• In order for me to create a successful pop music magazine, I had to research existing published pop magazines which would allow me to know which codes and conventions to conform to. ‘We love pop’ and ‘ Top of the pops’ are typical pop music magazines which have similar codes and conventions e.g the use of bold fonts , features (free posters, CD’s) and the colour pink. I chose to closely analyse pop magazine ‘We love pop’ which is distributed by the media institution ‘Egmont’. However, I looked at other magazines such as Top of the pops, Blender, iPoP, Sugar and more. By analysing ‘We love pop’ I found that the typical conventions are: Images (main with cover story and smaller ones), celebrity endorsement to attract audience immediately, unique masthead, slogan so audience can remember magazine, bold founds so audience are able to see cover stories from a far, bright colours e.g pink, white, orange, purple, price and barcode, features, to bribe customers into buying magazine, prizes, web 2.0, interactive social media so audience are able to access information in more than just print and more!

• For my front cover, contents page and double page spread I ensured that I used all of these conventions as they would help me attract my target audience. as my target audience is teenage girls aged 13-17 , I made sure that I had a unique masthead and slogan in which my audience would be able to identify with and would separate my magazine from other. additionally, I used bold fonts with a range of colours because teenage girls get bored of seeing one colour, they prefer to see a variety of bright colours which makes reading quicker and easier. The features that I used in my magazine were free signed posters, and I offered work experience for students in years 10 and 12 in performing arts carers such as drama, music, journalism, media and contemporary dance. I thought this would be a good idea as most girl who enjoy pop music are in to performing arts.

• I challenged forms and conventions of real media products as Iaimed for my music magazine to appeal to teenage girls aged 13-17 however not look too clustered and immature. 15 is the typical age when teenage girls begin to mature therefore, it was a challenge for me to make the magazine appealing for them so that they won't feel embarrassed buying it yet still attractive to 13-14 year olds. in order for me to do this I looked at a more younger magazine ‘We love pop’ and a more mature one ‘billboard magazine’ and tied to combine the two into one.

Additionally, my magazine was a ‘limited edition’ and I used the colour orange for my main cover story text and background. The reason why Ichose the colour orange was because I wanted a colour which would stand out and not look too girly but not too un girly. This was a challenge for me as the typical pop magazines such as ‘top of the pops’ use the colour pink heavily.

• The work experience opportunities was also a challenge are no other magazine as done that and I wasn't sure if it would link in to the magazine well. however, I wanted to add something unique so my audience would be intrigued and want to buy the magazine.