My intentions were to place the single photo and pull quotes down the side of the model, however after beginning my construction I found that I had much more space as I had hoped. This means everything on the page is spaced out which is a convention for the Bands and Orchestra genre.
I also broke the conventions of a music magazine by including a free digital download. My reason for this was that almost most of the existing successful magazines of this genre do not include a free digital download. Although it does go against conventions, I feel that by adding in this section makes it more obvious that it's aimed for a younger audience for the genre of the magazine. I also took the opportunity to add a puff and a range of fonts to create synergy which is created a fusion of modern and formal magazines.
The deep red colour used on the masthead was also used throughout as synergy which follows the usual conventions of many magazines. The red I used was chosen from the model's lip shade to make her involved in the rest of the page.
Upon reflection on my contents page, I followed conventions by using red, the same of the front cover to appeal to the target audience. The fonts were chosen carefully with the intention to create synergy. In addition, the headline normally takes up around 1/6th of a page and is red, green or blue. I didn't completely adhere to this convention, my headline is 1/6th and is black to maintain my TA's chosen colour.
The language used and the way it was displayed was decided by slightly manipulating the typical conventions of the modern DPS's. The interviewing question-answer style was done in almost every existing magazine I looked at. I believed the pull quote worked well as it summarises the star image. Upon research, I found that most magazines, no matter the genre, had pull quotes. So I kept that convention. I challenged the convention of having a tips and tricks, as I found that this is mostly found in a more social magazine like Pop. I also challenged the puff feature as again it is found in more social magazines but I believe this worked well as I did this is suit the target audience.
