How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine’s main focus is mainly upon the one artist. My magazine portrays him as being from an Indie rock culture. This is shown by the way he is dressed which is in a smart casual way and dressing in this way is stereotyped as being part of the indie rock culture. This is typical of an Indie rock culture as shown by this picture of Johnny Borrel, the lead singer from Razorlight. I feel by using the clothing worn by the main person in the image it reflects the genre of magazine I have chosen to aim towards.

The way in which I have edited the photo allows his mood to be represented in a different light to the world around him this reflects the type of music that is typically related to this genre. For example – Band of Horses – The Funeral is part of this genre - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibE7IqEjni4

I think that this articles representation because of its nature will apply itself to other social groups such as ‘Emos’ or ‘Goths’ this is because the nature of the picture and article can be a typical issue in which some people in these groups can relate to from the way they interoperate the representation of person. I have achieved this through making the image black and white in a certain area displaying feelings towards the situation which the article is about.

My magazine although it will be mainly aimed towards a specific genre because of the genre and stereotypes it represents. It will also be able to represent indirectly other social groups because of the nature of articles featured within the magazine.

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In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My magazine uses some of the typical conventions from popular music magazines such as Mojo and NME. My magazine follows a similar layout to that of NME, I achieved this by sticking with a simple layout which accentuates the large image and it’s Anchorage.

I feel by using a similar style to NME it allows the full effect of the dramatic image to be emphasised to the reader. By using the simple layout convention it allows for the image to be interpreted in different ways by the audience making it more of an appealing magazine to purchase. I chose to challenge the convention mostly used by NME or Kerrang of having the person in the main image fill the entire front cover. I did this as it allows for the surroundings of artist to reflect the mood of the article setting it out as dramatic story.

With the severity of my main article being used with such a dramatic anchorage I feel that a more mature colour scheme was needed. Rather than going with a similar colour scheme to that of NME which is more vibrant. I used a similar convention to that of Mojo magazine which gives it a darker feel allowing it to reflect the main articles purpose.

My double page spread shows similar conventions to those used in an article I researched from NME of Lily Allen. With a large picture being used on the right hand side of the page I think this grabs the reader’s attention and makes them wonder why such a large image is needed causing them to read further on into the magazine. The text I’ve used can contradict usual conventions of music magazines as instead of using a structured interview I allowed the telling of a major event I felt it would give more effect to the article if it was told in a freely flowing manner, compared to more structured interviews which are shown in other articles from magazines such as NME, Kerrang or MOJO.

I used a formal font for my double page spread to reflect the formality of the story and keep a mature image allowing it to relate to main story.

By sticking with the conventions of some typical magazines and altering a few of its own, I think it allows for STRUMLINE to be shown in its own unique way drawing more attention from its audience.

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Contents Page Analysis!

This is my analysis of a contents page from NME magazine.

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Questionnaire!

This is a short questionnaire i have constructed to gain an awareness of my target audience and what drives them to buy, a magazine or not.

Contents Page Mockup
This is my design template for the contents page i would use for my school magazine.
I decided to keep, using the same style that i used on the front cover to keep the magazine
consistant throughout. I used this layout as from looking through most, magazines this is a typical layout for, the majority of the magazine's that are published today.

Textual Analysis!

This is another double page spread i have chosen to analyse.

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Double Page Spread!
This is the double page spread i have decided to analyse!

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