Dear Moderator, my brief for my AS Media was to create a front cover, content page and double page spread for a new music magazine. I chose Indie as my genre as I believe this is a fast growing genre, gaining mega popularity. I wanted to give the preferred audience, young women, a new and up to date magazine in which they can effectively be a pro-sumer and voice their views on what my magazine will contain.
I have ordered my work as well as referring to labels in order to make it easier for you to read.
yours sincerely,
Georgia Jayne Richards, Edgbarrow School
Candidate number: 0212i
Centre number: 51111
Friday, 29 April 2016
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Question 2 - How does your media product represent a partiular social group?
Question 2 – How does
your media product represent a particular social group?
Image
The image on the left is my own image that I used for the
front cover of my magazine. The image on the right is a front cover image from
Indie magazine that I got inspiration from. I chose to comment on these 2
photos as I believe they both intrigue the same social group.
Posture/pose
Although these images are seen to be very different, in many
ways they are in fact extremely similar. For my own image I told Izzy to do a
fierce pose. To do this I told her to look to the side and tilt her head to the
left. It gives her the look of fierceness and carelessness which is what I wanted
to go for within my magazine. I 2anted a sense of confidence to be shown in my
magazine and I think Izzy portrayed this well. I took inspiration from the
image on the right which is a well-known published Indie magazine. In this image,
the model is tilting her head up as well as being incorporated in funky props. This
also gives the look of seriousness and confidence.
Props/makeup
In my image, I didn’t feel the need to use props because I wanted
my magazine to be unique and different to other indie magazines. Instead of
using props, I wanted to use slightly heavy makeup on Izzy. This is because I thought
it would make her look a lot more confident and stand out. I believe both of
these images stand out together because they are different. Even though the
image on the right has many green hair and big sunglasses on, I still believe
they are as unique as each other.
Shot Type
Both images left and right are a mid-shot image. I believe this
is the most suitable shot to use because it allows the models to be highlighted
from the rest of the front cover. It is close enough to allow it to be seen
easily but not too close where it takes up the whole age, leaving plenty of
room to include other features.
How does this relate to social groups?
In many aspects I believe my magazine relates to a
particular social group. This is because using an image of a young adult
looking fierce and confident gives women a sense of power. As well as the
colour scheme and story line, it does so in a way that is subtle but allows
others to want to read the magazine too.
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