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Karisha Gahir
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1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
Main Cover line
Slogan
Masthead
Main Image
Barcode
Cover lines
My Magazine Billboard
My front cover and the Billboard magazine front cover share a lot of the same features such as masthead, cover lines, main image, slogan and barcode. Billboard has also used a limited colour palate on their front cover which consists of purple, grey, black and white.
Masthead- For the masthead of my magazine I used the font ‘Rockwell Extra Bold’. My masthead follows the codes and conventions of existing magazines. For example, it could be compared to NME because both magazines use a short masthead with a slogan below it. Also, NME’s masthead uses a stroke effect like the stroke used on my masthead which helps it to stand out against the background colour.
People- The main artist on my cover follows the codes and conventions of a mainstream pop magazine as there is one single striking image. Nick Logan who was the editor brought the single striking image to the industry and I have used one because they are proven to be effective. Existing magazines such as Billboard have used this same approach to make the artist stand out
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
on the page. Unlike magazines such as Smash Hits, who have used multiple artists on their front cover, I have chosen to only use one artist on my front cover so the cover does not look too crowded.
My Magazine NME Smash Hits Billboard
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
Heading
Main Image
Logo
Page number
Information about articles
and page numbers
Chart Update
My MagazineBillboard