1. How does your media product
represent particular social
groups
My magazine is a multi genre magazine but the cover artist on
which i am focused on is an indie artist therefore this addition is
trying to appeal to indie fans. The social class in which my
magazine aims at is ABC1 as this is the social class in which
almost every magazine in the industry appeals to due to the
expense of music magazines.

2. The audience for my magazine is 16-30 year olds with a main focus on men which
is shown by the title ‘chap’ however this does appeal to females also. The model I
used for my magazine is typical of the indie genre with my pictures focussing on
his body language for example the front cover shows him staring directly down the
camera with an emotionless face in order for him to connect with the audience
and show him as serious and mysterious very similar to this example of Noel
Gallagher.

3. My model as i mentioned portrayed his personality by the use of body language
but I also combined this with costuming. To start as you can see in every picture
he is pulling serious poses but also his costuming shows him covered up which
gives the audience the sense that he doesn't give much away and has this hard
exterior. Another key way in which i represented my artist is the Mise-en-scene
around him and his settings. He is predominantly shot outside in urban settings
such as behind a cage to represent prison bars and in front of a council estate
which you are more likely to see with an indie artist then in a country manor.

4. In my article and pictures as i have already mentioned my artist is portrayed in a
serious manner as he has this persona so many indie artists have of being rebels.
However i wanted my article to show the real person and that he isn't all bad so i
built the piece up with serious after serious picture then when the meat of the article
came i gave him a light-hearted feel by showing him laughing across the whole
double page.