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I added the pug to the contents page as it went against conventions of most magazines as they don't usually include the pug in the contents page to advertise the competition. I thougth it could attract the audience as it looks appealing. The shape of it and how the text wraps round makes it look professional. The pug will be large enough to be easily noticed and readable for the reader.

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For the main images I wanted to show an insight into the main headline of the magazine having two images relating to it. It goes against conventions as they have multiple images from different stories but I wanted to show Just two main stories so that the focus will be on the future stars. The image of me is smaller but is still one of the big stories. I wanted the images to show a message through their expressions through their face and body.

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The stories are placed into four sections which goes against the conventions as most magazines would list what stories are in the issue and page it is on. On my contents page I split them to two a page and in each section there is 2 to 3 stories keeping a steady pattern. The house style stays the same (gold and black) as it needs to continue  or else it wouldn't look right with multiple colours all different. The four sections are Features, Big news, Interviews and Events as I thought this could interest my audience and give an insight into what it is about.

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The title is placed at the top of the page which follows conventions of other magazines as it's the best way to promote the page as the title. At top I developed conventions however as I added the web link below and the date of issue release. This makes it attractive to the reader but also makes it more professional. Next to the Title is the issue number that is key to identifying how many were released.

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At the bottom of the second page I put advertisement for the artists to attract the  audience into looking at his contact on social media. I added iTunes, Twitter and Facebook as they are the main sites for music. It develops from the conventions cause some do advertisements for their main headlines on artists so I thought about using them but develop so it has its own section on the page.

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For this I used a slightly different background colour than the contents page and front cover but for the text I used white to show from the background and gold the colour that aka used for the titles and headlines. I went against conventions as I changed the colour of the main text from black to white to suit the page.

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For the main images I used a mid shot and a close up shot to be on the page. The way I edited them goes against conventions as most magazines have bright backgrounds and have their idols in bright areas where mine are in front of a red screen and has a dark background creating a spotlight effect. The first image is slightly bright than the other picture which backs up the spotlight effect. where the other one is has been faded out a little to create effect behind the text.

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The main headline is on the left hand side of the page at the bottom with the name being larger than the rest of the text. This follows the conventions of other magazines as most of them follow the same style of of Having the name of artist being large and next to the image. However it goes against conventions as it takes one page were  most take both pages and have the text at the bottom of each page.  Below the name there is a quote from the artists to represent their view or promote themselves to the reader. This follows conventions as quotes give an insight into the story they are about to look into.

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The headline is short and easy to pull audiences in as the name brings interest. It follows conventions as most music magazines have the name of group or artists as the main headline. To bring the audience in more the information below describes the story and interests them to read more into it. I developed this than usual music magazines because some magazines explain the story where others have a short and quick headline making the audience wonder on what the story is.n

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The pug follows the conventions of most magazines as it is a circle which is most common for these magazines to use. Each circle has different thickness which is one of the development features for this convention. Another development is the text going round the circle in the outer circle. However the colours are black and white so it doesn't continue with the house style but it stands out as it has a shadow effect behind it. It is place near the bottom right corner

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For my house style I used a light and dark colour to make it stand out on the front cover but it also works together. The colours I used is gold and black and together it creates my theme for my magazine. Each magazine has its own house style which I developed into my own colours mostly two or three which will be recognised by the reader if they see an advertisement with these colours.

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For my main image I wanted to have a group as the main story of the magazine. I chose to have a long mid shot to get my 3 models in. This also help with the layout of the text as I needed to see how I would use the space. I had red background behind to show a backstage set. I added a white edge effect to hide areas that are not needed in the shot but to also bring the colour of the text more clearly. Each of my models eye contact are at the camera and it engages the audience more. It develops the convention as real media products have created sets with effects that will promote their theme of the new album. Having a backstage set shows my group as being on tour.

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My masthead is is placed at the top left corner of the page as it doesn't cover the main image. Plus it creates room to place more text in locations where if there was a bigger masthead it would leave less space and it make it more cramped. "Pop Era" was my choice for the masthead as it was short and really easy to remember. I did go and challenge the regular conventions as it was normally one word or letter to represent the magazine but I chose to have two words nice and short to attract my audience.

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large main image

Barcode- gives it more realism, more professionalism

clear and short masthead- makes it easy to remember

issue number and date of release

house style- sticking with the same colours

pug or starburst- gives the front cover more variety

banners- creates advertisement for special events or people

pull quote- brings in the reader as it is larger than the rest  of the text

All these conventions creates the magazine front cover and without it, the magazine wouldn't be professional or high quality.

These magazines on the right show similar conventions but also developed and changed ones as well. For example the house style for Q is white for all the text where for Blender and NME have multiple colours for text showing different house styles that they use to attract their audience.

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conventions are the characteristics of a media form which makes up a typical media product. Some of these conventions are followed to make a product more professional and really high quality. However these are not often challenged but can be developed or changed to attract the audience more using eye catching themes and original designs.