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

Deciding to do a music magazine that has an indie/acoustic feel to it allowed me to explore my ideas of what is indie acoustic? Is it the art type armed with the guitar and lyric book full of politics or is it the songstress who feels as if she should have been born in the 1920's who still sings about traditional norms and values?To me, the entire concept of indie acoustic has no boundaries but holds signature only in what music is played and not defined by power, success and vast amounts of greed. For this alone I chose the image on the front cover to be something slightly arty but still something down to earth and street, thanks to the graffiti, this challenges traditional codes and conventions as the usual choice is the over made up star, mid-shot against a plain gray/white background. This image has comparisons between other professional indie/pop/rock magazines and my own.

My text within the publication kept mostly to two fonts, Orator Std, for highlights and important text, and Helvetica, for my feature text, due to it having a more professional appearance. Colour-scheme wise, I kept things simple, black and white, accented by purple and the odd bit of gray where necessary; I chose these colours as they are soft and gentle, much like the music promoted, to add a bit of colour and brighten up the publication as opposed to the standardised black on white with images.

The majority of my shots were mid-shots, this allows the model to envelop a character and portray them effectively; Mid-shots appear to be a common convention within the music magazine industry. I used a long shot within my feature as to break up the page further and also add the full effect of the photo, created by body language and musical props. The feature is written in Standard English; however the tone it is written in leads the audience to derive a much more personal feel for it.