1. 1. In what way DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS? RYAN LOXLEY 12AGT
2. 2. masthead My masthead was based around the q magazine masthead. This is why they look fairly similar, they both feature a large letter in a red box. However my masthead differs from the q magazine in the way that the letter is black instead of white and my masthead also features more letters as well as the big one. This is how my masthead differs itself from the q magazine masthead.
3. 3. Double page spread My double page spread challenges convention as most music magazine double page spread have a lot of writing that can fill up to one of the pages. As well as this most double page spreads feature an image that covers both of the two pages. My double page spread only has a picture on one side of the page but I have another smaller picture to fill more of the double page spread, this goes against double page spread convention as they usually only feature one main image.
4. 4. Central image On the front cover my central image dominates the page and stands out more than most of the text. This is standard convention of the central image. The central image on the front page is usually the most dominating feature to the front cover.
5. 5. Lettering on contents page The lettering on the contents page usually differ in size depending on the importance of the text. The heading larger than the sub headings and the sub heading larger than the informative text. My contents lettering does stick to convention as the heading is the larger piece of text followed by all the sub headings. As well as this the font type is kept constant throughout the page, this is also convention for the contents lettering.
6. 6. colours The colours on a magazine usually stay constant throughout like in q where the red is a constant colour in all their magazines. This is the conventions of colours in a magazine. My magazine sticks to this convention as the colours on the front cover, double page spread and the contents page stay the same and use the same red, black and white throughout.
7. 7. Secondary images The secondary images on a magazine usually are smaller than a main image. This is usually the main convention of a secondary, as well as this hey are usually less important this is what makes them secondary images. On my magazine the main image is larger and relates most to the storys. However the seconadary images are less important and are much smaller. This shows that my secondary images stick to convention. This is done by several other magazines including q and billboard.