question 1

Question 1

In what way does your media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products ?

Similar to Q magazine front cover,my magazine also uses the same conventions pointed out. As you can see there is a large masthead that dominates the front cover which makes it obvious to the potential reader what magazine they are looking at.

The cover lines used in the front cover of faze magazine acts as a preview for the potential subscriber.It highlights the main articles while advertising them,these cover lines encourage the consumer to buy the magazine.

The direct gaze of the model will appeal to the audience by drawing them in and catching their attention,i based my front covers model pose from the photo of Hayley Williams below, i like this image because it is dramatic showing personality.

Conventions change on the contents page of a magazine. These include a clear layout of the lists on the pages, with the numbers showing each page.On average, a contents page will have a picture on it, as a preview to what information is going to be received while reading the magazine.

My contents page uses the conventions of a top music magazine ,because i have tried to incorporate things from music magazine that would be competition like NME Magazine.The layout of the page is consistent with the front cover sharing similar text and colours.This is to reflect the genre of my magazine .The layout is similar to NME because it uses a very effective black and white scheme with a bold title using the font of the masthead.