Question 1

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

Masthead- I choose the masthead 'Passion' as it explains what the audiences should be like they should have a passion for what there reading in the magazine which is music and be interested in it. For my masthead of my magazine I used "Georgia" its clear and stands out to the audience, I used the colour Red as its bold and stands out.
Genre- The genre of my magazine is music because there popular as many people like to read about the lastest charts and stuff thats happening with celebrity. I know more about different types of music than say football which makes my research easier and by having it a uni-sex magazine it will attract a wider audience.                              

 Images - The image on my cover is a mid shot on of the model which is to go with the cover story, she looks glamourous and beautiful which could a attract people to buy the magazine as shes a new artist and people will want to know more about her. On the contents i have three images of the model of the main cover story running up the left side. She is in all different glamourous outfits in different locations so it makes it interesting for the reader to look at. The big image on my double page spread is on the left page and is a mid-shot but you can still see her whole outfit and faical expression, it has the heading and sub-heading over it so it stands out and links towards the story.

Costumes & Props - The costumes i used throughout my magazine are conventional, as they are up to date fashion which is around at the moment, the clothes are aimed at the age group reading the magazine. I didnt use props as i needed feel the need to use guiters or tvs as she isnt in a band and people will know shes a singer by  but i just thought about the background of the image and made it look interesting for the readers.

Typography- For the left side cover line i used Centaur, Times New Roman and Forte for "Top 5 grammy winners" as it looks fancy and the grammys is a fancy event, it also stands out to the readers as 'top' is in red its bright and stands out. For the little subheadings such as "Plan B- New album" i used Segoe UI but when im talking about an artist I have put it in bold so it isnt confusing and the reader knows which artist is with which story, also I have put a red background on the writing as i think its looks good and links the colours on the cover together better. On the contents i used "Georgia" as its easy to read and stands out, for the headings of whats in the magazine i underlined so it stands out and the reader knows it the heading also i used red for the page numbers so it keeps with the colours of the magazine.