Main Task: Evaluation 1

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

My main inspiration for my product, was Kerrang! magazine, and I have loosely based my magazine using Kerrang! as a template.
The overall layout of my magazine is minimalist, because one of my main worries was that i was going to clutter the page with useless features.

I have used a bleeding effect, where my main

image slightly overlaps onto the masthead, however i didn't get it to cover the magazine name, as this would've completely covered the strapline which meant it would've been unreadable. My magazine name uses a screamer - similar to Kerrang! - the screamer connotes that my magazine has something to shout about (no pun intended)
The masthead itself is in a rough, gritty font ("Distorted and Scratchy") and this shares connotations with the metal/rock genre of which my magazine is based, hence why i chose this font for my masthead.