The document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of real music magazines. It summarizes how the contents page, photos, colors, and fonts were used to develop the magazine's style while appealing to a young female audience. While some conventions like professionally taken portraits were challenged, the overall design copies conventions from other magazines to seem like a real music publication. The magazine categorizes itself as "alternative" to feature both indie and rock bands old and new to different audiences.

1. Question one.

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

3. What products did I use for
inspiration?

5. This contents page Is what I used The overall mise-en-
the most to develop my magazine scene of the
to fit the usual conventions of a contents is simple
music magazine. and effective, I used
this style within my
design.
Inserting pictures of
young females is what
my audience expected.
Although I challenged
usual conventions of a
music magazine as the
portraits seem to be
professionally taken
rather than live shots.
The contents page used
small and wide columns
to arrange their text
effectively. I copied this
to achieve the usual
conventions of a
Fonts I have used are fairly similar to magazine.
that of the other magazine, I felt this
created something extra to the page,
creating more interest.

6. I challenged the usual I copied some general music I decided to add no other photos onto
conventions of a magazine ideas to class my
my cover as I felt this cheapened the
music magazines magazine as ‘down market’ so it
with the general appeals to my younger audience. overall look, also making it look
colours used. I cluttered.
decided to stick to
three colours white,
black and green.
These gave the
magazine a softer
approach and made
my target audience of
girls fairly obvious.
My magazine can be recognised as a
real magazine due to the professionally
taken photo, Masthead, title and the
I copied this of the NME magazine to
bar code. Which are generally found fill up the space at the bottom of my
on every magazine. magazine and also so my audience can
read what else is within the magazine.

7. I used pull quotes to fit in I copied the style of photograph
with usual conventions of a by placing my model on the left
double page spread, this hand side to allow text to fit on
grabs the readers attention the right side, I photo shopped
and makes them want to the photo to give it maximum
appeal
read more.
I used a big header to catch the readers My magazine can be recognised as a
attention and to follow usual female alternative magazine due to the
conventions of a double page. I used a feminine colours, and fonts and also due
sans serif font to give it a ‘classier’ feel to the amount of female models that the
and more sophisticated. audience can relate to.

8. Alternative?
It’s been quite hard to distinguish what
my magazine would be categorised as,
pop/indie/rock are all genres which fit
somewhat into my magazine, but the
idea that the overall establishment
involves old bands and artists confuses
this. After much thought alternate
genre is what I have gone with,
alternative fits right in-between indie
and rock genre, which makes the
magazine much more appropriate for
different audiences who like usual
heavy rock bands, and softer bands
mixed into one. It allows them to
experience old bands who are much
like newer acts also.

9. The idea of making a magazine of old bands and acts is something I have thought about
often. This is due to the rising amount of new age modern material which is not always
what people want. I believe that old music should never die out. In ten or twenty years
some of the best hits of 2011 may have been forgotten. That’s what will keep
VintageSound alive as it brings happiness and fond memories to those who listened to
the music. It also creates a new field for my audience as they are experiencing things
they may never have herd off. It may bring up discussions with those who used to listen
to the music.
Allowing younger people to learn about old bands will also allow
them to respect there elderly as they experience what they have
had in their past. The idea came up also due to the rise of vintage
styled fashion which intrigued me, I thought if people wanted to
wear the clothes why not the music? I personally think a lot of
younger audiences will thrive with the idea as new music is as
exciting as the old.

10. I have used a mix between sans serif
fonts and serif fonts.
I have copied serif fonts from magazines such as ClassicFm which
gave the magazine a more sophisticated look. A connotation of
this is sophisticated non-rebellious teenage feminine girls.
I used sans serif font for my text so its more simplistic
and clean cut. Having titles in serif font as well as text
would be over bearing. I have stuck to usual
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conventions in this. Although most mastheads are not
used in usual non-classic music magazines I felt it was
appropriate within mine due to the high feminine target
audience.