Slide 3: In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real life media products. Comparison continued ( Contents page and Middle page)

Contents Page:

7. Heading: A convention that i added to my contents page was the large heading at the top of the page. This clearly states the page being the contents page. Again, i decided to have this heading in a bold white font. This was to help keep a constant colour scheme as well as attract my targeted audience.  

8. Contents List: A widely used convention on a contents page is the use of a contents list. As predicted my magazine contents page had headings of the information that were in my magazine. This similar convention was also used in the magazine I was comparing my own magazine to. Under some of the headings, i included a brief summary of what it was about. This was to help get my targeted audience interested. I tried to make the page look more interesting by changing the direction of the text. I still kept the same colour scheme of the texts to help make the page look professional and attractive. 

9. Images: Both my contents page and The Truth magazine's content page include a picture. Both the images were long shot images. I personally chose to use the longshot to allow my audience to focus on the on the participants clothing. I also made sure that their clothing were the latest in fashion to attract my targeted audience. The image was also linked to the articles on the page.

                                                            Middle spread:                                                                

10. Heading: As with all headings, they have to be linked to what is on the page. That is what my heading "The Rainbows" does. I decided to write this heading in a very bold white font to attract attention. As the "Rainbows" are suppose to be a very popular band, i hoped using them in my magazine would attract the right attention. The magazine i am comparing mine to also did a similar thing. They also had a bold heading attracting their targeted audience.

11. Sub-Heading: I included a subheading to inform the reader of what my article was about. as you can see, the other magazine also had a subheading. This is an essential convention that most magazines have before their articles. I had a white background behind the text to help make it stand out. This also made it stand out from the rest of the text as it was the only text in a black font.

12. Main text: For my main text, i decided to create an interview. From my research, i found out that most magazines had too small text as you can see from the magazine am comparing mine to.  Knowing this, i decided to make my text a lot bigger so that it was easier to read. To target my audience, I also made sure that my interview was informal. I hoped this would appeal to my targeted audience.

13. Main subject: Just like all magazines, the main image is meant to attract attention and also link to whats on the page. Both my magazine and the truth magazine have a similar image to help attract attention. Both our images are a midshot image. I personally chose to use the midshot image to help draw my readers attention to the clothes the participant was wearing. I also kept the colour scheme of my magazine going by linking the background colour to the colour of the participants jumper. The image also links to the heading " The Rainbows". This is shown by the image of a rainbow behind the participant.