In what ways does your media product

use, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

Magazine Cover and Poster

By Bebe Henderson

Magazine Cover

Overall, I think my magazine cover most definitely looks both

professional and realistic. We have applied to all of the main

conventions that should be used, the most important ones being;

the image taking up three-quarters of the page, the main cover

line explaining the image, a dark colour scheme used throughout

(in our case, dark blues, blacks and reds) and the villain being

presented on the front cover. We have also included other ways

for the audience to interact with the magazine, such as a

barcode and various websites for them to visit.

When comparing our magazine to other professional ones, you

can see that is very similar and works as a realistic product.

Magazine Cover

Film Poster

Film PosterThe poster is probably my favourite product out of the three. Personally,

I believe it is the most professional-looking product. I think the fact that

it is simple layout with an enticing image will draw in a large audience.

All the main conventions have been used in the poster, i.e. the tagline

being placed above the image. The best part for me is the image. This

is because it combines a lot of horror conventions, i.e. darkness,

mysteriousness and also uncertainty. One way in which we do

challenge certain conventions is the way that our image doesn’t

necessarily explain the title of the film. However, I think this works very

well as it plays on the mystery of the film. When comparing my product

with the two below, I think it works as a professional product. You can

see that it actually does look very similar when comparing the layout

and format. I would even try and argue that our product looks more

professional than the Halloween ll poster.