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

My media product is directly targeted towards the age group of 13 to 17. The reason I have aimed at this audience is because my magazine is based on teen pop. I have used many conventions that fit with the teen pop genre. One of the these conventions is colour schemes. The reason that this is important is because this is what makes the magazine stand out. The colour scheme that I used was the colour purple, and a variety of bright colours. This works because the magazine is girly. The bright colours were blue for the title on my front cover, it works well as it stands out on the purple background.  Another convention that I used was the use of images. It is important to use images as it shows to the audience what your magazine will include, such as the stories. Also the magazine is most likely to have more images than text. I chose to use well known celebrities so that my magazine will have a wider audience, the use of celebrities will also attract people to buy the magazine.

Another convention that I followed was how I placed the images and the text around each of the pages. This is because on my front cover the main image will be placed in the centre, it will also be the largest image on the cover. I will have the text for the article next to it and it will stand out so the reader knows that this article is linked with the image. Then for my sub stories I will place them at the bottom so the reader will notice them after they have seen the main image. These will be small images so I can fit a variety of sub stories on. This shows to the reader that the magazine will have many things for them to read about. Similar to professional music magazines I have placed a barcode in the bottom of the magazine, I have also included the price. These are small and don’t take up space on the cover, as I don’t want the audience to notice them.

With professional media music magazines they will also offer a free album or poster if the audience choose to buy the magazine. This is a good way of getting your target audience to buy your magazine. I have done this with my magazine as on the front cover I have offered the buyer a free tour poster and a free single. These types of offers will get much more people buying the magazine. The reason for this is that they will be getting a good deal on their money for what they will be getting.

In my magazine I have followed a house style with the type of font, size and the colours on each of the pages. This is important because when the reader is going through the pages, the magazine will look consistent and professional. This will give a good impression to the reader. It may persuade them to buy the other magazines aswell.