QUESTION 1: IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR

CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

PLUG

SKYLINE

FOOTER

FEATURE STORIES

MAIN FEATURE STORY

MAIN IMAGE

DIRECT ADDRESS

MAST HEAD

VARIETY OF FONTS AND SIZES

Mast head

Plug

Skyline

Feature stories

Main image

Direct mode of address

Main feature story

Barcode

Footer

Colour scheme

Page title

Feature stories

Page numbers

Sub headings

Main feature story

Main image

Feature story image Social media

Plug

Pull quoteIssue number

Price

Date

Contact information

Page title Page number

Pull quoteMain image

More images

Body textStand first

Direct mode of address

Drop cap

CONVENTIONS I HAVE USED:

As the two previous slides demonstrated, I have used a variety of conventions on my front cover, contents page and double page spread, and since I have followed forms and conventions of existing magazines, the look of my magazine is very traditional and conventional. I have made sure to ensure the continuity between my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have done this by making the same font types reappear on all three. The colour scheme I have used is the same on the front cover, contents page and double page spread, which also ensures continuity. In terms of page numbers, I have made sure that what it said in the contents matched the page numbers on the double page spread ensuring continuity. The font that I used for my mast head is the font as I used for the contents page title. I have used the ‘E’ from ECHO in the review section on my contents page. I have also used my mast head on the double page spread. The repeated use of my mast head and mast head font ensures continuity throughout the magazine. I have used the same artist for the main image on my front cover, contents page and also double page spread. This means that all throughout the magazine the same artist is the main focus, which is conventional at the same time as it is ensuring continuity.

The plug on this NME front cover is placed in the upper right corner, and I thought it looked quite good

Also on NME, there is used a plus to list feature stories. I liked the idea about using a plus, so I put one in the middle of my plug behind the text, which I think gives a good effect.

On this Q magazine front cover, the main feature story goes across the main image at the bottom of the page. I liked that feature, because it allows the main feature story to get more attention than the feature stories, and it also gives a nice framing of the main image.

The very conventional way of listing feature stories with a variety of fonts and sizes, which I have used on my front cover, can also be seen on this Q magazine front cover. Q magazine is not the only magazine doing it, I just saw this particular front cover and got inspired by the listing of feature stories.

For my main image, I used a medium shot. A medium close up would have been more conventional, but after seeing some examples of a medium close ups as the main image, I decided to use that as well. I think a medium long shot looks really good in this case, and it gives a nice framing of the front cover, since the feature stories can go around my artist’s body.

HOW I HAVE FOLLOWED FORMS AND CONVENTIONS FROM EXISTING MAGAZINES:

When doing my contents page, I looked at Q magazine’s contents page layout.

I used headlines to separate the feature stories.

I used the same review box under the main image. However, the text in my box in a bit different, and I have also put social media logos in the box.

I liked the fact that Q magazine has used its logo, so I decided to do the same.

The position of the main image is the same, however, my main image is slightly smaller due to the fact that my text is bigger.

As seen here, they have used a box on the main image to tell what page the article is on as well as they have given a small description of that article. I did the same in my magazine, however, I used two separate boxes instead of one, as I believe it looks better when I have used the pull quote.

I got the idea about putting several images next to each other after seeing this NME double page spread.

A drop cap is very conventional to use on a double page spread. The use of drop caps can be seen in this NME article

Pull quotes from the main body text in the article is also very conventional. This example of a pull quote from an existing magazine is from NME.

On this Q magazine double page spread, a pull quote is used as the title. I thought it was a good way of getting the reader’s attention, so I decided to do the same on my double page spread.