Q7 Continued- [Conventions]

Another thing I have developed on over this period of time is my knowledge of Conventions, and features of a magazine.

When I began planning my preliminary task of my school magazine, I knew very little about conventions and how they should be properly used to attract the target audience. However, through research and analysis of different magazines, I learnt more about how magazines use conventions to lure their audience in, in certain ways I didn't know about originally.

I developed through research, and began my music magazine, applying the conventions I had learnt, and I think I had better approach on conventions than I did on my preliminary task.

For my music magazine, I chose the genre of 'pop' music, which suited me as I know quite a bit about this genre, favouring it as my own personal choice of music to listen to.

Therefore, I knew what sorts of things would attract the audience, which is a big part of the magazine's aim. As well as my own knowledge, I did some research to gain further knowledge on these conventional features of a pop magazine.

These are a few of the Conventions I used throughout the development to my full product:

LURES

ANCHORAGE TEXT

COLOUR PALETTE

From my school magazine to my music magazine, I have created a more developed knowledge on conventional themes, such as colour scheme, and I have used the colour scheme in my final product to my advantage, as it clearly represents the target audience- teenage girls.

This is something I was not as aware of when creating my preliminary task, therefore the colour scheme is less attractive to it's target audience, although it does follow the colour scheme throughout.