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

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Title uses a unique font which stands out and attracts the readers attention because of the contrasting colours and boldness

Main cover line is a different colour to the others so it stands out more

Header tells the reader what other bands/artists are featured and encourages them to buy the magazine

Main image is an angry expression because this is conventional in rock magazines

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Magazine title to show what magazine the page belongs to

List of contents to show the reader in more detail what is included in the magazine

More detail on certain articles

Page numbers to tell reader what page articles are on

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Big main image, shows reader who article is about

Bold title, tells reader what article it is listed as in the contents

Used Drop caps to show the start of the article

Differences

My magazine only has one image in the front cover, I did this to draw more attention to the main article

Mine has a background, which makes the main image stand out more as it is a dark background

Only used one person in main image,

DifferencesUsed more images to make it stand out more

They have pout the date on the contents where as I have put mine in the cover

They have used a larger main image, and have no message from the editor which would make the magazine more personal

DifferencesTheir image stays on one page where as mine stretches over 2

They have 3 columns of text where as mine has only 2