In what ways does my media product, use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Masthead

• As you can see my magazine front cover has a masthead this means I am using a common convention from magazine covers.

My masthead

Main image

• As you can see my magazine also has a main image which is very common on music magazines this again is evidence of me using common conventions

My main image

Strap Lines

• My magazine has two strap lines on the bottom and the top of the cover and this is commonly used on many magazines.

Both straplines

Page numbers on contents page

• When people open a magazine they want to know what page to go in order to find what they want. My magazine contents page has this feature.

Page numbers

Barcode

• All magazines have barcodes in similar positions and mine is no different and therefore I am using common magazine publication practise.

Barcode on my magazine cover

Iconography

• As you can see by looking at the images below I have used iconography associated with Rock music.

Guitars are associated with rock music

• I do not think I have challenged any common magazine practises. It is the practises I have used that make my media product look more proffessional because it was made in the style of other magazines I have looked at.