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

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

Front page Masthead – on the front page the masthead is very large

and covers two thirds on the top row in the rule of thirds, this is not very conventional for an indie magazine. Q takes up the first box, NME takes up half of the whole line and Kerrang takes up the whole line. The use of black and white is strong whilst looking attractive.

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IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

Dateline – conventional for a all magazines, website, bar code, issue number and date

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

House colours – having house colours is conventional but for indie music it includes red which has connotations of death and is generally for more rocky music and not indie. Whereas blues are colours that attract both genders and not one dominantly, creating more chilled and care-free vibes. This colour does not feature in house styles of popular magazines allowing this magazine to be unique but still professional looking

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

Coverlines – conventional for all magazines, but these are relevant to this indie magazine

Main coverline – telling the reader about who’s in the main image and what the article on them is about

Main image – band of males which still invites males to these magazines but also includes females in the magazine offering female attraction also. My image is not conventional as it is an image from a practising studio which is shown in the mise-en-scene in Leicester whereas conventional magazines would use a photo studio and have a block background colour.

Contents page

Dateline – shows the issue number, edition and magazine website

Competition information – follows conventions of indie magazine, use of web 2.0 allowing digital natives the access they want from the magazine.

Image of front page – giving an overview of what is on which page allowing further contents to be given

Button pictures – shows relevant pictures of who is going to be featured in further pages

Main image relevant to competition – showing a singer promoting herself and the competition

Editor’s letter – conventional, gives off a friendly invitation encouraging readers to read the magazine.

Content of the magazine – conventional for every magazine, there isn’t a magazine without a contents page

House colours – prominent throughout the whole project and still would be through the whole magazine

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

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Prominent house style

Pull out quote Image on dps – 2 thirds

on one page and the other third on the second page

Picture is grungey which is a fashion linked in with indie music

House colours - prominent throughout the whole project and still would be through the whole magazine

Image on dps - 2 thirds on one page and the other third on the second page

Picture is grungey which is a fashion linked in with indie music

Interview in boxes – creativity, fits in with genre but not conventional, just adds a quirky theme, although mine are in questions

Factfile – conventional for some magazines but is relevant to the article because they’re a new upcoming band that not many people know about so they can find this information out

Subscription box – conventional for all magazines, helps promote the magazine and encourages readers to buy a subscription