Conventions

Developed, challenged forms and conventions my media product used.


I printed screened 9 elements and paste it on to a document where I discussed and analysed why and how I used such conventions, the document can be found here.

The music magazine I created uses different forms of conventions, similar to the music magazine’s you find in shop shelves. For example; including a barcode and price is one of the key elements.

The title and font is the main attraction of the magazine. If this doesn’t stand out, magazines may fail to sell. For example; an issue of Vibe has a black background, as well as the costume of the key image being black. Nevertheless the title is in a bold, white text. Usually, the font and colour stands out, therefore for my magazine, the masthead was in black, with a yellow shadowed, background text, in contrast to the white background. 

One of the media institutions that may publish may be Inter Media Advisors, a private equity investment fund that purchased Vibe Magazine in 2007.

Another institution that would publish my magazine is ‘’Harris Publications’’; an American consumer magazine that publish XXL.

I feel that these two may publish my magazine as it’s a similar genre to the current magazines they publish. Also, these are American based magazines, the competition in UK for RnB and Hip Hop magazines isn’t really competitive, therefore sales over here with my magazine would most likely to be high than the ones in USA as competition for this genre is high over there. 

Analyses of my front cover, contents page and double page spread.