1. QUESTION 1
In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
media products?

2. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
 Front page
 Masthead – on the front page the masthead is very large and
covers two thirds on the top row in the rule of thirds, this is not
very conventional for an indie magazine. Q takes up the first box,
NME takes up half of the whole line and Kerrang takes up the
whole line. The use of black and white is strong whilst looking
attractive.

4. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
 Dateline – conventional for a all magazines, website, bar code,
issue number and date

5. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
 House colours – having house colours is conventional but for
indie music it includes red which has connotations of death and is
generally for more rocky music and not indie. Whereas blues are
colours that attract both genders and not one dominantly, creating
more chilled and care-free vibes. This colour does not feature in
house styles of popular magazines allowing this magazine to be
unique but still professional looking

6. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
 Coverlines – conventional for all magazines, but these are
relevant to this indie magazine
 Main coverline – telling the reader about who’s in the main image
and what the article on them is about
 Main image – band of males which still invites males to these
magazines but also includes females in the magazine offering
female attraction also. My image is not conventional as it is an
image from a practising studio which is shown in the mise-enscene in Leicester whereas conventional magazines would use a
photo studio and have a block background colour.

8. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE
FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA
PRODUCTS?
Contents page

 Dateline – shows the issue number, edition and magazine website
 Competition information – follows conventions of indie magazine, use of web 2.0 allowing
digital natives the access they want from the magazine.
 Image of front page – giving an overview of what is on which page allowing further contents to
be given
 Button pictures – shows relevant pictures of who is going to be featured in further pages
 Main image relevant to competition – showing a singer promoting herself and the competition
 Editor’s letter – conventional, gives off a friendly invitation encouraging readers to read the
magazine.
 Content of the magazine – conventional for every magazine, there isn’t a magazine without a
contents page
 House colours – prominent throughout the whole project and still would be through the whole
magazine

9. 5
Prominent house
style

10.  Pull out quote
 Image on dps – 2 thirds on
one page and the other
third on the second page
 Picture is grungey which is
a fashion linked in with
indie music
 House colours - prominent
throughout the whole
project and still would be
through the whole
magazine

11.  Image on dps - 2 thirds on one page
and the other third on the second page
 Picture is grungey which is a fashion
linked in with indie music
 Interview in boxes – creativity, fits in
with genre but not conventional, just
adds a quirky theme, although mine are
in questions
 Factfile – conventional for some
magazines but is relevant to the article
because they’re a new upcoming band
that not many people know about so
they can find this information out
 Subscription box – conventional for all
magazines, helps promote the
magazine and encourages readers to
buy a subscription