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

2.  Although my artist had sunglasses on
which was slightly unconventional I
felt it gave my artist edge and a
more indie feel. I did find a front
cover from Q that had an image of
an artist wearing sunglasses so I
knew that it would work.
 The outfit my artist was wearing
went with the conventions as her
clothing reflected her genre of music
Just like the image
of Tinie Tempah.

3.  All magazines I looked at in my research
phase included the date, price, issue
number and barcode. Which is why I
included them on my front cover.
 This NME front cover have
these features so I am
following with the normal
media conventions.
 I added them on my front
cover as its what people
expect to see. They give
the reader information on
how much it is and if it is
a recent copy. This will
make them be more likely
to but it.
 I used the price £2.20 as
this was around the price
my audience was happy to
pay for their magazines.

4.  I used red and white for my
masthead as many other music
magazines use this colour
scheme. So the masthead
conformed with everyday
media conventions.
 I originally had a more creative
masthead and fused the two colours
together to match the wording. However,
I felt that it then wasn’t indie enough
and had a more rock feeling so changed
it.
 I chose the name Indie Fusion as that is
what my target audience liked best. I
put the slogan ‘Bringing Indie Together’
to go with the title and to make it seem
like more of a collective group thing and
involve my audience more.

5.  Music magazines like NME often use banners to promote competitions
and important things. NME often use the red on yellow for their
banner but I felt using that colour scheme for mine would look out of
place so I challenged media conventions by using different colours.
 When creating my banner I added things that I felt would entice my
audience into buying the magazine. Posters, Voucher, Contests and
Free things are items that my target audience would be attracted to.
 I used the white on the black background, with the yellow separators
to make it more eye catching. If I was to do it again I would make it
brighter to make it more appealing.

6.  Most magazines have a pug on the front cover to entice
their audience members. Q use theirs to either
promote competitions or for information they know
that there audience wants. Knowing that as part of my
article I had a win a tickets section with my artist I
thought that promoting that next to a picture of my
artist on the front cover would be a good link.
 Just like Q I used yellow and black as I felt it stood out
more on the page. So my pug followed the conventions
for music magazines as it followed the colour scheme
and typical content. I liked the way the pug looked but
next time I would make the shape more interesting.