In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

Cover● To gain a conventional understanding of a music magazine

front cover I looked at 3 varying magazine designs: Classic rock, Big cheese, and Metal Hammer magazine. These all had running conventions which could be seen as similarities throughout. Firstly the subject of the front cover can always be seen with his/her head slightly obscuring the name of the magazine. It is also a conventional aspect to have the names of other bands and articles within the magazine mentioned on the cover and often overlapping the covers subject.

My cover● I tried to follow as many conventions as

possible with me having my subject place central on the page with his head obscuring the title of my magazine “EQUALIZER”. My cover also contains a number of secondary stories which informs the reader as to what they can expect to find in my magazine. On the cover there is also the price of the magazine and contact information for social networks all of which is very conventional.

Contents● All contents pages follow very similar layouts and

conventions. For example if a story was on the cover it would be indicated in brackets that this was indeed a cover story. Contents pages generally work in columns following numerical order as this makes it much easier to navigate.

My contents page● My contents page follows many

conventions with it's layout making the information easily accessible for anyone reading the magazine. It contains the name of the article and a witty caption that describes the article. I do not believe that wit is conventional but I felt would be something the would match the tone of my magazine and add to the entertainment value.

Double page spread● Some of the conventions I noticed when analysing a

double page spread are a linear format which can be easily followed. This will often have large embedded quotes emphasising some of the more interesting parts of the interview. There will be a large picture of the artist and this will usually take up an entire page, this is done so that a person flicking through the magazine is more likely to notice the article.

My Double page spread● My double page spread follows as many conventions as

possible. One page is being used to display an image of my artist with a back drop silhouette of his “former band”. The interview is placed after this image and as mentioned on the previous slide I have a large imbedded quote which can draw interest into the article.