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

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

> The mast head I used and the mast head Kerrang uses is similar in some ways. Both mast heads are in capital lettering and are spread across the whole width of the page. They both also have some kind of texture, Kerrang having a smashed glass effect and Your rock having a sort of scribble effect. The mast head Kerrang used was a white colour whereas mine was a vibrant green. This is because I needed my mast head to stand out as it was the first edition. For the main image I used a two shot, medium close up, Kerrang only used one person but still had a medium close up shot. The medium close up shot was used because it is not too far away and still lets you see a bit more of the subjects clothing and body language. The main cover line on my magazine was ‘lucky sevens new album, interview inside’ which related straight to the main image as lucky sevens was the name I used for the two girls I photographed. Kerrang did the same thing as their main cover line was related to the main image. Both magazines have the barcode and date in the bottom right corner as this is a convention of the magazine layout. My barcode was turned sideways as it gave me more space for a strapline at the bottom of the page. The main cover line is the biggest cover line on the page in a very large font, but still smaller than the masthead. The big font was used to show it was the main attraction. I stuck to a constant green and black colour scheme on both this page and the contents page. I did this because it creates a house style that would then become recognised by readers of the magazine. It also makes the magazine look professional. Kerrang magazine and my magazine both use a black colour for the background, this is because it fits in with the rock genre as the colour black is normally associated with rock. The colouring used would fit with my target audience of old teens 15-20 year olds, mainly white males.

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

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

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

> My contents page and Kerrangs contents page both have the mast head from the front cover on them somewhere. My masthead is right at the top because it is my first edition so I wanted people to know all the time they are reading ‘Your Rock’. Kerrang has the mast head half way down the page showing what is in the Kerrang magazine. I split my contents page into two half's to separate it a little bit. The first half I split into two columns; both columns having an image and some story lines. The bottom half of the page is then split into three, two columns for story lines and a left hand column for the editorial. All three columns on the bottom half have subheading showing what each column is telling you about. This is similar to the layout of the Kerrang page in that it has two half's with images at the top and mostly story lines at the bottom. Both magazines have quite a simple layout that is not too busy but still has enough information on them. Both pages feature the issue number on them. My contents page sticks to the same colour scheme as the cover, using a black, green and white scheme. This makes the magazine have some consistency and would allow people to tell straight away that it is my magazine they are reading. Kerrang also has a colour scheme, theirs being black white and yellow. I think both colour schemes are quite similar in that they both use black and white and then have a hint of colour in them. Both magazines feature bordered pictures. My borders are quite thick so the pictures stand out well where as Kerrangs images have a thinner, more subtle border. My contents page has an editorial on the left side of the page. This features a small piece of text and a picture of myself as the editor. Kerrang does the same, having their editorial on the left side of the page and a picture of the editor above it.

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

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

> For my double page spread I broke away from the codes and conventions for a typical rock magazines double page spread when choosing a colour scheme. I did this because the band I chose to do my article about were females. This is not very common in the rock music industry, to have a girl band, so I wanted to make it very clear the band was just girls. To do this I used a pink background on the article, because pink is normally associated with girls and the two people I photographed had hints of pink on their clothing. I did try to keep the pink as dark as possible so the rock theme was still there but did use quite a vibrant background and text. The layout of my double page spread is however very similar to the Kerrang double page. this is having a large image on one page and the text on the other. The main image is quite big and takes up nearly a whole page of my article. This is similar to the Kerrang article. I have used my original masthead off the cover in the right hand because I wanted to use the masthead a lot as it is the magazines first issue. The title of the article is the biggest writing on the page and spreads across from the left to the right page, which is similar to Kerrangs article. My article starts with an introduction paragraph and then goes into the interview with questions in one colour and responses in another. The article is in quite a small font as it takes up around a whole page of the double page spread. I chose an interview because the band was a new band and so I thought an interview format would allow more information to be found out about the artist.