Evaluation: 1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a real media products?

My media product follows closely the conventions of a real magazine with the prominent masthead at the top, the price and date on the upper right and the bar code - lower left corner, with the cover story in bold, so it would stand out and the other inside stories in a smaller font on both sides of the picture, which is the main feature. My magazine is mainly based on the well known magazine Rolling Stone, which fits perfectly with my chosen style, which is rock. The main colours I've used are crimson red, grey and black, which by my opinion denote best a more mature, classy but serious style. The picture, as previously stated, could be described as quite unconventional, due to the really low number of female rock artists appearing on the cover of such a magazine. I find it is a bit challenging, but an audience found it bold and eye-catching, so I stuck to it.