Slide 4 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

In this slide I have compared my contents page to the contents page which is featured in the Kerrang magazine. As you can see my contents page is very similar to the one of Kerrang's as the layout influenced me when planning my media product.

1. My contents page has a heading to make it clear to the reader which shows a development into the conventions of a real media product.

2. Both contents pages have a main picture to show the reader that although the story on the front cover of the magazine is the main focus, it also show that there are many other stories within the magazine.

3. The heading above the contents is another convention as I've highlighted that it's a weekly issue and draws my reader's attention.

4. As you can see I've included heading to highlight the stories in sections which is another convention as the stories included in the magazine are well structured as well as organised, portraying a professional approach.

5. In Kerrang's magazine the publisher has included a short letter from the editor, which is very similar to what I have done with my media product. Having a short summary letter from the editor which has informal language and slang used, enables the magazine to connect with the target audience.