Question 1In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms

and conventions of real media products?Contents page

Layout• The layout for my contents page is

pretty straight forward where everything on the page had an order of some sort. Everything on the page has a clear and concise concept. This shows that I have used this convention from other magazines as it was easier to replicate rather than challenging it which not only would confuse me, but would confuse and look unappealing to my target audience.

Masthead• I had followed the convention of

having a masthead at the top of my front cover, which is just on top of the issue date. I had kept the font colour the same as it was on the front cover. I had used the convention of having the word ‘contents’ put next to the masthead head title to title the contents page itself. I also used the convention of having the masthead being the biggest piece of text on the page so that it is clear for the reader of the magazine to see it.

Images • I have challenged the convention of

using only one main image for my contents page by having three images with two that are not associated with the front cover model and its cover story. I have challenged another convention as I have added an image of the front cover model into the contents page to give a different visual of how she looks to my target audience.

Cover lines • I have used the convention of

having my cover lines on either side of the front cover page as it allows my target audience to see them clearly without having to search or think that they are something else. I have used all of my front cover, cover lines and adapted them so this is also a convention that I used from looking and researching about other music magazines.

Issue date• I had continued to challenge the

convention of having my issue date at the left hand side just beneath the masthead as I had done with the front cover page. Though I have challenged the issue date in some aspects, I have also kept the convention as I have made the issue date by using the month and the year like I had done of the front cover instead of challenging it by doing something different to it.