IN WHAT WAYS DOES

YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP, OR

CHALLENGE FORMS

AND CONVENTIONS OF

REAL MEDIA

PRODUCTS?

By Hoorie begum

The conventions that I have followed with my

music magazine is that I have put the

masthead, pictures, and cover lines in the place

that it normally is, I have set out my magazine in

the normal way that a magazine is set out.

Before creating my magazine I did research to

see what the audience would like to see on the

front cover, contents page and double page

spread of my music magazine, and using that

information I made my magazine look

professional.

Here Is an example of an

existing music magazine front

cover that I have already

analysed.

Here I have compared my music

magazine to an existing magazine to

see if the conventions follow.

Masthead – The masthead

is in big bold writing which

makes it stand out from the

rest of the magazine, it is in

a teal colour which isn't a

typical convention as they

are normally black or red.

However it is still very bold,

so therefore it catches the

audiences attention straight

away.

Main Cover Line – The

main cover line is the

artists name, and by doing

this we automatically know

who it is that is on the front

page of the magazine. Colour Scheme – There is a

colour scheme going throughput

the magazine, it is teal, black and

dark pink/purple. By doing this I

have made my magazine look very

professional as it isn't just loads of

different colours on the magazine. Background – The background

colour is teal blended in with white,

and I have chosen to have it teal

and white because it is different, it

matches with the masthead colour

that I have chosen. It looks simple,

but still very appealing.

Main Image – The main image is of

the artists, and he is dominating the

majority of the page, he is taking up

two thirds of the page, and that

looks good because it is supposed

to be dominating the page. He is

dressed in a gilet jacket and that

matches the conventions of my

magazine which is hip hop as that

is how they dress. The image is a

medium close up shot which is

typical in a music magazine. The Sell/Cover Lines – The cover

lines are of other artists and what

will be inside of the magazine. By

having the other artists name s on

the front cover it attracts the

audiences attention, into wanting to

buy the magazine

It has the issue number, and the date it has been released, and that it

a convention as that is on every magazine. It also has the price of the

issue and a barcode, and that is normal as well as every magazine

has to have the price on the front.

Use Of Pull Quote – The

pull quote is based on a

quote what the artists has

said and that is what would

lure the audience into buying

the magazine because they

would be intrigued to see

what else the artists is going

to say.

Here Is an example of an

existing contents page that

I have already analysed.

Here I have compared my

contents page of my music

magazine to see if it follows the

conventions.

Masthead – The masthead is

the word contents, and I have

but it in the same colour as the

front page of the masthead on

the front cover, and this was

done because I wanted it to

match, and make it look

professional.

Colour Scheme – The

colour scheme is teal, and

black, and this runs

throughout the whole of the

contents page, and by doing

this it makes the page look a

lot more sophisticated and

professional.

The page may be quite

plain, but the colours is what

makes the page stand out,

the colours are quite bright,

and that makes it eye

catching.

There is the magazine name at the bottom

of the page, and that is a typical

convention as, a lot of magazines have

the name of the magazine at the bottom of

each page.

Editors Letter - I have also

got an editors letter just to

say what I want you to get

from the magazine. This is

a normal convention as

many magazines have an

editors letter to introduce

the magazine.

Style – The style

throughout the magazine

is consistent as the

contents has

subheadings that all look

the same.

Main Image – I don't have one

main image however I have two

images on the page, and you

cant properly see the faces of

the artists, and this creates the

illusion of mystery. The two

images are much smaller than

the image on the front page as

on the contents page they

aren't as dominating,

Contents – The contents has

got subheadings, to say what

things are going to be in each

section. There are page

numbers to say what things

are going to be on each page,

and you can just skip to

something straight away if you

want to see that first.

Here Is an example of an existing

music magazine double page

spread that I have already

analysed.

Here I have compared my double

page spread of my music

magazine to see if it follows the

conventions.

Main Image – The main image is of the artist, and she is

dominating the majority so one half of the page. The things that

we connote from the image is that she is innocent, and by

seeing this we want to see what kind of an artists she will be.

Subheading – The subheading is a little title just introducing

the artists, and is a typical convention, as many different

magazines introduce the artists like this.

Background – The background is a light pink, and I chose to do

this because the artists looks very feminine, and by having it

pink it connotes that she is girly.

Main Headline – The main headline is

the artists name, and that is all that is

needed because by having that you are

straightaway letting yet audience know

who the artist is and what their name is

. It has a girly font, and is light pink

which is what makes it stand out from

the background.

It has the name of the magazine, in the

left hand corner, which is another

convention that I have followed as

many magazines have the name of the

magazine on each page.

Colour Scheme – The colour scheme

with the double page spread is pink, the

background is a light pink, and the title

matches that because it is also pink,

but it is a slightly darker shade of pink

which make sit stand out front he

background. By doing this is catches

the readers attention, and makes it

intriguing which make them want to

carry on reading.,

There are two more images of the

artists however they are much smaller

than the main image, as they aren't

dominating as much.

CHALLENGES OF CONVENTIONS OF REAL

MEDIA PRODUCTS

The things that I did differently, and the conventions that I

didn't follow were that I used teal as the colour of the

masthead , normally the colour of the masthead is either red

or black and no magazines that I have seen have used the

colour teal.

Also the background colour that I have chosen is very

different as well because many magazines have the

background a bold colour such as black or white.