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

2. My cover page follows The masthead is located at the
the rules and top of the magazine, which is
done in all magazines, this is
conventions of those set done so it makes it easier for the
out by professional customer to locate the
magazines in many magazines name, the masthead
different ways. also acts as the logo of the
magazine, so having it located at
the top of the magazine will
Also, I stuck to using only easily catch the customers eye.
three colours on my cover The masthead is also behind the
model, which is also done in
page, which I found out most magazines.
during my case studies
that most magazines do.
The fact that I used a brick wall
for my background challenges
During my research I
the conventions set out by
found out that most
professional magazines since
magazines have the
they usually have a plain
cover lines located on
background, but I did this
the left hand side of the
because I thought it would be
cover, which I also done.
different. I chose my model to
wear a red and black coat so it
fits in well with the colour
The image that I used scheme I had chosen.
for the cover page is
an example of mise-
en-scene, and also I had the main cover line in a
contracts well with bigger font then the other
the background, cover lines, which also follows
making the model the rules set out by
stand out more. professional magazines.

3. My contents page
challenges the conventions I chose this image to use of my
and rules set out by those model on the contents page since
of professional music her posture fits well, and allows
magazines, since I haven’t space for me to put in some
used a lot of images, writing. I also chose to have the
however during my case image in black and white, since if it
studies and research I was in colour the colour red
came across vibe magazine wouldn’t have shown as much,
contents pages, which and I needed to use these colours
inspired me a lot. in order to follow my colour
scheme.
Both models aren’t
wearing a lot of makeup The main model is wearing a
which also challenges the jumper, jeans and long boots, I
rules and conventions set chose for her to wear this so the
out by those professional audience can relate to her dress
magazines, however I sense and so she fits in as one of
done this so the audience them.
feels as if they can relate
to the models and imitate Both photoshoots were taken at a
their style easily. park rather than at a studio to
challenge the conventions set out
The small icons of another by those professional magazines,
model are also in black and to make my magazine stand
and white to follow the out and be different.
style of the contents page.
This model is wearing a
long dress, I chose for her As you can see the way I wrote
to wear this so it is “contents” follows the styles of
different to what the main vibe magazine, which I really liked.
model is wearing.

4. The questions in my interview are bigger and in a different
The DPS follows the conventions set out by those
colour to the answers that my model gave, I also found out
professional music magazines in a variety of ways.
the most magazines do this during my research.
I followed the
The pull quote is same colour
used as the title scheme as on
of the magazine, my cover and
which during my contents page
case studies I which most
came to find out magazines
that most tend to do,
magazines do. and also used
to same font.
I also used four small icons, which are in black and I used one big image which took up both pages for the
white to contrast with the main image and create background of my DPS, which challenges those rules since
mise-en-scene. neither of the magazines in my case studies seemed to do this.