Evaluation Question 1

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

 Conventions are the things that are custom or tradition depending on the context. They are a structured presentation plan which has been used in the magazine industry since the beginning. Different magazines genres and types have different conventions and some are more conventional than others, depending on subject matter and audience. Magazines always have the masthead placed at the top in a large and clear font. If a magazine didn't then they wouldn't be following the conventions.

Click on the below images or hyperlinks below to view on Flickr the conventions that my magazine use.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68063462@N07/6788408269/ Front cover analysis on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68063462@N07/6788382345/in/photostream/ DPS layout on Flickr

The genre of my magazine is fashion glossy. I decided on this as there was no specific genre that I was more interested in than another so after researching various magazine types I found that this genre was interesting and I would like to create similar artistic photos and images as the ones I found. I was highly influenced by magazines such as Clash, ID and Face. This was because there were bold and made a statement in a clever and fashionable way.