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

Firstly I had to make my masthead stand out and be unique to the rest of the magazine. I made my title, cover the whole of the top like it has in this 'Empire' magazine, and i made it a complete different colour to the rest of my magazine. My background is black and white so I made my title blue. Also I adapted to the title and made adjustments to it so it could stand out from anything else.

My main image has to be able to grab and attract the viewers in so that they will want to read it and buy it. My main image has to cover up the whole of the front page as that is what the magazine's focus is on. If the main image doesn't stand out, then the magzine looks weak. I made my main image overlap the mast head if it had to as it is the main focus and I made it cover the whole of the page for effect.

My cover lines were of different fonts, and different colours like they are within this magazine. I used them in different places all over the front cover. I used different fonts for effects, and I used different colours to make sure they were identified as different things, like they have in this magazine for the different names of films.

Also the background has to be relevant to the product. In this magazine we can see the American flag as it represents Captain America, with my one I have used a black and white background to represent Example's new album 'Playing in the Shadows'. The backgroyund within the front cover has to integrate becuase it helps tell us what the type of genre the magazine is and sometimes help us focus more on the main story.

Drafts

These are the drafts that  i created to help me design my final product. By using my research on other magazines, I tried to combine different elements of the magazines to see which drafts would work.

Genre analysis of double page article spread magazine

By analysing this double page spread, I now know that certain elements can make a different target audience be attracted to it. I know that when it comes to making my media product, I will know what elements are needed to make it work.

Genre Analysis of contents page magazines

The contents page on here have been analysed by me and they have helped me to see what makes a contents page good and relevant to the certain genre. This will help me to make my magzine contents page and help aim at my target audience.



Genre analysis of front covers of magazines

Using these magazines, I now know what makes a magzine  realte to a certain type of genre. I also know what different type of genres are favoured by different target audiences. These analysis's of the magzines will help me to make my own media product and what will make it look good.

Analysis of codes and conventions of Double Page Articles

Lily Allen Double Article Evaluation

Archtibots Double Article Evaluation

From analysing these double page articles I now know what makes it look good and bad. I know what elements I should use when creatiing my own double page article and I know what codes and conventions of a double page article work and what ones don't.

Analysis of the codes and conventions of a magazine's contents page

Kanye West contents page evaluation

50 Cent contents page evaluation

After evaluating these contents pages I now know how codes and conventions are used well in a contents page. These will help me to avoid or help make my own contents page using the better elements.