Evaluation Question 1- In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.

The first thing that I did before I started creating my magazine was too analyse professional magazine like Kerrang! And many others. This then gave me an idea of the form and conventions that I needed to include in my own Music magazine. There are many conventions that customers look at when glancing at a magazine that will make them more likely to buy the product, like the Masthead for example. If the masthead is all bland and in a small font the buying is a lot less likely to buy the product than if the masthead is Large, bright and in a nice font, so this is one of the conventions that I have looked at in detail. I think that Many people tend to look and read about music online a lot more these days so for a new music magazine to really be a success they need to take into account everything and produce a astonishing magazine that will catch the ye of passers by, and this is what I have tried to create, A magazine that a costumer will glance at, and it will grab there attention straight away and they wont be able to resist the temptation of picking it up and flicking through it, which will hopefully result in them buying the product. I made sure that I chose an irregular font and made it very big just so it stands out to potential customers. I tried very hard to make things stand out on my magazine whether it be the masthead, cover lines, puffs or pugs I have made them extra bold, because I want people to notice my magazine when it’s on the shelf. Throughout my magazine I have tried to keep the layout of it very simple so that people don’t find it confusing and so they find it easy to read. A few magazines have given me inspiration in my creation of a music magazine; one magazine that has been overly helpful was Kerrang! Magazine. I have read this magazine and have noticed that it is very formal and is a very good read. I also know that Kerrang! Magazine is well respected amounts readers of music magazines, so I thought that there is no better magazine to take inspiration from. My magazine even helps advertise for certain brands, for example on the front cover Ray ban sun glasses are being advertised as Chaz Jones is wearing them this will know make people want to buy the product.