Question 1-In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The genre of my music magazine is mix of all music forms, I don't think I could probably define my music magazine's genre. I suppose it could be pop music genre, no one on the market really has touched the type of genre. Pop was the breeding ground of future music in the 90s. Genres like metal, rock and classical litter the market, individuals which I formed together in my mag which is a mix.

My music magazine is called "Sound". I called it this because since magazine is a form of all music, I thought a word that best described music: sound itself; so I thought that was a good title.

The only images in my music magazine consist of me, costume was a sharp suit with cap or hat and the only person was me. No other people were included in my magazine. I used photoshop to crop out the image or logo on my cap and get rid of any spots on my face when the picture was taken. I suppose the costume fits in well with the whole 90s pop culture, although it could be just be used for attracting a female audience. However no props were used in any of the images. I didn't consider make-up for the photo shoot, because I wanted it to feel more natural.

My music magazine layout is different to other because it looks and feels much more vibrant and colourful. Where as other magazines are formal and have dull colours, my magazine is childish and informal. The cover line is in a cool font to display the main character's attitude and personality. To make it stand out from ordinary background, I made it yellow to draw the human eye to attention. The layout of written work is angled to give a extra interesting feel to the writing and I made the images angled as well.

The written content had to be made up in order to present a feel of realism. Because my alter ego "Justin Hawk" needed to have an interview, I presented him in a way that appealed to today's generation or mostly those from the 90s generation. I wrote an interview and let Justin Hawk explain a bit about the origins of the band he was with, the band members and himself and his likes and dislikes. The written content was in sans serif.

The contents page is vital to any success of a music magazine company. Mine is similar but different: again with the colours and layout. Some things remain the same, like the first letter being enlarged and certain coverlines enhanced to be bigger.

The title font of my music magazine was a font from a website called "Zombie Noize". I liked it because it looked punky and stylish. The style of my writing is angled in some places and coloured white when it was going over photos.