Evaluation 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I think that my magazine represents similar social groups to magazines such as TOP OF THE POPS and THE HITS magazine because the content in terms of photography style and written style is very similar, I'm going to use the two images above to explain this the one of the left is from TOTP magazine and the one on the right is from my magazine. First the positioning and also posture of all the models in both of the photographs are very similar; they both stand much slouched and not upright, this is to show the audience the attitude and personality side of the artists.

The gestures the pictures are again very similar, the first image has a sense of playfulness and really shows the attitude; which then occurs in my image on the right features the models looking mysterious and again bringing out the urban attitude. This shows the similarities between both of the photographs because it shows that the first magazine has an established feel in which the audience would have a connection with.

As for the angle and shot type of the photos, there is little difference, the first is an front eye-line shot as if you were standing right in front of them whereas the second one is more to the side creating the image of them turning to look at you which would create a connection between them and the audience. However, with the second image we can see that the camera has a slightly lower-angled shot.

The lighting for these photographs are both very similar as they use natural lighting as they were taken outside, the first image seems to have more light on the band which would suggest that it was taken outside in a field or along a street so the light is attracted to the faces, my photo however was taken underneath a bridge so there wasn’t a huge amount of light coming in but you can see that the light which focus’ on the front persons face and not the others this would be due to the positioning of the three girls.

The costumes in the two images are again pretty much the same. You can see that both bands are wearing leggings and a bright top with a jacket; this really brings in the target audience and shows social representation at its best. One thing to note in terms of different social groups is that fact that the group on the left are wearing a lot more designer stuff than the right which could change the social group through class but shouldn’t have a massive impact on it.

The makeup that is used in the photograph on the right is very similar to the left such as the red lipstick; this could make a huge impact on the social group as it would attract more of a stylish and girly group rather than a group of boys.