The document describes a magazine aimed at representing 16-18 year old females as a sophisticated yet relaxed social group. Photos on the cover and in the magazine portray the females in elegant dresses and poses to depict them as confident but classy. Colors and font are used consistently throughout to reinforce the subtle yet stylish representation of this target audience.

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

2. My magazine is aimed at a unisex
audience, but mainly it is focused for woman.
The age range that I have set it quite low as I
thought it would be good to challenge
myself, as this type of music isn’t normally
targeted at this range.
They will be of an age of 16-18 and are slightly
sophisticated but not all of the time. Therefore
these are the main social group that I am aiming for
in my work.

3. My front cover is of a young female, the residual ideology
of women is that they are valued for their beauty and
sexual prowess. The ideology of young females now has
changed so much, that they are now viewed as powerful
figures, who are in control of their sexuality. The
representation of the females in my magazine is by how I
have got them all in quite smart dresses, which shows that
they are high class and quite sophisticated. I have chosen
to do this because this is the type of clothes that you
would expect to see people to be wearing at an Opera
show, but also I think that it connotates that they are of a
high class and sophisticated, not females who are trying to
show off their sexuality. Saying that though she is showing
of quite a lot of flesh, by only covering up her one
shoulder, which could be seen in a sexual way.

4. Mise-en-scene
As you can see in this picture, I have got my model to
tie her hair back, and then hold it out to the side, but
also I have asked her to hold the mask by her hip. By
getting my model to hold her hair like that it shows
that she is confident, but also it distracts the eye.
There is only one prop that I have used in this picture
is a mask. I have used this mask because people
generally associate Opera with masks, for example
the film The Phantom Of The Opera. By asking my
model to hold the mask by her hip it is subtle and
discrete, yet still something that is quite important to
be in the picture. Also by the way that she is actually
holding the mask is in a very feminine way, the way
that she is showing her finger nails, it sort of
connotating a gentle look to it.
On my contents page, I have only used one
photo. The way that I have got my model to
pose is in a quite iconic way, as this is a pose
that Marylyn Monroe did and Audrey
Hepburn. I think that this picture also
connotates that she is confident, but also
innocent. The main prop that I have used in
this picture is the violin which connotates
sophistication and class, as it can be
associated with an Orchestra .

5. Mise-En-Scene- Double Page Spread
One of the pictures of Jess, in the top
left hand corner, is of her putting her
make up on in a mirror. This could be
seen as showing her femininity, as this
it is something that you wouldn’t see a
man doing. I think that in pretty much
all of my pictures you wouldn’t be able
to see a male doing it, as they could be
connotating that woman are more
open to sharing things, and look a lot
friendlier, where as men in pictures
seem to stand as though they are open
to talk. For example this picture of
Robert Pattinson has got him with his
arms crossed across his body, with a
sort of unfriendly look to him.
The first picture, top left, is a picture of my model in a dress
lying on a bed with her feet up in the air and crossed over
show that you can see them. This yet again is quite an iconic
photo as quite a lot of celebrities have done it. In most of my
photos on the double page spread are quite natural, especially
the one of Jess putting her make up on.

6. Does your title connote anything about your social
group?
My title doesn’t connote anything about my social group as none of them are ‘fat’, and only one person
sings. The only thing is that obviously then are ladies.
How have you used colours? Does they reinforce or challenge ideological assumptions about
this group?
I have tried to get the colours to match together, and also not have too many. As you can see from my
front cover, contents page and double page spread I have stuck with the orange and grey colour theme
throughout. I don’t really think that they reinforce or challenge any ideological assumptions as they are
quite subtle colours.
Does your choice of font connote anything about the social group you’re representing?
I have used the same font throughout my magazine. The font that I have used is called ‘Trajan Pro’ this
type of font connotes a simply style, yet sophistication, but it is also quite stylish in a subtle way. This is
sort of like my social group as they can be sophisticated yet they are relaxed and quite stylish at the same
time.