Evaluation Question 2

EVALUATION ACTIVITY 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I feel that my magazine covers a range of social groups as it doesn't solely cover one genre of music, but a variation. For example, although it mainly covers rock, it covers alternative versions likemetal and screamo. Because of this I have chosen to compare my magazine to Kerrang! which music ranges from soft rock to deat metal. This allows them to appeal to far more scoial groups which is what I hoped to achieve. Another way they do this is by listing various artists on the cover to allow the audience to see what kind of music is covered, which I have also done.

These magazines would attract the same audience as immediately we can see that both of the people are from a rock background. We can see this from their make up and dress. Both have a lot of dark make up around their eyes and are wearing dark colours. Attraction has been brought to their faces as on mine, her hand is in her hair and on Kerrang!, he has a trial of smoke out of his mouth. Both of them look a little individual from their hair, as hers is short, choppy and red, hile his is long and black. These are also both sen as very rockish images. Although they are not doing the same pose, they are both making eye contact with the camera, creating a sense of superiority and seduction. Both have perfectly clear skin which shows that the images have been enhanced and edited in photoshop, to make them look even more superior. Both images have some form of text or image covering them in places which would be used to show that their personalities are hidden and you have to uncover things you don't know about them within the magazine.
However, there are obviously differences, like that one is female and the other male. There is obviously an age difference between the two and my model looks a lot more innocent and friendly than the man. This is because the smoke he is blowing from his mouth makes him look rebellious while his dark make up and hair makes him look mysterious and dark. My model is smiling slightly and looking directly at the camera while he is mainly expressionless and it very slightly looking up, adding more to the seduction and menice.
Despite these differences, these magazines would appeal to the same audience as they both have the stereotypical look of those involved in rock music. She looks like she plays slightly softer rock while his looks more heavy or perhaps even metal. This as it may be, generally those who listen to one area of rock music generally listen to the others too, although they may have a preference to a particular kind.