In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media

products?

Front coverI based my front page

on that of ‘Spin’ magazine’s special edition cover with

Azealia Banks. I chose to aim my magazine at

a very similar target audience to ‘Spin’ as I like the simple look of magazines aimed at an

‘indie’ audience.

I made sure the cover was neither too masculine nor too feminine by using neutral colours in the photo with a bold red masthead. The use of red instead of blue or pink (which are

associated with specific genders) allows for both genders to be targeted equally.

Direct mode of address- uses and grat

Shows features to attract readers

‘exclusive’ often used to attract readers assuggests magazine is unique

Barcode out of the way

Boldest/biggest

Flawless skin- kilbourne

Simple layout-not overcrowded- typical to indie mag

ContentsAgain I decided to base

my contents page on one in ‘Spin magazine. The Spin contents was in black and white so I

too made my image black and white. I continued with the

neutral colour scheme (besides the masthead)

as I felt it gives the magazine a more

sophisticated look . Nearly all magazines I looked at had the title of the magazine on the contents page so I stuck with that. I also included the issue number and date which most magazines put

on their contents pages.

Title displayed throughout

Simple colour scheme like spin

Features and page numbers to advertise certain articles

Short description of article

Picture to encourage audience to visit that page

Website- advertises the magazine

Simple image

Not too crowded- indie mag code+conventions

Double page spread

Again, my double page spread was based off ‘Spin’. However I decided to not follow this one completely. For example I did not

make my image black and white due to already having a black and white contents page. I also included my masthead on my double

page spread which ‘Spin’ does not and used two collums of article rather than one.

Pull quote from article

Arrow encouraging reader to turn page

Introduction to article

Larger first letter

Author and photographer

Image and text take up half side each so fold does not interfere

Like most magazines, I used a constant colour scheme throughout my magazine to keep the house style consistant. I also used Direct mode of address in my front cover image. Direct mode of address is used im most magazines as it connects the audience to the magazine. My contents page clearly displayed the features of the magazine in a simple way. This was slightly unconventional as magazines such as NME have quite a crowded contents page, however as I ws basing my magazine on ‘Spin’ I decided to follow their simplistic style.