Evaluation question 1

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

All magazines have a masthead, headings, sub-headings, images, prices etc and all magazines are required to follow these conventions in order to make an effective magazine. My magazine therefore follows all of these conventions as it would not only look poor without them but it could potentially ruin the magazine as it would look unprofessional. 

furthermore by using these conventions my magazine will look more appealing to the eye therefore meaning more people will be attracted to buying my magazine. as well as the retailer seeing the 

demand for my magazine wanting to get more in to sell.

I looked at mastheads for inspiration, but the 2 that influenced me most was NME magazine and Q magazine as they look at and review/ interview artist that fit into the genre of music that my magazine also looks at. The masthead is a red box with large white block writing. i like this style as it clearly shows the magazines name, as well as being a recognizable logo and people will know the magazine even after a quick glance so I used this style in order to have the same affect. Also i like the simple contents page they both have, sticking to a style where the main article has a large image with the page number, and then the rest of the page numbers are dow the side with 1 or 2 lines or quotes about the article.
Overall i have used a house style that fits the convetions of what a magazine needs and also kept the same colors and style throughout.