How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product has been made to represent a female audience of an age range of 15 to 17. This teenage age range has a very dedicated interest in the pop and Hip-Hop genre as seen in my audience research. Caucasians could be members of my audience as a result of using a Caucasian model on my front cover. To represent this particular social group I have featured someone dressed as a pop and hip-hop singer on my front cover. To reflect upon my mood board my model is wearing bright pink lipstick which is a girly feature to attract female audiences. I followed the conventions of Q magazine where singer Cheryl Cole has lipstick on as well.
My media product has been made to represent a female audience of an age range of 15 to 17. This teenage age range has a very dedicated interest in the pop and Hip-Hop genre as seen in my audience research. Caucasians could be members of my audience as a result of using a Caucasian model on my front cover. To represent this particular social group I have featured someone dressed as a pop and hip-hop singer on my front cover. To reflect upon my mood board my model is wearing bright pink lipstick which is a girly feature to attract female audiences. I followed the conventions of Q magazine where singer Cheryl Cole has lipstick on as well.
My model Cheryl Cole
On my front cover I’ve used a mid-shot image of a female to show off more of her body which may perhaps appeal to more than one gender group being male teenagers. In doing so, I deliberately had her wear a crop top to reveal more of her skin and this is similar to Blender magazine where Fergie creates sex appeal by wearing limited amount of clothing.
My model’s hairstyle is well represented in the pop and HIP-HOP genre. It is short and carries the trend of singers such as Frankie from the pop girl band ‘The Saturdays’ and Rihanna who has shown off so many types of short hairstyles. I chose to use a model that has a very eccentric hairstyle as this is an emblem and representation of their character. Looking at her non-verbal communication I had her looking directly at the camera to express confidence which is a characteristic most artists acquire. I’ve also had my model wear fashionable items that are popular among teenagers, such as a straw hat and several bracelets in order to appeal female audiences as seen from my mood board. An existing magazine who features a model wearing fashionable items like this is NME with Florence wearing a hat on the front cover.
On my contents page, I had one of my model’s wear these large black glasses representing the hip-hop genre very well, like pop artist Tinie Tempah is typically known for wearing different types of black of glasses as an iconic look to his style. This may also attract audiences who are interested in fashion, since the props I’ve included are the latest trend right now for teenagers.
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