1. In what ways does your media product use,

develop or challenge forms and conventions

of real media products? All my magazine pages use usual conventions that you would see on a magazine you

would find on a newstand. For my front cover, I used a mid-shot of my artist. To make

it look more professional, I used the brush tool available on Photoshop to improve the

look of my models skin, and change the colour of my models hair. To add further

improvements to the skin, I used the spot healing brush which hid blemishes and

imperfect patches even further.

When making my magazine I wanted to use professional looking photographs to add

a ‘real’ feel to it. I wanted it to look as professional and real as possible, and therefore

I decided to make my front cover, contents page and DPS with as much precision

as possible.

There are a few conventions I wanted to use and stick to, and these are;

masthead, cover lines, date, price, barcode and plug. I believe that sticking to

these conventions helped me to keep the magazine looking as professional and

realistic as possible. Most magazines are known for their catchy cover lines, it’s what

sells magazine's, if a potential buyer reads a catchy, intriguing cover line, they will be

more enticed to buy it. When potential buyers see a plug saying something’s ‘FREE’

usually readers will be more willing to buy the magazine. I did however, move the

barcode from the conventional place of the bottom right hand corner, to near to the top

left hand corner. I did this because I felt as though it looked better there and fitted in

better with the rest of the cover. My date, barcode and price are all a reasonably small

size, as I didn’t want to take away from the main front cover, but I also did not want

them to be completely invisible. Price, for example, is key, as it is what determines

whether the magazine will be bought.

MASTHEAD

COVERLINES

BARCODE

DATE

PRICE AND

ISSUE NO.

PUFF

PLUG

MAIN IMAGE

CONCERT

IMAGES

COLUMNS

EDITOR

S

LETTER

SUBSCRIPTIO

N

IMAGES

MAIN STORY

MASTHEAD

WATERMARK

EFFECT

IMAGE ON

TOP HALF

QOUTE/TITLEARTICLE IN COLUMNS

MAIN

IMAGE

DIFFERENT

COLOURS

FOR Q&A

PAGE NUMBERS