In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

MastheadI placed my masthead in the left hand third, I used a bold text so that it stands out on its own from the page. I chose to put the masthead in black font so that it had a continuous style to the rest of my font.

Featuring ArtistI put the name of the featuring artist to the right of the main image so it made it obvious that was her name. The name being written in black then further ties in with the theme of my magazine. It has a strong and bold impact.

SkylineThis skyline focuses on the themes of rap and relates it in further with my genre of music.

Main ImageI tried to tie my image in with the genre of my music, with a provocative feel to it. I made sure there were elements of the fashion fo rap included in my main image, lots of gold rings and skimpy outfits. Facing straight ahead and forming eye contact with the reader, this is convetional of a magazine.

TextI placed minimal text on my front cover, its simplicity makes a bolder and strong statement to its reader of the power of the model/artist in the industry.

PuffA puff has been used to target other elements of the magazine to draw the reader in further.

My media product uses the a large majority of proper forms and conventions of a media product, in this case a magazine. This is shown in the fact that the masthead is in the left hand third of the magazine.

I made the model look straight into the camera for the photograph, this is a form and convetions of this media product, forming eye contact with the reader and connecting on a more intimate level with the audience.

The consistency of my colour theme throughout my magazine conforms to forms and conventions of this media product as it sticks to a constant house style.

I used forms and conventions of real media products by capital letters, punctuation and puffs.

MASTHEAD

MAIN IMAGE

COVERLINE

FEAUTURING ARTIST

BAR CODE

CAPITAL LETTERS

COLOUR SCHEME

Main Image

Features

Headings/ Sub headings

Colour Scheme

My main image is of the featuring artist so that it is clear who the article is about and engages the interest of the audience and reader. I have used two images on the page to showcase her further.

The article and interview of the artist is written in columns making it far easier for the reader to navigate through. This conforms to the forms and conventions of this media product.

The colour scheme sticks to the house style of red and black. The questions are all written in these colours, rotating from the interviewer to the interviewee. This is so the question first grabs the readers attention for them to persue reading the interview.

The headline is of the featuring artists name so it is automatically clear who the article is about . The writing is simple and very easy to read.

The use of a standfirst really entices the reader to look further into the article. This conforms to the forms and conventions of this media product.

Headline

Standfirst

Main Image

Introduction

Columns

Colour Scheme