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

By Samuel Newell

I believe that my magazine does in fact use, develop and challenge both forms and conventions of real media products , for example on my front cover I have used a large form of cover lines, the reason I did this was due to me seeing it on the front off a particular issue of XXL magazine(a prestigious rap magazine), and realising that this was a tool to attract its target audience I did this, as both my magazine and XXL magazine have the same target audience then evidently it will appeal to my target audience also.

This is my front cover of my media product in comparison to a real one (XXL), they both use many features in order to create a complex media product for example they both use a main image of a well known musical artist that is well suited to their target audience.

Also they both have an obvious colour scheme which runs through out the front cover this is important as it makes the cover aesthetically pleasing, increasing the chance that the consumer will buy this media product. In my product the colour scheme is black red and white.

Both of the front covers have simple but effective mastheads in the terms of effects used and colour scheme, this creates the masthead to be clearly read by the consumer , also it adds to the overall colour scheme to the front cover , also adding to its ability to be aesthetically pleasing .