1. Conventions used in my magazine

1. In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge and conventions of real media products?

One convention that i use on my magazine is the masthead, i have placed this on the top of my magazine, and i have chosen to make the colour a led kind of colour. the mast head is generally used to draw in the potential customers, i have made it led and black, as this is the colours that resemble the music that is discussed in my magazine, and will draw in the target audience. 

Another convention that i have also used is a barcode, issue number, and also price of the magazine, these are generally placed on top of the magazine, or along the bottom, i have placed mine along the bottom, as there is no room for all of these to go along next to the masthead. This is just used for the basic information for the potential customer, the price and also how old is it, and if it is up to date also.

Another convention that i have used is a banner, this is again either placed along the top, or placed along the bottom of the magazine. I have placed it along the bottom, as there is too much information, to put it along the top of my magazine, this is used to give the potential customers more information about the contents in the magazine, i have placed it along the bottom, as kerrang which is what i am modelling my magazine after also places it along the bottom, this could also to be so that the customer reads through the magazine cover and get interested as well. 

Also another convention that i use is a menu, this is when the contents of the magazine is listed, this is placed at the side of my music magazine, this could be used to draw in the interest of potential music magazine, as they may see a topic that is discussed that they like, and also shows what kind of music that will be discussed by the bands that are mentioned. 

Another convention that i also used i my magazine is pugs, this is usually placed in the top left or right of the magazine, this is to get the attention of the potential customer, it is usually a logo and the price, i have designed a logo for my magazine, using jpeg images. i have designed it around the music genre of what my magazine is based on. i have added the guitars and the flames, as this will attract my target audience.