My media product follows the conventions of the genre I am
covering by, making sure to use the same three main colours throughout the
front cover, contents page and double page spread, by using the same colours
throughout the magazine I have made sure to keep it all looking like it is from
the same magazine, by using all three colours it also makes sure that the
magazine has continuity throughout it. By keeping some of the fonts the same,
the magazine has a flow of continuity throughout it but by changing some of the
fonts it allows the magazine to push across that it is not conventional, and
even though I have not always used the same fonts throughout I have made sure
to have all of the fonts complement each other and I have made sure to have the
fonts relevant to the genre of rock.
Continuity has been followed across by using the same artist
across all of the front cover, double page spread and contents page, by doing
this it shows that the main focus of the magazine is going to be the one on the
front cover. To reemphasise the fact that it is the same artist I have included
the same image edited on the contents page, this draws the reader’s attention
to the image and the page number matches the one on the double page spread,
this creates continuity between the double page spread and the contents page.
I have not followed the conventions by changing the design
of the pages this makes the main image stand out, I have not followed the
conventions conventionally but have instead followed the conventions of metal
hammer and of other magazines in my genre, this is apparent in the contents
page which has a different colour background to the rest of the magazine (being
a grey colour and the rest being black) this makes all of the columns stand out
on the contents page.
Mainly however my magazine follows conventions and looks how
most other magazines in my genre look.
