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

The main focus on the background of my magazine's front cover is of the guitar. I have done this differenly to most magazines because the magazine industry chooses to have a person or people (I.E a singer or band,) on the front. It ensures that the focus of the reader is not distracted from the image, however it also lets the audience eye wonder around the page, to see the other content which is included in the magazine.

I challenged conventions of magaizne products by the main image, where it isn't people or a person. I have continued the colour red for my mast head and also for the font, from my preliminary task. The colour red compliments the picture and makes the colour of the guitar stand out more. Not many other magazines use red for their mast head or font, because it doesn't compliment or stand out against other colours, many more colours work better and most magazine industries choose to go for these because they are the simple way out of it. They tend to choose bolder brighter colours. I didn't want to follow this trend because, when my magazine is in the rack, the mast head will stand out more from all the rest of the magazines.

Further more, I have challenged forms and conventions of other magazines, because of where I put the price of my magazine. Normally, in the case of most magazines they have their price under or next to the date, which would be on the right hand side under the mast head, so that it still shows when the magazine is in the rack. I have kept this idea in mind, but changed it slightly. I have put the issue number under the mast head, where it normally is (I have kept this the same) however i have put the date and price under the mast head as well but on the left hand side. So all three are under the mast head. I have done this because when i put it where most do, it didn't fit that well and it didn't look great, so i moved it to where i have it now and I feel that it works. Even though it doesn't follow the conventions, it still had the same idea that when the magazine is in it's rack the reader can still see it.

In the end though I have kept to quite a minimalistic, unconventional approach, with some slight differences, (enough to make it look different.) Mostly I did my deconstructions and saw what the normal conventions were and tried adding some of them into my magazine.

My magazine is unique and different I hope. This is the feel which I was going for so it would catch its audience’s eye.