1. In what ways does your mediaproduct use, develop orchallenge forms andconventions of real mediaproducts?

2. Music magazine codes and conventions:From my research I discovered that theseelements made up a music magazine:MastheadHeadingColours schemePage numbersFontsPlugs 3. NME Magazine My Magazine 4. MastheadThe font style I used in my masthead is similar to that ofNME. The font is bold to make it stand out and attractyour attention, the font is clean and unbrokensymbolising its straight the point and you get the fullinformation youre looking for. I developed on the NMEmasthead by adding in The Sound House under TSH.As this is a new magazine I decided to put this in to tellreaders what the magazines full name is but it could beremoved in later issues once the readers become morefamiliar with the name. 5. Heading & Sub HeadingI also took inspiration from the Heading of NME, with the use ofbold red font stands out on the background of black and white.The text is all capitals as if the magazine is shouting the headingat you, but also clean again like the masthead. The red fontstands out against the black and white background.I have developed the subheading in my magazine by not placingit directly underneath the heading. It does however follow NMEby being a quote from the article linked to the heading in adifferent italic font and in quote marks 6. Colour SchemeI also developed the colour scheme in my magazine, I decided tosimplify the colours even more by just using red, white an blackwith occasional grey highlights. The colours dont clash and createa clean look making it stand out but with a subtle effect. 7. Page numbers & ContentsMy contents list * page numbers alsofollows similar conventions to that ofNME. I used sub headings splitting themagazine up into seperate parts. I alsolisted the page numbers underneath eacheach of the articles featured in themagazine. 8. FontsThe fonts I used in my magazine are alsoinspired by NME, I used bold fonts which usedcapital letters only on the front cover. Thecapitals make the text stand out and are shortand to the point. The font on my double pagespread text body uses a different font which iseasy to read for long passages. The quotes onthe front page and DPS are all in a serif fontwhich I noticed is used in lots of magazines toshow people speaking. 9. Plugs & Puff Q MagazineIn my magazine I used plugs & puffs, these are to attract the attention ofthe audience and attract new readers. For example, the free posterinside plug would encourage more people to buy the magazine asaccording to my research, my subject audience would be the type tohave posters up in their room. 10. BarcodeI followed the existing conventions of magazinestherefore I used a barcode. Bar codes are necessaryas they are used to scan the price/stock check andmany other things in a shop. Next to the barcode I alsoincluded the date and issue number.