2. How does your
media product represent particular social groups?
I have found that one of the many important tasks in
creating a magazine is finding the right model and picture to go on the front
cover. This is because it is the first thing that my intended audience will see
so it has to grab their attention and encourage them to read my magazine. If
the image is not good, then the reader would not pick it up to read it as the
image on the cover represents what the rest of your magazine will be like. From
my audience research and profile I was able to find a suitable audience that
would be interested in reading my magazine; my target audience is aged 13-18
and it is mainly focused on women than men, I decided on this by researching
some audiences on websites like ‘UK Tribes’ which had a wide variety of social
groups that I could target my product to by looking at what most people like
and outing them into according groups. I chose this age group as older people
are more interested in a unique style of music e.g. indie/ classical. Some of
my images are taken with different outfits and models to see which ones would
look best on my magazine. I used a mixture of camera shots and considered using
a close up for my cover, instead I used a mid-shot and also made the model have
eye-contact with the camera so that it feels like they are looking at the
reader.
When making my pop music artist I considered other artists
that my audience would want to see and read about, finding out what it is that
makes them look appealing to my intended audience. This would be easy as there
are a lot of pop magazines with similar styles that I could’ve borrowed,
however it would be hard for me to attract an audience if they already have a
preferred pop magazine. Billboard is a very popular magazine that is looked at
by many people including my intended audience so by comparing and borrowing
some ideas for my magazine I would be able to attract to my target market. Looking
at my cover photo and a photo from Billboard magazine I can see that there are
many similarities but also some differences that could’ve been improved on my
magazine to make it look better and attract to my intended audience. The colour
of the billboard magazine picture is in black and white whereas mine is in colour
with a focus on the colour red. The colour of the text is white and yellow on
the Billboard magazine so that it goes with the black background and is easier
to read. I also used white text on my cover however the background wasn’t
black, I could’ve changed this to make my product look more sophisticated,
throughout my audience research I have found that some teenagers like vibrant
colours but also a sophisticated look to a magazine.
The fact that I didn’t think about the mise-en-scene in my
photography would lower my grade therefore I should’ve done a block colour in
the background and cut out the picture to put over it, this would make my
picture stand out more and look similar to other pop themed magazines,
attracting to my audience more as it is what they’re used to seeing. Both
models are making eye contact with the camera which draws in the readers’
attention as they feel like the artist is looking at them which makes my
audience want to pick up my product. They are both similar with a relaxed
facial expression and not to be overly posed however billboard’s model has
positioned her arm in a different way. It took a lot of changes for my contents
page to be finished but the final look is quite similar to most pop magazines,
however I have added thin rectangles to surround my pictures and separate the
text. The colour of my text is black and red due to the white not being seen
with the white background. I have incorporated red somehow in all of my pages
so that they all link together as one whole product. The language of my
contents page and article is mostly informal and written in Standard English.
This way every person who reads my magazine will be able to understand what it
is saying without struggling to read it with the use of any slang or jargon.
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