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

Relating to an actual magazine front cover, I have attempted to challenge some forms of conventions, some of which are not original in the sense that some magazines have already done it. The font in which I have not followed the conventions of there being a maximum of 3 fonts present on the front cover. Whereas I have used the actual logos from the bands of which are situated on the front of the magazine. The fact that I have used these may draw people in further due to the fact that the demographic in which this magazine is directed at would be associated with the specific bands that I have put on the front of this magazine would ensure that they are to recognise the genre and bands in general. A QR Code has also been added which is to some extent developing the conventions since it is relating to the audience as well as moving on with the technology surrounding the younger generation. Relating to the audience means that they shall be more invested since the magazine is actually catering to their needs. 

The contents page which I have produced doesn’t necessarily challenge the conventions found within a contents page as much as it develop them. An example of this would be the images that are used as well as the development of the stories which are found further on in the magazine. I have included all that you would find conventionally on a contents page. Competitions, Subscriptions, Letter from the Editor, Main Image, Dates etc. these of which have been exploited on my contents page. These of which are all included to make sure that the contents page meets these conventions for the audience.  

In the double page spread that I have produced, I have changed some aspects of the conventions due to the complications of creating this page. Such as the article itself, it has not been put into columns, but has had Drop Caps added into it since it enable people to define where each paragraph starts and splits them up in order to be read easier. The box behind the article has been made blue to ensure that the article stands out against it, I made sure that it was a colour that matched the main image in the smallest of details, which is the eye colour of the model used for the magazine.  

New Colour Scheme

I have changed my colour scheme to better fit the genre of choice due to some peer feedback. This colour scheme being more fitting and the images that I had taken also match this certain colour scheme.

Contents Page

 

Contents Page & Double Page Spread Drafts

Magazine Front Cover MK 2

Magazine Front Cover

Draft Images

 

 

These Draft Images are what I shall be using for the front covers of my final magazine (or at least what the drafts shall be until I can obtain more conventional and relevant ones to the genre) These have all been taken with the lighting within the green room and shall although there are ones that have been rendered useless either due to the fact that the image has come out blured or not framed properly or the fact that it has me in the image. This would be problamatic to use since it is not aloud to use yourself on the magazine.