Final draft front cover

Final draft content page

Final Draft Double page spread

Prelim front cover

Prelim content page

Question 1

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

will making my music magazine i tried to include as many conventions as i could what make it look like any music magazine in the media today. Conventions are things such as coverlines, masthead, barcode, main image and date.

I also have included cover lines on my front cover, these show what is included inside and are some of the main stories involved in the magazine. on these cover lines i included artist names who feature in the rock music industry and who will draw the readers of my magazine in thats why i used 'Noel Gallagher' and 'The Artic monkeys'. i placed my cover lines to the right of the main image as this is used on many magazines.

I added a barcode to my magazine to make it look more authentic. i added this to the bottom left corner, i placed the price, issue and date in the right hand corner. i did this after looking at other magazines i could tell this is a amain convention what needs to be included.

I included a main article what i placed centre of the magazine going from right to left, i put this in bigger font so it draws the reader in. i used a different font colour so that it stands out from all of the other font on the front cover. i used the headline 'Will Lawton speaks out' this may intrigue the reader to   buy my magazine, I also used the word 'Exclusive' this showing that it includes an article no other magazine would have.

I included a masthead as it is on of the main conventions of any magazine, i then was able to use the same name i used on my masthead throughout the magazine to keep up a consistent theme the whole way through. Many music magazine readers will be able to tell that it is a music magazine from the name 'Vibes' and not just from looking at the images and cover lines that i have used.

Question 2

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine represents the music genre 'rock' as i have tried to represent throughout my magazine by the images and the model that i have used. I have dressed my model so it also appeals to the target audience that i am aiming my magazine towards. On both my content and front cover pages i have used popular artist names within the rock genre this will appeal to my target audience, i used artist names such as Noel Gallagher and The artic monkeys. Seeming the age range that i have aimed my magazine towards i have added social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Youtube as the age range is late teens to early twenties which most of my audience will be familiar with these social networks. When i was asking my questions i tried not to use any informal lanuguage as i did not want to stereotype teenagers.