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF

REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

FRONT COVER

MY FRONT COVER IS BASED AROUND Q MAGAZINE WITH

CHERYL COLE ON THE COVER SO IT DOES FOLOW A LOT OF MEDIA

CONVENTIONS.

HEADLINE

I have followed conventions by having the masthead as the

largest text on the page. This is a common

occurrence in magazine as it catches your eye

and is the first thing the reader reads.

Another convention I have followed is having the masthead in the centre bottom of the page.

I have followed conventions by having the masthead in a contrasting colour to the background, this makes it stand out from the rest showing it importance. I have followed conventions of music magazines by having a quotation from the main artist featured on the cover underneath the headline.

I have complied to the forms of music magazines by having an appealing and interesting possibly controversial quote getting the audiences attention

MAIN IMAGE

I have followed conventions by having

the main image placed in the centre

of the page. This shows the importance

of the artist. This is usually in music

magazine because it catches the eye of the

reader and may encourage people to buy the magazine if they see a famous

artist they recognize.

I have followed conventions by having the artist looking into the lense of the camera giving the effect of eye contact and a more personal feel.

I have followed conventions by having the main

logo in the top right corner. This is often used as the reader will read this first.

Showing its importance.

MAGAZINE LOGO

By having the logo stand out with bright dominant colours. These colours are often reserved for the most important text on the page.

I have followed conventions by using contrasting colours with the text and graphics.

This is often used as it makes the reader want to buy there magazine which

is why it is a common convention of music

magazines. I have also followed the convention of having a positive strap line instead of a negative one. By having “best” it makes people want to read the

magazine producing more buyers.

STRAP LINE

I have followed conventions by having the strapline on the bottom of the page in a solid colour filling the width of the page. This gives the page a solid foundation.

I have included splash that stands out from the rest of the magazine advertising why you should buy

the magazine with a chance to win something get something inside this is commonly done throughout the industry but seems to be a common occurrence

in magazines such as Q Kerrang and NME.

Kerrang and most other rock magazines tend to advertise what posters they have inside I have

done the same on my cover.

SPLASH

CONTENTS

I have put the title on the top this is a convention of music magazine.

I have used the same colour scheme as my cover in my contents. This is use in a lot of magazine such as Q.I have also followed convention by

placing my magazine logo and name next to the headline “contents”. Like

Q has also done.

HEADLINE

I have followed conventions by putting the text on the left hand side of the page.

I have followed conventions by have black text on a white background this makes it easy to read.

I have also put the numbers in a different colour to the rest of the text.

Put the heading in a larger font and in bold to make it clear to the reader which is an article

and what kind of article it is going to be.

TEXT

I have put the main articles as pictures with the page numbers in a bigger font to the

others. This makes it easy to see which articles are more significant, it may also encourage

more buyers as if they see a face they like on the contents page they will want to read that

article so buy the magazine.I have also included an editors letter which is

often done in rock magazines particularly Kerrang.

I have included the issue number and date in the contents page as it made the cover far to

chaotic and crowded this is commonly done by every magazine including the placement on the

page shown here.

FORMS

ARTICLE

The image takes up the whole the page showing the importance of

her, and as Alice Burns is already a huge well known artist artist. Many others do the same thing

such as Q magazine.

The image shows a part of the artists lifestyle many other

magazines do this as it gives an insight into the artist life and

what they're about.Image spanning into text but in

background.I have included props which point

towards the genre the artist is under.

MAIN IMAGE

I have done the same sort of thing in my article as my cover so this is both carrying on my previous work on this page and is why I included this image:

My have followed many of the conventions that NME have used in there article here.

I have put a blurb in giving information of what the article is about and who she is. The reader will decide on this weather not they

want to read on. NME also do this.I have followed conventions by placing a pull quote in the middle of the rest of the articles text the majority of magazines do this as it encourages readers to red the article as it

usually has something hooking and intriguing.I have followed magazine conventions by

having the whole of the article in the same font and size this makes it easy to read.

TEXT

I have broken conventions and forms by having logos dotted around the magazine. This looked very cool and I have not

seen this been done else were

BROKEN CONVENTIONS

I have also broken conventions by not having the barcode on the front cover where it usually is found. I planned to have this on the back of my magazine this is also commonly done but is still a conventions and form I have broken.

I have broken forms and conventions by having one of my featured pages on the cover in the form of a vs battle this is very rarely done but I want this to be a common feature if this magazine was too continue.