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

I would strongly say that my media product is conventional in many ways. Firstly I based my magazine cover on the magazine ‘Clash’ which is a professional magazine.  I used the layout of the magazine to reflect and gain some ideas on how mine should be laid out, such as the main title of the magazine/name of magazine.The idea to put the music note to represent the 'S' in my title came from the looking at the clash magazine which also uses a symbol to represent words illustrating my use of forms and conventions of my media product.

Also I would say my picture is conventional as well as the way the girls are dressed and represent the type of media product I am trying to produce e.g. hip hop/RnB/pop. This shown by the clothes they wear which may be seen as ‘ghetto’ as it is not really normal for girls to wear new era hats so by her wearing the hat represents her background which reflects the magazine genre.