The magazine represents several social groups through its images, colors, and features. The images of the girl band on the cover would appeal to both male and female audiences interested in music. Additional concert photos represent the indie music genre. The mainly gray, black, and white color scheme with red and yellow accents appeals to indie music fans, while the feminine colors draw in female readers. Features like competitions attract those interested in entering contests. The interview article allows music lovers to learn about the featured girl band firsthand.

1. Evaluation.
How does your media product represent
particular social groups?

2. Images:
• The main images that I have used in my magazine are of the two girls
from the ‘girl band’ that features as my cover story. The fact that they
are both girls would appeal to both a male and female target
audience as girls may look up to them and boy may be attracted to
them so therefore decide to read the magazine. The girls both wear
make up and fashionable clothes so would attract a female social
group that look up to them and wish to look/dress like them.
• I have also used images that I myself have taken at previous gigs and
concerts. This would attract the audience that fit into the genre of my
magazine – indie. A social group that are interested in music may
also be drawn to the magazine because of these images as they would
be appealing to them.

3. Colour:
• The main colours used in my magazine are grey, black and white
with red and yellow to create emphasis to the more monotonous
colours. This represents the social group that fits in with the genre of
my magazine which is indie. It make the magazine more appealing to
them and instantly portray the fact that it is an indie music
magazine.
• The yellow and red add to the magazine by making it more feminine
and appealing to the female audience. As they are the colours that
make the two females standout they are important and reflect the
two featuring artists.

4. Features:
• Using the brush tool and changing
opacity I created puffs along the left hand
third of the page. This allows me to
inform the reader what will feature in the
magazine and drawn them into reading
it. They are important features of a
magazine and appear in many different
magazines that I researched.
• People who enjoy entering and winning
competitions would be interested in this
feature as they are instantly drawn to a
competition that features in the
magazine.

5. Article:
• My article is an interview of the
two artists featured on my front
cover. It allows the audience to
hear what they have to say first
hand and represent music lovers
who would be interested in the girl
band who are the main focus of my
magazine.