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

My magazine front cover and contents page uses many conventions of real media products, such as mast head, main sell, cover lines, freebies, barcode, mid-close up photo etc… By looking at other magazine front covers and contents pages we were able to understand the denotations (describing literally what you see) and connotations (what you associate with the denotation). By using what we had learnt from the denotations and connotations of other media products, we were able to create a front cover and contents page which was similar to those of a professional standard, and yet add our own slant and style. At first glance our front cover appears to be very simple and plain, so you may believe it doesn't challenge forms and conventions of real media products, however, by producing a plain and simple front cover I believe we are challenging professional media products. Professional media products seem to feel the need to cram as much as they can onto their cover and in your face, whereas we have decided to take a more laid back approach, we're not forcing it at you, people can read it if they wish, I think this attitude is perfect for our target audience.