2. a) How do the images you have used in
your magazine represent particular
social groups?
• My target audience is women aged 17-25 interested in fashion.
• I have used images of my friend Alicia on my cover, contents page
and interview piece.
• I have used images on all of my pages.
• Alicia is nearly 17 so she represents the target audience. She has an
interest in fashion.
3. How does your product represent its TA
through its images?
This is my front cover image:
I think this represents my TA because Alicia is in her late
teens and my TA could easily copy her outfit, hair and
make up, it gives the idea that anyone can look like a
cover girl. She is an ordinary girl so people can relate
to her. The background is a brick wall which makes the
image more interesting. It’s also again makes the
image more realistic and anyone could re-create the
image.
This is the image I have used for my interview
piece:
The black and white effect makes her look
mysterious and alluring as well with her head
faced down.
She is wearing a top that
says ‘make out’. It’s a top
that any girl can buy and it
is cheeky and makes a
statement about her
personality that she isn’t too
serious and is fun.
Mia Bowman, 17 said “I like
these images because she
looks like an everyday girl
but still looks good.”
4. How does your product represent its TA
through its images? CONTINUED
This is the image I used in my review
piece. I took it myself and it’s to
represent online shopping. Topshop
is very popular with my TA so I used
this image to make my article
relevant to make target audience
I used this image in my
contents page to go with
one of my pages, ‘10
ways to know he’s the
one.’ This shows a couple
holding hands which is
representing love. 17-25
year olds could easily
relate to this image.
This is an image of
Jourdan Dunn, she is a
famous model.
This image is included in
my critical debate
because I include a point
about her. Many teens
idolise her so if they flicked
through and saw her they
would want to see what
the article was about.
5. Who have you included images of on
your work- How have you posed/
dressed them?
This is my front cover image
and contents page image.
In all the images Alicia looks
fairly serious and she is
positioned slightly to the
side in my cover image. In
the contents image she is
staring into the camera
with her head tilted to the
side.
Everything she is wearing is
her own clothes and the TA
could buy all of it.
In this image she has her
head faced down which
makes it a more interesting
image.
6. What does your mise-un-scene
communicate about the people
represented?
I don’t have any props or
equipment in any of my
photos. This image has a
brick wall background
which makes it look more
interesting and edgy.
It represents to the TA that
she is a more interesting
character rather than being
a typical high-tech setup
and un-realistic model.
7. Have you done anything different to
other representations from within your
magazine’s genre?
• I think my model Alicia represents my TA
better than other fashion magazines.
• She is wearing normal clothes that anyone
could buy unlike in other magazines where
its mostly designer.
• She looks alternative, she has facial piercings
and a unusual hair style. This look isn’t often
represented in fashion magazines.
8. b) How do the images you have
obtained reflect professional practice?
• I firstly decided who I was going to interview for my profile piece. That was my
friend Alicia, then I spoke to her about interviewing her and taking photos of her
and she was fine with it.
• Before the shoot I thought about what she could wear and where to do the shoot.
• She has a quirky sense of style so I let her decide what to wear and told her to
keep in mind my pastel colour theme.
• As she is under 16 her mum had to sign the model consent form too but that was
no issue.
• I knew Alicia had just moved house so there would be blank walls I could use for a
background. Also I knew she had a brick wall which I thought would be good as a
background too.
• I have a good camera and I took test shots first of all to see where the lighting was
best.
9. How do you feel about the images
you have taken?
• I am happy with my images.
• I think I got suitable photos for my interview piece, contents
page, website and my cover
• Her clothes fitted well with my colour scheme.
• The backgrounds made her stand out and the brick wall added
more to the photos.
What would you do differently if you were to take them again?
• I would take photos of her in a different setting like in a forest, and
with a range of different outfits.
• The lighting for some of the images isn’t very good so if I were to take
them again I would focus more on lighting.
10. Test shots
These are some of the
photos I didn’t use in my
work. The lighting for all
of them doesn’t look
right and her face looks
too dark.
Her poses as well aren’t
very interesting and
didn’t look good to use
in my magazine.
I didn’t like this outfit so I
didn’t want to use this
image.
I used flash on this image
and it made her look
very pale and the angle
of the camera is too low
and doesn’t look right.
11. How did you use post-production
software to enhance your images and
why?
• I used Photoshop to edit the best photos I’d chosen to use in my
magazine. • I used this image in my profile piece.
• I edited it on Photoshop and changed the
effect to black and white.
• I adjusted the contrast as well to make her
features look more defined.
• I also cropped the photo to fit the page.
• This is my cover photo.
• I firstly blurred the whole photo and to
make the background less defined and
then I used the clear brush tool to get rid of
the blurriness of her so she wasn’t blurry
anymore and it made her stand out.
• I kept a soft focus on her face to make her
skin look clearer.
