How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product represents several social groups. The rock stars in my magazines are representing working class people and also ‘grungy rockers’. Even though the rock stars I chose to copy are bad role models a lot of people try to copy them. I got my models to pose in a way that made their posture attract certain audiences. The main image on the front cover, the model is seen posing head on one side and pouting, this could be a role model for teenage girls to copy that rock chick look or the male rockers will find attractive. For the front cover of my magazine I wanted a close up shot as this angle is the most striking and will attract the attention of buyers, also states a clear picture of who the feature band are, so the image needs to be large to be recognizable instantly. The images I took and used for my contents page and feature article are long shots and smaller images as by the time the reader has got to the contents page they should know what band it is from the large images in the front cover. The lighting of my images varies depending on the context. For the front cover I used bright lighting as this sets a cheerful mood and stands out on the shelf. I also took some photos of the band that were just silhouettes to create a calm, mysterious mood. The models I used for my media product are dressed in typical rock star clothing. I have dressed my models in popular clothing appeals to my target audience. When researching my target audience I looked their style and what they are likely to wear. I also researched what ‘rockers’ wear and tried to follow this theme when dressing my models. My magazine is aimed at one stereotype so that I could focus on it and find out what my target audience is interested in.
The only part of my magazine with lots of writing is the feature article. I also kept the quotes from the artists as they had said them, because the language they used fitted the style of my magazine and also using the slang language that the artists use, shows the audience that the band were involved in producing the magazine. My magazine is aimed at both sexes. The colour scheme I have chosen also supports this. I chose red and purple as these colours appeal to both sexes. For example, if my magazine was all pink, not many males would buy it. It could be aimed at teenage girls as they like to hang up posters in their rooms and also read all the gossip about artists. It could be aimed at males as they will like to look at photos and also hear about the latest updates of the bands in the magazine.