Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Magazine cover

Use

I saw on many covers a simple black box behind the text was being Used. I decided to use this convention as it made the cover linesLook more in place. Making it look professional which is needed Sometimes even in a niche magazine.

Another key convention was the masthead, this issue focused onSubtech an elusive rave disk jockey who’s ID is kept hidden Because for the most part hosting raves is illegal. The mixmag issueTo the left isnt really a niche magazine and the layout follows Nearly all conventions. i decided to put the masthead over the artistTo make the connection clear.

develop

Im going to redo my cover before updating this with the new version

Contents page

use

One convention that I saw especially in mixmag was the promotional offersOn the contents, I knew this convention would still fit with a niche magazineAs it could be a way of getting struggling artists music around. I in turn also Developed this idea by keeping it more simple so that it fitted in more with The small budget type feel.

Using the same issue that I studied I also decided to follow the quite common Convention of having the logo and also title of page up top. I felt without itMy contents page looked to empty and not really believable in my first versionEven as a niche magazine.

developAfter re editing my contents page I decided to keep this section ‘the rave guide’. In another issue of mixmag the contents pageWas split over two pages with a club guide on the left. HavingOnly one page I decided to develop this idea by using it to show raves.I changed the layout so it was easier to fit the information and so it was Realistic to how raves are advertised(without exact location).

Another key idea that I developed was the use of one image filling upMost of the page. I decided to change the shape of my photo, the sizeAs well and also The layout of text. This helped to fit the other things On my contents page because it couldn’t be a3.

Article page

forms and conventions Quotes

One convention I did decide to follow was the use of a quoteOn the left side over my image I didn’t choose to develop on this very muchAs there is not much need to, it just helps to tie the picture and text togetherMore.

Mixmag was the magazine that I used primarily to find common features And forms that made up the page. One convention I saw was the use ofA small picture on the bottom left near the page number. It added anotherPerspective of the place the article was taking place, but also helped to fillThe page and make it look more professional. Because I had a lot of photosFrom I decided to use this to follow this form of having no Background but more snapshot type pictures.

Develop layout

One way in which I developed an idea was in the layout. I saw a lot ofArticles that didn’t just have the Images touching the top corners of the pageSo. One mixmag article did this very well by using a strip of black bar strip Bits cut out. I developed on this idea by changing the color to match withMy color scheme. I also changed the width of the spaces that were cut outAnd how far they cut in to make it look more like sound bars.

I also built upon the same type of idea on the article having a forth comingDates on both pages. But to make it fit with my more niche audienceIn the southwest. The one I included on the left was for festivals insteadOf more clubs. This wasn’t a very big change but it makes the articleSeem like its appealing to a certain part of the country rather then All over the place.

challengesThis my my more detailed image and is set on the right top side of my spread. Usually the image is of the Artist but I decided to go against this convention to show more detail. People who read this magazine already know who subtech is, so I decided to show his sound crew who are equally important to the show. I purposely broke this convention because I think it adds more depth of detail to the article, the reader gets to see another aspect of the artist.

My other image located to the left is not of the artist again I challenged this conventions. Because I thought by having a picture of Nass festival it helps to show the reader a glimpse into what one of The long awaited questions of where he will appear next will be.There is a MIXMAG issue which does a similar thing of having theArtist on the right and on the left. A picture of the venue he’s playing at.