3. FORMS & CONVENTIONS.
I have both reinforced and subverted
conventions in my final front cover, final
contents page and double page spread. I
have decided to shorten down my
Masthead name, from “The Message” to
“TM” just as Q’s magazine is simply the
letter Q, it is their trademark. Therefore I
decided to incorporate this convention in
my own music magazine and call it “TM.”
4. FORMS & CONVENTIONS.
In terms of photography, I decided to
also stick to the forms and
conventions of a front cover image
which is mostly a mid close up shot,
where the model of the image is
looking directly at the camera.
However I subverted this through the
mis-en-scene. In music magazines the
background/mis-en-scene usually
consists a plain coloured or gradient
coloured background, or it may be
added in, as they first take pictures in
a studio. I have chosen a mis-en-
scene which the lighting is bright and
clear., I have also chose a setting
where it will compliment the colours
of what the model is wearing.
5. FORMS & CONVENTIONS.
I also decided to stick to the
convention of consistency, especially
through the house style. The house
style of my music magazine is made
up of white, turquoise and black. I
also added a “limited edition”
banner, which is not usually added in
music magazine, especially from the
ones I have analysed, this could
therefore be a way that I have
subverted conventions.
6. FORMS & CONVENTIONS.
In my contents page I decided to
stick to conventions by having
more than one image, and by
making sure that it sticks to the
house style of my front cover. I
also added my website, date and
subscription offer, which
reinforced conventions as I have
seen from the analysis of other
magazines. But also one thing
that I did to also reinforce
conventions was deciding to
make the main article obvious
through making the image bigger
than the rest of the other
images.
7. FORMS & CONVENTIONS.
In my contents page, I
have used two images. I
believe this reinforces
conventions as it is
custom for editors to
use more than one
image in their contents
page, as it can be more
personal and can help
engage the reader to
read more about the
article. I changed the
way I decided to
present my heading
which subverts
conventions I believe.
