1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
1. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
CoverMasthead: It follows
conventions as it is placed in the top third of the page but is not in the left hand-corner. The masthead also does not have a box surrounding it.
Sub-lines: My cover lines have extra information underneath them called sub-lines. These give extra info on the cover line story.
Colour Scheme: The colours I selected fit in with my dark, grungy theme. I used different shades of purple and used black and white to
stand out against them.
Images: I have used a main cover image of a
male artist and 2 smaller images of
female artists so that the magazine has a
mixture of both genders.
Cover-lines: I have used cover lines to
annotate all my images as well as 2 others on
the cover. The main images’ cover line is the biggest and the
main article inside. This sticks to conventions as
there are lots of cover lines used.
Dateline & Barcode: I have
included an issue date/number, a website
address, magazine price and a barcode.
ContentsMasthead: I have
made the word contents big and bold in the top third of the page. I also surrounded the masthead in a box to made it more striking and added the magazine’s logo in the top right corner to help make the magazine recognizable.
Images: I have used 3 images, all of different sizes. These all represent articles inside the magazine.
Colour Scheme: I have stuck to my theme on my cover but added the colour pink to make the page slightly different for readers and to make text stand out.
Dateline: I made sure I added a date and magazine issue
number under the masthead.
Page Numbers: I used
page numbers next to the magazine
features to make it easier for readers to
navigate through the magazine.
Features: My features consist of other articles that
are included in the magazine and give
readers a contents of what to look for. The
images also link to the features as they have page numbers
written on them.
Double-Page SpreadMasthead & Sub-line:
My article’s title is the artists name which is surrounded in a box to make it eye-catching. It included a sub-line underneath it that outlines a quote from the featured artist. I have also added the magazine logo and a ‘featured’ heading so readers know which section they are reading.
Images: I have made my images side-by-side so that their background blend into each other and it looks like there are 2 of the artist. This develops conventions as this is not the usual layout of an article.
By-line: I used a by-line under my images to tell readers who the article and images were created by.
Article: I split the article into 2 columns framing the images. I surrounded them with a black box to keep the text from blending in with the background. This sticks to conventions by keeping articles in neat columns on the double-page spread.
Colour Scheme: I have kept my colour scheme dark and grungy but used different colours such as dark teal and brown. I kept the colours black and white as they stand out.