EVALUATION QUESTION 1: IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT, USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENEGE CONVENTIONS REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

This is the magazine I analyzed in the begging, after looking at the denotations and connotations of the magazine based on the conventions, I decided to base my magazine on the one I previously analyzed. In order to make it look as realistic as possible as well as attracting the typical audience or people in this genre of music magazines, as a result I allocated similar conventions.






An example of this is my masthead which is in a large font size at the top centre of the magazine which is which is a frequent convention used throughout the rap music genre magazine. The font is similar to the example above which shows the sort of bubble writing this particular genre regularly use, this gives it its unique but typical look.

I have used a central image of a rapper on the front of my magazine, music magazines such as NME usually use a group as their central image but in terms of the rap/hip-hop music magazine genre usually use medium close up, as my magazine is of the same genre I have used the same convention. An example of this is shown the left






The medium close up connotes a sense of space for the audience make them feel closer to the person on the front of the magazine. Throughout music magazine history a long-shot could not be said to be the most dominant shot on a magazine cover.
I have also used cover lines on my magazine cover this convention I used in almost every area of the magazine industry and most importantly it is used by my magazine genre. I have used this convention in-order to attract my audience the cover line gives them an indication of the content within the magazine. In-order to separate my cover lines I used the plus sign this allows me to differentiate the cover lines.

A way in which I have challenged conventions is adding the editors note which is rarely used on a contents page. I have only found a small number where this is used out of the majority of the magazines which I researched. The reason for doing this is for an assurance of quality for the target audience. Within the note it is noted that the magazine and its contents has been checked by a test group beforehand.
Another way in which I have challenged conventions can again be found on my contents page, again this is not always found on a magazine contents page. At the bottom left my contents page is slot for competitions this is to tell the target audience where they can find possible prizes they could win. By doing this it will become a known feature of the magazine which audiences who purchase the magazine will always look for. For my magazine this my influence repeat sales.
Barcodes are always situated at the bottom left or right of the magazine this is because it is for the purpose of scanning and purchasing the magazine and therefore does not need to be eminent. The scratch magazine which I have analyzed, which is shown above has its barcode at the bottom left, this is also where I have situated my barcode