Analysis of my media question 2

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Q2- How does your media product represent
particular social groups
By Joseph Shepherd

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Front cover Image
The reason I asked
Lauren to wear this shirt,
to have her make up like
that as well as her hair
was to create a
representation that she
could be anyone so any
girl from any where or any
class could look at Lauren
and think “ if she did it so
can I”
Having a female model
represents “girls” and by
having her be the main model
of a music tech magazine it
encourages girls to get into a
male dominated genre.
The social media links represents
the young, modern audience
Mulve believed in the “Male gaze”
which says how women only do
things to attract men I decided to
not use this theorist when taking
my photos as by not looking
voyeuristic it appeals to everyone
I did use dyer “A star is an
image, not a real person”
when constructing my
pages as I wanted to give
Lauren a natural image to
make her appeal to
everyone and make her
look like a ukulele master
By using colours selected of
Laurens shirt it ties her into the
page and helps build the page’s
colour pallet up as well ass fitting
her fit into the page making it look
more aesthetically pleasing.

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Contents page
By using a wide range of
photos we created many
different representations
By using the photo of Amy,
Amy and Morgan (trio rock)and
making their trousers different
color's it creates that
representation that they are a
very energetic band which
would appeal to a younger
audience
I used modern fashion
representations such as having
the painted finger nails this
would make it appeal to a
modern audience
The social media links
represent a younger audience
as they would be the ones who
would know what to do with
them
When constructing my pages I used
Ryall’s theory “ Genre provides a frame
work” to design my contents page as I
knew the conventions of technical
equipment magazine contents pages
from research which made constructing
the page that much easier
By having the sheet music
and the article featured
“Music lesson” it represents
knowledge as the article is
teaching you how to read
music

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DPS image
By using a wide range of color's on the page.
There is not just colors' appealing to one gender,
it appeals to both making the magazine more
unisex representing everyone equally.
By having the photos of the article in vivid colour it
represents Lauren as being lively and energetic making
her appeal to a younger audience.
When constructing my DPS I kept dyer in mind “A star is an image, not a real person” as I was creating a star
that had never been seen before it gave me a lot of options. I wanted to give Lauren the star image of energy
and that she was a young up and coming artist, I gave her this image through the use of text and the style
and range of photos I took. I accidently created the representation of “reggae” as the colour scheme I
selected such as Green, Yellow and Red is most commonly associated the Rastafarian movement this
representation would appeal to a younger audience as lately the reggae genre has been more followed by a
younger audience.
I used the recurring blue colour scheme that is present in my Front cover, Contents and DPS to create a
house style and recurring colour scheme to create synergy in all 3 of my pages.