1. 1. In what ways does your mediaproduct use, develop or challengeforms and conventions of real mediaproducts?
2. 2. The skyline and bottom banner are very conventional in most music magazines thatThe masthead, pug and decide not to use a simplisticselling line are also very style.common in musicmagazines, such asKerrang! Magazine. I have decided to have more than one image, though only one of the images contains a model. This is used so thatI have used a plain background the magazine is stillso that all of the other layers interesting but the attention is will stand out and be easy to still on the main model. see, similar to most musicmagazines, such as Q andNME. Instead of just having theBar codes are usually model on a plain background Iplaced in the bottom righthave some small logos andcorner, but I have made artwork scattered around themine visible as some of the page to make it moreparts of it are necessary interesting.and useful to the customer.
3. 3. My contents page is veryorderly and formally laidout rather than beingmessy. The page doesntparticularly look interestingapart from some of theimages I have used.Contents pages are usedto serve a purpose, so thewriting is clear and standsout from its background. I have made an editors letter section acting as a preview for the issue. There is an advert for subscriptions with inverted colours to stand out and be differentiated from the other text. This page is very conventional so that it is useful and easy to navigate.
4. 4. I have used a white background so everything can stand out from the background and make a mark on the page. The mast head has its own black outline to emphasize the colour to a further extent.I have used four separatepictures of Paul over one pageas it takes the text and picturesapart rather than having themjumbled together. This has alsobecome a more creative aspectas the panel design isnt used inmany magazines, it couldsymbolise four differentThis page has conventional page numberspersonality aspects. Fans alsoand a use of the magazine name in smallwant to see a lot of pictures ofprint next to the numbers.the star, so I have used avariety.Despite using a plain white background I have added two outlinesof instruments to fill in white gaps while still maintaining relevanceto the magazine.