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

Conventions are an agreed set of conventional norms which form a custom. Conventions often change through different societies, countries and stereotypes. Like you wouldn’t see a ballerina in a rock magazine.Through its use of existing media conventions, my products look authentic and features style points similar to real magazines.Firstly, my front cover has a main image that takes up the whole page, masthead containing the magazine title at the top of the page, bar code, website and dateline. The masthead also creates a house style for my magazine, since it will be the same on each issue. There are few cover lines on my magazine this could be seen as challenging the conventions however the magazines I used for inspiration that also appealed to my demographic had simplistic front covers. Although I included a some coverlines to give details of the features inside and persuade to audience to buy it. These lines conventionally wrap around my main image. On my main image my models are not making eye contact with the audience this again challenges conventions but the fact that the image is taken off people of the genre that would read this magazine follows the conventional rules.
My contents page also features some magazine conventions, in that it is divided into regulars and features and contains page numbers and information about what is in the magazine.

Finally, my feature article conforms to conventions as I have used a larger image on the left had side of the page, a pull quote next to the heading and a side bar these are common conventions of real magazine feature articles, so they make my double page spread look authentic. Although my article is not set out in a way you would conventionally see in a magazine.