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

I followed conventions by having my masthead on my front cover displayed at the top of the page. I also followed conventions by having a barcode displayed at the bottom as the main aim of my product is to sell in most shops so would need a barcode. Another element on my front cover is a puff this contains bu words such as 'free' . I have also included cover lines which is another typical element however I didn't use many cover lines so my audience would want to purchase the magazine to see what is inside, this also allowed me to make my coverlines bigger and draw in more attention to them, I also chose a black box for my audience to read it on so it is nice and clear, because my college magazine is so cheap I made the cover price big and yellow to draw attention to the fact it is only £1!, I have also included the logo of my college so that the audience know which college magazine it is this is also a typical element. I challenge other elements such as making my masthead 3D so it sticks out from far away and is easy to read on a shelf grabbing my audiences attention. The camera shot I took was a mid-shot this allowed the reader to focus on her facial expression I chose her facial expression to  look confused and her body language looking stressed by placing her hands on her head like she is going to pull her hair out. I done this to relate to the name of my magazine 'solution' to show students that everyone gets stressed and feel relatable to the model on the front cover. and how my magazine will offer a solution to this.  The colours I used were bright and colours such as purple, blue and grey I chose purple and blue as my spot colours to draw in the readers attention as after my questionnaires I found these were the most popular colours.

Next my contents page, On this I chose to keep a housestyle with purple, to match to my city college logo I also added orange, when putting this against a dark background it stands out. I positioned this on page 3 as this is a typical position for a contents page and placed an advert on page 2. Other conventions I stuck to was dividing my magazine into features, news and reviews with page numbers very large and clear to make it easy for the reader to find exactly what they want as quickly as they want, a typical position for the flannel panel is on the contents page however I kept it here as my flannel panel contains websites to relate to my target audience so I can create a convergence between these networks and my magazines creating a multi-platform magazine key for my younger target audience and allowing me to relate to them.