2. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE
FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA
PRODUCTS?

3. FRONT COVER
The front cover is the face of the magazine so it’s very
important
because it’s the first thing people see and it’s always on
display.
Readers must be able to tell instantly by a glance if the
magazine is
for them. Magazine producers must make a stereotypical
assumption about their audience by creating content the
audience
is likely to agree with.
Typically, a front cover will consist of a mast head,
coverlines, the
barcode, price, issue number, date and a cover photo. Many
magazines will also include straplines, a lure and celebrity
endorsements.

4. FRONT COVER OF KERRANG!
Taglines/straplines
Masthead
Cover photo
Coverlines
Celebrity
endorsement
Barcode, price,
date, issue
number

5. FRONT COVER OF MY MAGAZINE
Taglines/straplines
Cover photo
Barcode, price,
date, issue
number
Masthead
Celebrity
endorsement
Coverlines
Lure

6. CONTENTS PAGE
A contents page of a magazine will usually consist of the
page
numbers and titles, a page title, pictures, graphics, the
magazine
logo and sometimes an editors letter. Normally, magazines
would
like to add their website address somewhere on the
contents page
or even every page of the magazine. The contents page will
be
visited a lot when a reader is reading a magazine, as they
will be
searching for page numbers, so it’s important that the
contents
page is visually pleasing and easy to read.

7. CONTENTS PAGE OF Q MAGAZINE
Logo
Page title
Graphics
Page
numbers and
titles
Website
Pictures

8. CONTENTS PAGE OF MY MAGAZINE
Page title
Logo
Pictures
Editor’s letter
Page
numbers and
titles
Website
Graphics

9. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
Typically for a double page spread, there will be a dominant
photo in
which usually takes up a whole page, or a large majority of a
page.
There must be a clear masthead which tells us the title of the
article, the article itself. Lots of magazines like to bleed over
pages,
so the whole double page spread would be treated like a
piece of A3
paper. It can also include the logo of the magazine, the
website,
any other graphics and many magazines like to include a
quote.

10. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD OF NME MAGAZINE
Quote/
heading
Dominant
photo
Article
Website

11. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD OF MY MAGAZINE
Logo
Heading
Quote
Dominant
photo
Article
Graphic
Website

12. MY MAGAZINE
In my magazine, I have included all necessary conventions that must be
included in a
music magazine. I’ve pushed the boundaries by making my magazine very
visually
orientated, including lots of graphics to make my magazine look more
appealing.
Background
(The arrows point to different graphics I’ve included in my magazine.)
Boarder
Black
background
Different colours
Logo
Avril Lavigne’s logo

13. I’ve also included lots of colours in my magazine. Most magazines stick to
a strict
colour scheme, but I want my magazine to be very visual and busy, without
going
over-the-top. I’ve mainly used dark blue, black, yellow, red and white
throughout the
magazine, and I’ve used pink on my double page spread as that is Avril
Lavigne’s
signature colour.