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

1. My media protect “Iron core” conforms to the conventions of a modern music magazine and in particular the conventions of a Metal/Rock magazine.  The colour scheme was kept dark opposed to bright and colourful to reflect the dark and almost sinister nature metal core music has received. I have also kept an unorganized look to the magazine which tries to bring out the wild nature of the music. This is used in other metal and rock magazines such as “Kerrang”. However it also follows more general conventions less specific to the Genre of Metal core. These include the Mast head being large and bold and occupying the very top of the product. Logos as well as date and issue numbers are also conventional of most magazines. The barcode is all most always down in the bottom right hand corner of any music magazine, it is either horizontal or vertical according the preference of the designer.