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

Double Page Spread ConventionsOn the DPS page of real magazines, the text to picture ratio is 50:50 because the younger audience will be put off if the text is too dense.

Double Page Spread Conventions

In real magazines, they often use an oversized letter and or a contrast colour for the first letter of the opening paragraph

Double Page Spread Conventions

In real magazines, they use pull quotes from the story as a heading to draw the reader in.

Conventions and My Double Page Spread

On the DPS page of my magazine, I have followed the convention by keeping the text to picture ratio to 50:50 because I don’t want to put off my younger audience.

Conventions and My Double Page Spread

I have not followed the convention of using an oversized letter and or a contrast colour for the first letter of the opening paragraph as I can’t see what it adds to the feature.

However I have used a feminine colour for the female interviewer and a masculine colour for Josh’s answers. I think this also helps the reader to make sense of the article.

Conventions and My Double Page Spread

I have followed the convention by using a pull quote from the story as a heading to draw the reader in.