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

As you can see from my magazine, there are many forms and conventions that I have used which are similar to other media magazines in many independent and major stores. Including the layout of the magazine, the masthead, Sidelines, Cover lines etc... These conventions show the importance of the magazine and how to attract the audience to purchase it.

My magazine in my opinion has not really challenged many forms and conventions of other media products layout wise. But the ways I have challenged it is with the use of language. The magazines that mine is suppose to follow like kerrang, use quite a domineering attitude towards the audience and also quite rebellious, where as for my magazine, I wanted to take that away but keep the coolness about the magazine still inside. As this is what I believe to be the key towards which magazines people buy, because even though some people like the rebellious attitude that are in magazines like kerrang, other don't.

With my front cover I wanted to add something different to what other media products have, which is different colours and also the use of genres. As men seem to be the more dominant over females I thought about changing that and let the women become the dominant one.

The next couple of pages, the contents page and double page spread doesn't challenge any forms and conventions of other media products. I have used relatively the same colours and the layout is the same as other magazines like kerrang.