media coursework

1. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA
PRODUCTS?

2. FRONT COVER
MY FRONT COVER IS BASED AROUND Q
MAGAZINE WITH CHERYL COLE ON THE
COVER SO IT DOES FOLOW A LOT OF
MEDIA CONVENTIONS.

3. HEADLINE
I have followed
conventions by having the
masthead as the largest
text on the page. This is a
common occurrence in
magazine as it catches
your eye and is the first
thing the reader reads.
Another
convention I have
followed is having
the masthead in
the centre bottom
of the page.
I have followed
conventions by having
the masthead in a
contrasting colour to the
background, this makes
it stand out from the
rest showing it
importance.
I have followed
conventions of music
magazines by having a
quotation from the main
artist featured on the
cover underneath the
headline.
I have complied to
the forms of music
magazines by
having an appealing
and interesting
possibly
controversial quote
getting the
audiences attention

4. MAIN IMAGE
I have followed
conventions by having the
main image placed in the
centre of the page. This
shows the importance of the
artist. This is usually in
music magazine because it
catches the eye of the reader
and may encourage people to
buy the magazine if they see
a famous artist they
recognize.
I have followed
conventions by
having the artist
looking into the
lense of the
camera giving
the effect of eye
contact and a
more personal
feel.

5. I have followed
conventions by having the
main logo in the top right
corner. This is often used
as the reader will read this
first. Showing its
importance.
MAGAZINE LOGO
By having the logo
stand out with bright
dominant colours.
These colours are
often reserved for
the most important
text on the page.
I have followed conventions by
using contrasting colours with
the text and graphics.

6. This is often used as it makes the
reader want to buy there magazine
which is why it is a common
convention of music magazines. I
have also followed the convention
of having a positive strap line
instead of a negative one. By having
“best” it makes people want to read
the magazine producing more
buyers.
STRAP LINE
I have followed conventions by
having the strapline on the bottom
of the page in a solid colour filling
the width of the page. This gives
the page a solid foundation.

7. I have included splash that stands out from the rest of the
magazine advertising why you should buy the magazine with a
chance to win something get something inside this is commonly
done throughout the industry but seems to be a common
occurrence in magazines such as Q Kerrang and NME.
Kerrang and most other rock magazines tend to advertise what
posters they have inside I have done the same on my cover.
SPLASH

8. CONTENTS

9. I have put the title on the top this is a convention
of music magazine.
I have used the same colour scheme as my cover
in my contents. This is use in a lot of magazine
such as Q.
I have also followed convention by placing my
magazine logo and name next to the headline
“contents”. Like Q has also done.
HEADLINE

10. I have followed conventions by putting the text on the left hand
side of the page.
I have followed conventions by have black text on a white
background this makes it easy to read.
I have also put the numbers in a different colour to the rest of
the text.
Put the heading in a larger font and in bold to make it clear to
the reader which is an article and what kind of article it is going
to be.
TEXT

11. I have put the main articles as pictures with the page numbers
in a bigger font to the others. This makes it easy to see which
articles are more significant, it may also encourage more
buyers as if they see a face they like on the contents page they
will want to read that article so buy the magazine.
I have also included an editors letter which is often done in
rock magazines particularly Kerrang.
I have included the issue number and date in the contents
page as it made the cover far to chaotic and crowded this is
commonly done by every magazine including the placement
on the page shown here.
FORMS

12. ARTICLE

13. The image takes up the whole the page
showing the importance of her, and as Alice
Burns is already a huge well known artist
artist. Many others do the same thing such
as Q magazine.
The image shows a part of the artists
lifestyle many other magazines do this as it
gives an insight into the artist life and what
they're about.
Image spanning into text but in background.
I have included props which point towards
the genre the artist is under.
MAIN IMAGE
I have done the same sort of thing in my article as my cover so this is both carrying on my
previous work on this page and is why I included this image:

14. My have followed many of the conventions that NME have
used in there article here.
I have put a blurb in giving information of what the article
is about and who she is. The reader will decide on this
weather not they want to read on. NME also do this.
I have followed conventions by placing a pull quote in the
middle of the rest of the articles text the majority of
magazines do this as it encourages readers to red the article
as it usually has something hooking and intriguing.
I have followed magazine conventions by having the whole
of the article in the same font and size this makes it easy to
read.
TEXT

15. I have broken conventions and forms by having logos dotted around the
magazine. This looked very cool and I have not seen this been done else were
BROKEN CONVENTIONS
I have also broken
conventions by not having the
barcode on the front cover
where it usually is found. I
planned to have this on the
back of my magazine this is
also commonly done but is
still a conventions and form I
have broken.
I have broken forms and
conventions by having one of my
featured pages on the cover in the
form of a vs battle this is very
rarely done but I want this to be a
common feature if this magazine
was too continue.