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How does my magazine use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media? - Double Page Spread

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How does my magazine use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media? - Double Page Spread

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My double Page Spread not only uses conventions of real media products but it also develops and challenges these. It uses the same conventions as the text has been organised into two columns which when I have researched fits with the typical magazine as it is normally fitted into two or three columns. I have used a large main image which is a mid-shot on the left-hand side of the page which goes with the conventions of a magazine, this is so the audience knows who the main article is about. I have added a stand line, but made it bigger than the normal magazine does which develops the conventions, this introduces the artist and gives the reader some background information. I have used a drop cap with a ‘I’ which is used in most magazines, to show the reader where the interview starts. I have used a pull quote and placed it in the middle bottom which develops the normal conventions as most double page spreads I have looked up have their pull quote on the top left or right, or not on their main image, this is to engage the reader and to make my magazine look unique. I have challenged/developed the double page spread by adding the ‘K’ in the background of the text, the reason this is developed is when researching double page spreads, ‘Q’ magazine put the letter in front of the text so I thought I would develop this idea and make it my own style, the reason this challenges conventions is not every magazine does this so it makes it unique and stand out to the reader.

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Conventions of a music magazine - Double Page Spread

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Conventions of a music magazine - Double Page Spread

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-       Large Image

-       Pull Quote

-       Bold Text

-       Stand first

-       Drop Cap

-       Text

-       Columns

-       Page number

-       Page furniture

-       Short Headline

-       House style

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How does my magazine use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media? - Contents page

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How does my magazine use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media? - Contents page

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My contents page not only uses conventions of real media products but it also develops and challenges these. My contents page uses columns which is one of the main conventions of a music magazine, this gives my magazine a structure, my column of features is placed to the right with the main headlines in yellow, this is to make it stand out to the reader. I also used page numbers which is again one of the main conventions, this is to show the audience what page each feature is on which makes it easier to read, the page number is in blue which keeps with the house style of my magazine but also makes it stand out. I challenged the conventions of a contents page by putting a ‘K’ in front of the main image, this is to make my magazine stand out and to make it unique and interesting to the audience. My main image uses the same conventions as my model is placed to the side of the magazine to give room for the subheadings. My contents page challenges the conventions as I have not used any smaller images, this is to create a sense of mystery so the reader has to read into the article more to know exactly what it is about. My contents page also develops the conventions as there is an image of the front cover at the top left which not all contents pages have, this makes my magazine stand out to the audience and makes it unique.

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Conventions of a music magazine contents page

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Conventions of a music magazine contents page

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-       Page Numbers

-       Cover Lines

-       Banner

-       Smaller Images

-       Columns

-       House Style

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How does my magazine use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media? - Front Cover

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How does my magazine use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media? - Front Cover

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My front cover not only uses conventions of real media products but it also develops and challenges these. I looked at their placements of their masthead and chose to put the masthead of my front cover at the top with the main picture hiding some of the words, I did this because It looks professional and it goes with the conventions of a normal magazine. One mid-shot main image has been used on my cover, it is a mid-shot of my model and it positioned more to the right side and looking away from the camera which challenged the conventions of a normal magazine as most other magazines have a close up main image placed in the middle, this engages the audience as they want to know why the model is looking away. The pug/ starburst has been placed at the bottom right, this part develops the conventions of billboards magazines as most of their pugs are to the top right or left, but I’ve also used the same conventions in the way that its tilted a bit to the right to create an element of interest. The main headline is ‘Jack Howard’ this both uses and develops a normal magazine, it uses it with the fact that its bolder text than the rest of the magazine which makes it stand out and catches the readers eye. The celebrity names/titles in the other headlines are in a yellow colour to make it stand out to the reader which uses the conventions of a normal magazine to have subheadings in different colours. The banner has been placed on top of the magazine above the masthead in different colours to make it stand out to the reader.

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-       Main image

-       masthead

-       House style

-       Pull Quotes

-       Subheadings

-       Headlines

-       Pugs, starbursts

-       Issue Number, Barcode

-       Different size fonts

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Magazines follow strict conventions when it comes to designing and creating, this is what makes the magazine look professional and without these conventions no one would be interested in buying the magazine.

I used Billboard magazine as my inspiration for my own music magazine, this is because they are a very popular mainstream brand and that is what I aimed to be.

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In what ways do your media products use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of real media products?