How much was your own production influenced by existing texts? I should have adapted my work to the other rock genre magazines more. Why follow conventions? Because this is what the audience are used to, its what they enjoy and know so well. If different music magazines didn't follow the conventions then there wouldn't be a set genre difference in magazines. Which conventions did you follow? I made sure I focused on having an dominant image, the masthead being striking and there being strap lines and cover lines aswell. To what extent did you not following existing conventions? I didn't focus on the rule of thirds enough. There wasn't enough space on my magazine. My other photos on my main page was not ordered and sectioned off enough and my selling line wasn't clear or conventional. Was this intentional and if so why? No this wasn't intentional, I think if I was more conventional my grade would improve majorly. To what extend did following conventions limit your own creativity? It was hard to be conventional and creative at the same time because making sure you have the conventions of a music magazine is impossible. Conventions are another way of us copying other music magazines.