Evaluation - In what Way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.

My magazine fits well with typical conventions of music magazines. On the outside front cover (OFC) i have used three main colours for the colour scheme, this keeps it looking professional and not too chaotic. The colours i have chosen represent the genre in my personal opinion (it fits its house style.) i chose the colour black as the darkness of the colour relates well with the genre of the magazine. The other colours i have chosen are because, they are not typically gender related, and i did not want to add pressure to the potential reader. An example of this is the colour red, it stands out against the background and also does not stereotype it to belong to either genre.

Another way my magazine sticks with conventions on the OFC is with the images used. The man image used is a mid shot, of my model Chloe Wiltshire, she is pulling an aggressive pose. the aggression is important in rock magazines as this is how the genre is usually portrayed through the media. Other images used are the poster images, these are all taken by me! Including the poster images works as a persuasive technique used to draw the readers attention. it persuades the reader to buy the magazine, as receiving free things with something you buy, is known as an audience pleasure, making the reader feel good that they are getting something for free. Also on the top and bottom there are bars which include sell lines, these are usually featured on most magazine front covers.

On the contents page there are many things that help keep it conventional. An example of this is the columns showing it to look presentable and professional. The fonts that i have used keep it the same atmosphere throughout the magazine. For the article and detail writing i chose to use a simple font of Arial. then for sub headings i used Rockwell Extra Bold. then for the name of the magazine i have used Heather BN. This keeps things consistent throughout the magazine.

As i tried to keep the double page spread (DPS) similar to Kerrang and Rocksound the magazine which i am basing mine on. i have to keep many features the same. an example of this is the large image in the interview alongside with a smaller one above the article. i included page numbers to interlink all the pages together, meaning i mentioned how the article would be featured on page 12, therefore i had to include this. I wrote the article in columns to make it look professional. I then had to draw the attention of the reader, i did this by using a pull quote above the article saying 'Scarlet fever plot global domination...'