QUESTION 1:

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

MY MAGAZINE

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Masthead

Secondary Leads

Graphic Feature

Selling LineFeature

Article Photo

Headline

Menu Strip Bar

Code

Date Line

Anchorage

Kickers

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3.Caption

Remember the Rule of thirds, especially the Left Third which is used for display purposes. The Grid

System helps to organise the information. Front covers cannot suffer from dead space.

Web-links?

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Front Cover Copy

Signed Editorial (with dropped capitals)

Border / Divider

Main Feature (with inset pictures)

Pictorial insets (of highlights & exclusives)

Page numbers (with headers resembling kickers and cover lines)

Section Header

Section Headers

Subscription box

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Numbered itemised list

Navigation Panel (with header)

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Section Banner

Notice that there is a split between Regulars and Features which is not stated but is made clear through

the use of photos. The Rule of thirds and Grid System still applies. Most noticeable on most contents

pages is the clear organisation of elements.

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Title

Section Header

Photo

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Graphic Feature

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Columns (with the body text)

Pull Quote

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(taken from the article itself)

White Space (helps to avoid info overload)

Additionally, a Gutter is white space down the middle that can be used to separate the information. Intros often use Leading text to make them bigger

and Eyeflow leads the reader’s eye around the page, often from the eyeline of a subject.

Borders / Dividers

CONVENTIONS NOTESThe masthead on my magazine is jagged and rough around the edges, which supports the

idea of this being a Rock Music Magazine.

The interaction between the anchorage and the photo of my magazine suggests a slight

sexual appeal towards male readers, but still keeps an appeal towards women.

The language used on the front cover of my magazine suggests a heavier and unique lifestyle

from the readers. It is not the type of language to be expected from a standard magazine, or a

Pop Magazine.

Originally the left third of the front cover of a magazine was regarded as the most important,

due to the way they were stacked on a shelf. It’s the main thing you would see. However, now

the most important thing is usually in the centre of the magazine as it’s central catching the

main of the viewers attention.

The tone of language used is friendly towards all readers, and is not specific to the target

audience, like it is in magazines similar to Kerrang!.

HOUSE STYLE & DESIGN NOTES

COLOUR - The colour scheme used is mainly Black, Purple and White. Though red also seems to

be involved subtly in titles and backgrounds. This is the same throughout the magazine, the

mastheads use the same colour, just as headlines follow the same style.

FONTS – About three different fonts are used in this magazine. There is one font which is used for

the masthead and the contents page title. Then another font, is used for the kickers, cover lines and

general text. A third font is then used for the headlines and titles on the front cover and double

page spread for that artist.

STYLE – The style of my magazine is clearly of the Rock Genre. The colours and the style follow

the typical conventions of a rock music magazine too, allowing it to be placed within this category.

The large use of dark colours also creates a sense of mystery on the magazine too.

USE OF SPACE – The magazine has followed the rule of thirds, keeping the main feature within

the first two thirds of the magazine, drawing the readers eye to it immediately. However, the

magazine goes against typical conventions too, as the kickers, cover lines and secondary leads are

all on the far right third of the front cover, instead of the far left third.