IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR

MEDIA PRODUCT USE,

DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE

FORMS AND CONVENTIONS

OF REAL MEDIA

PRODUCTS?

FRONT COVER

The front cover is the face of the magazine so it’s very

important

because it’s the first thing people see and it’s always on

display.

Readers must be able to tell instantly by a glance if the

magazine is

for them. Magazine producers must make a stereotypical

assumption about their audience by creating content the

audience

is likely to agree with.

Typically, a front cover will consist of a mast head,

coverlines, the

barcode, price, issue number, date and a cover photo. Many

magazines will also include straplines, a lure and celebrity

endorsements.

FRONT COVER OF KERRANG!

Masthead

Barcode, price,

date, issue

number

Taglines/straplines

Cover photo

Celebrity

endorsement

Coverlines

FRONT COVER OF MY MAGAZINE

Masthead

Barcode, price,

date, issue

number

Cover photo

Coverlines

Taglines/straplines

Lure

Celebrity

endorsement

CONTENTS PAGE

A contents page of a magazine will usually consist of the

page

numbers and titles, a page title, pictures, graphics, the

magazine

logo and sometimes an editors letter. Normally, magazines

would

like to add their website address somewhere on the

contents page

or even every page of the magazine. The contents page will

be

visited a lot when a reader is reading a magazine, as they

will be

searching for page numbers, so it’s important that the

contents

page is visually pleasing and easy to read.

CONTENTS PAGE OF Q MAGAZINE

Logo Page title

Page

numbers and

titles

Pictures

Graphics

Website

CONTENTS PAGE OF MY MAGAZINE

LogoPage title

Page

numbers and

titles

Graphics

Pictures

Website

Editor’s letter

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

Typically for a double page spread, there will be a dominant

photo in

which usually takes up a whole page, or a large majority of a

page.

There must be a clear masthead which tells us the title of the

article, the article itself. Lots of magazines like to bleed over

pages,

so the whole double page spread would be treated like a

piece of A3

paper. It can also include the logo of the magazine, the

website,

any other graphics and many magazines like to include a

quote.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD OF NME MAGAZINE

Quote/

heading

Dominant

photo

Website

Article

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD OF MY MAGAZINE

Logo

Dominant

photo

Website

Article

Quote

Heading

Graphic

MY MAGAZINE In my magazine, I have included all necessary conventions that must be

included in a

music magazine. I’ve pushed the boundaries by making my magazine very

visually

orientated, including lots of graphics to make my magazine look more

appealing.

(The arrows point to different graphics I’ve included in my magazine.)Boarder

Black

background

Logo

Different colours

Background

Avril Lavigne’s logo

I’ve also included lots of colours in my magazine. Most magazines stick to

a strict

colour scheme, but I want my magazine to be very visual and busy, without

going

over-the-top. I’ve mainly used dark blue, black, yellow, red and white

throughout the

magazine, and I’ve used pink on my double page spread as that is Avril

Lavigne’s

signature colour.