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QUESTION 1:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?
MY MAGAZINE
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Masthead
Secondary Leads
Graphic Feature
Selling LineFeature
Article Photo
Headline
Menu Strip Bar
Code
Date Line
Anchorage
Kickers
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3.Caption
Remember the Rule of thirds, especially the Left Third which is used for display purposes. The Grid
System helps to organise the information. Front covers cannot suffer from dead space.
Web-links?
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Front Cover Copy
Signed Editorial (with dropped capitals)
Border / Divider
Main Feature (with inset pictures)
Pictorial insets (of highlights & exclusives)
Page numbers (with headers resembling kickers and cover lines)
Section Header
Section Headers
Subscription box
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Numbered itemised list
Navigation Panel (with header)
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Section Banner
Notice that there is a split between Regulars and Features which is not stated but is made clear through
the use of photos. The Rule of thirds and Grid System still applies. Most noticeable on most contents
pages is the clear organisation of elements.
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Title
Section Header
Photo
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Graphic Feature
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Columns (with the body text)
Pull Quote
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(taken from the article itself)
White Space (helps to avoid info overload)
Additionally, a Gutter is white space down the middle that can be used to separate the information. Intros often use Leading text to make them bigger
and Eyeflow leads the reader’s eye around the page, often from the eyeline of a subject.
Borders / Dividers
CONVENTIONS NOTESThe masthead on my magazine is jagged and rough around the edges, which supports the
idea of this being a Rock Music Magazine.
The interaction between the anchorage and the photo of my magazine suggests a slight
sexual appeal towards male readers, but still keeps an appeal towards women.
The language used on the front cover of my magazine suggests a heavier and unique lifestyle
from the readers. It is not the type of language to be expected from a standard magazine, or a
Pop Magazine.
Originally the left third of the front cover of a magazine was regarded as the most important,
due to the way they were stacked on a shelf. It’s the main thing you would see. However, now
the most important thing is usually in the centre of the magazine as it’s central catching the
main of the viewers attention.
The tone of language used is friendly towards all readers, and is not specific to the target
audience, like it is in magazines similar to Kerrang!.
HOUSE STYLE & DESIGN NOTES
COLOUR - The colour scheme used is mainly Black, Purple and White. Though red also seems to
be involved subtly in titles and backgrounds. This is the same throughout the magazine, the
mastheads use the same colour, just as headlines follow the same style.
FONTS – About three different fonts are used in this magazine. There is one font which is used for
the masthead and the contents page title. Then another font, is used for the kickers, cover lines and
general text. A third font is then used for the headlines and titles on the front cover and double
page spread for that artist.
STYLE – The style of my magazine is clearly of the Rock Genre. The colours and the style follow
the typical conventions of a rock music magazine too, allowing it to be placed within this category.
The large use of dark colours also creates a sense of mystery on the magazine too.
USE OF SPACE – The magazine has followed the rule of thirds, keeping the main feature within
the first two thirds of the magazine, drawing the readers eye to it immediately. However, the
magazine goes against typical conventions too, as the kickers, cover lines and secondary leads are
all on the far right third of the front cover, instead of the far left third.