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

My media product challenges the forms and conventions of real media products as my front cover has one primary image only, other music magazines have one main image and lots of other secondary images scattered around the page to show whats being featured in the magazine. I choose to stick to one image as it gets the central focus, by doing this it also makes it less cluttered and messy which is how other music magazines are presented. This way gives a clean and simple image. I choose to keep the text to the sides of the image so the image stands out and has nothing blocking its way, whereas most magazines have text at the center of the page, over the image. Once again this makes it look cluttered and messy; therefore I choose a different approach to make it presented in a different way. Most music magazine front covers have a close up shot of the band/artist so they draw you in to buy it as they are on the cover, however I have choose a long shot to show that the drumming aspect is more important as the artist is an upcoming drummer so not many people will know him. One of the biggest forms and conventions I have challenged is that magazines in general are constructed by a large group of people who all work on separate areas, however I have made this all on my own, images, texts and designs without the help of a large team of people.
I have also used and developed forms and conventions of real media products by having a primary image as the main focus, different text seizes making some stand out more than others, having a bar code which adds realism and making the price and date clear under the masthead. I have chosen to use a limited range of colours to add to the coherency of the page and throughout my magazine so that it all links together effectively especially using the same masthead on the contents page and feature. Similar to NME's masthead I have used a poignant colour which stands out so when you see it on a magazine rack it's easy to spot. I have developed the normal forms and conventions of a masthead by not having it in one colour to stand out from the background, instead I have made it the same colour as the background but made it have an 'outer glow' of pink instead which I feel makes it stand out more. I have used the same positioning for my masthead as it is on other music magazines; therefore using the forms and conventions of real media products also similar size making it stand out.
By doing all these things I have used, developed and challenged forms and conventions of real media products.