In what ways does your media product use develp or challenge forms and conventions
- 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.
- 2. I believe my media product did challenge some of the conventions of a cover page.I used the same style of masthead of Kerrang!. But in challenging that I chose my masthead to be a edgier bold and black font.Also influenced by Kerrang! , I decided to feature several “poster specials” down the side of my magazine. This used the convention of enticing the reader.I also challenged the convention of using sell lines. Like this issue of Kerrang! I have put sell lines around the main image/feature of the media product.The usage of strap lines also inspired me to feature these on my cover. Such words as “Plus” and “free”. I believed I have achieved this well on my cover.
- 3. I believed my media product challenged some conventions of a an contents page.I was inspired heavily by the layout of the rocksound contents page. Therefore I used a similar of style of featuring a person heavily in the page.The only convention of a typical contents page I challenged was the font and size. I decided to create large texts in a bold black font so the reader would know what features are in my media product.I also used the quote technique which is featured in the Rocksound contents page. This I believed would attract the reader and make it more personal to them.
- 4. I believe my double page spread did use conventions of a real media productsAlso another convention which influenced my double page spread was how Kerrang! featured the words “ World Exclusive”. This makes the feature feel unique and personal to the reader , which I really liked the idea of.One convention which inspired me heavily from the Kerrang! Double page spread , was the type of images they featured. They featured images of live performances and of the recording process. Therefore the images I used were based on theme on “ Zaid Elgamhi” recording in the studio