The magazine represents teenagers aged 15-18 through the models and photographs used. The models wear casual pop style clothing and are smiling to portray happiness, reflecting the target audience. For the cover, a serious pose was used to grab attention. Photographs of bands use long shots showing their fashion and laidback body language. The color scheme of pink, black, and blue is used to connote fun, style and femininity for the target audience of teenage girls. An informal language with abbreviations reflects a laidback tone suitable for the target group. The magazine price of £2.50 was chosen to be affordable for students and their parents.

1. How does your Media Product represent particular social groups?
Models & photographs:
The genre that I chose for my magazine was Pop. Therefore I
have chosen models for my magazine that reflect the ‘pop’
genre and my target audience as they all fall into my target
audiences age range (oldest model 17 youngest 16). I have
represented teenagers in a stereotypical manner, as my
magazine is mainstream and targets a mass audience as
opposed to a niche audience. From my research I found out
that my target audience are loyal to brands such as Primark,
H&M and TopShop. Therefore I have chosen my models to
wear casual ‘pop’ style clothing to display and reflect my
target audience of teenagers aged 15-18 years old. My
models are used to represent ‘pop’ artists therefore they are
smiling to connote happiness and fun, as from my research ‘pop’
bands and artists were portrayed as happy. For my front cover I
have used a serious pose to create a striking image which would
then grab the buyer’s attention.
Shot types:
For my front cover I have chosen a medium close-up as this was a
typical convention of a pop magazine, this shot type also allows me to exhibit what the
artist is wearing which would interest loyal fans. For photographs of bands I have used a
long shot again to show their fashion style and body language which connotes laidback
and fun relating to teenagers.
Colour Scheme:
As I am targeting teenage females who are aged 15-18years old. My target
audience is stereotypical therefore I fabricated a stereotypical colour palette
of pink, black, blue and black. By using these colours I am connoting fun,
style and giving my magazine femininity.
Mode of address:
I have used a informal, laidback language, I did not used high register or
formal language as it would have not been suitable for my target audience
of female teenagers. I have used abbreviations such as ‘fab’ and ‘celebs’ to
connote laidback and friendly

2. Price of magazine:
I have valued my magazine at £2.50 so that students would be able
to pay for the magazine or their parents would be able to supply
money for them to purchase the magazine. I have reflected my
social group through the pricing of my magazine. The
demographics for my magazine are in the C1-E section which will
create a wider market at affordable pricing.