Evaluation Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge form and conventions of real media products?

I based my whole magazine around the 'Indie' genre. This is because i can relate to this easily and i could make my magazine appeal to the audience i wanted better.

The conventions with my chosen genre is a sort of a 'Break the rules' type of atmosphere. Most indie magazines use bold and rough sort of fonts to use in their Mastheads. I have also used this sort of a font because i feel that this was the best way to capture my audiences' favour. Also i used a very basic colour scheme. I did this because it fits the usual conventions of a typical indie magazine and again i believe that this will relate to my audience. Another way that i used similar conventions to other magazines in my genre is that i had pictures on the front cover. This is because I feel this is essential, not only to the indie genre but to all types of magazines.

The way that i challenged the conventions of a typical indie magazine was that for my main sell i did not use any people on it. Instead i used an image of a landscape because i feel that it suited what my magazine was about. Though it did relate to a story inside my magazine which does suit a normal convention of any magazine.

In my double page spread i have used the traditional layout of columns. This is because i did not want my magazine to be seen as aimed at children. It also makes the magazine look professional and makes it not seen as an immature, children's magazine. The same goes for my contents page. I have used a layout that is similar to a normal magazine to give it a professional style to it.