Evaluation

How does your media product represent a particular social group ?

My target audience is very similar to that of ‘NME’,

there target audience is the ages of 16-21 also. In my magazine I focus on the

music artists that feature in the main article. This is very similar to ‘NME’ as they also do this with the front cover image and large font on the

front over.

Representation of the males

The images that I chose were showing the solo male and this is very common in the ‘indie/pop’ genre. The male is well dressed which follows the new style for male musicians.

The picture shows the model not smiling but coming across as mysterious, this typically attracts the females, therefore they may buy the magazine based on the males pose and fashion sense.

Representation of Teenagers

The picture I have taken here is representing teenagers in the normal way. The male teenager has ‘moody’ look on his face which is the general conception of teenagers in modern society.

The trainers and fashion sense of the model is typical of a teenager because teenagers are renowned for wearing trainers shoes and hooded coats. Whereas, I tried steering away from these stereotypes by having the model dressed in a smart buttoned up shirt. This buttoned up shirt is common fashion within the teenagers.

The location of where the model is for the photo shoot. The dark lighting that he is posing in, connotes a sort of underground style. The crates behind the model that he is resting on are very typical of the teenagers, as they like to hang around outside in unknown places. I have tried to highlight this stereotype by using this as my image setting