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

In the magazine I have designed I think that I have followed some of the conventions expected of a trance/electronica magazine. What do people want to read in music magazine? Information about latest gigs, upcoming albums from popular artists, upcoming artists, interviews with current singers. My magazine follows these conventions because they are obvious traits that all music magazines should follow. Every music magazine has this information. They are used as a publicity medium for the music industry.

For nearly the entirety of the magazine, I have followed conventions set by the magazine industry.This may seem like there is a lack of originality in the magazine, but a consumer isn't interested in a magazine being unique. Not from initial glance anyway, it makes them shy away from buying it. A consumer likes things fitting the current status quo. Sudden change of a formula doesn't work in the media so deviating from what works would be foolish. The consumer wants the information, they want to delve into their voyeuristic fantasies of famous people. Providing interviews is a perfect way to meet these two quotas, so I took advantage of that.This is prevailent in all magazines, as the below examples show:






The true originality of each magazine lies in the image, and the subject. i talked about this in the previous blog post, and whilst i was inspired by a photographer, interpreting it into a trance/techno magazine was the most unique element of my magazine. I have followed the conventions of existing magazines, as it is effective and ultimately the best way to approach this form of design is with the motto "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."