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1. Question 2: How does your
media product represent
particular social groups?
CANDIDATE NAME: HANNAH HUGHES
CANDIDATE NUMBER: 4067
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2. How do the photos of your magazine share similarities
with the magazines that influenced your production?
My magazine represents similar social groups to
Kerrang! magazine because the content is very
similar. To display this I’m using the examples below
of the Kerrang! Front cover and I plan on
comparing this with my front cover. If we first
consider the poses of the two main models, we
can see that they are both staring straight down
the camera. Plus the general posture of the two
models are very similar in that they are both are
positioned directly in front of the camera, this is to
address the audience.

3. How does the facial expressions/hair
style represent your featured artist?
In terms of non-verbal codes such as gestures the pictures are different; the example image has a sense of
playfulness to it, whereas my image features the model looking mildly happy but serious also. It is clear
that the picture on the left has a far more fun looking expression. This allows the audience to relax a little
bit in the sense that people can see the characters in the photographs and can be down to earth too.
However my models expression, she looks slightly happy but not in the same sense as the previous image.
This demonstrates a ‘difference’ (Steve Neale) because it shows that the first magazine has an established
sense in which the audience have a connection with the people in the magazine already. To contrast this,
my image connotes that with the content being new there is a need to build the connection with the
audience and that it needs a slightly more serious tone.
The hair in both cases, although it clearly different because one has short hair and the other has long, can
also be seen as similar because they both have the natural look. This shows that the models aren’t high
maintenance and that they are both down to earth people. This small element of detail suggests that
both magazines have a social representation of being a people’s magazine.

4. How does the shot type and angle play a
part in the representation of your artist?
My magazines camera shot and angle is straight on to my model at eye-line.
This is as if you are standing next to them talking and socialising, however the
Kerrang! magazine has a low angle image, which connotes that the model is
very popular and is big in the music world. This makes the audience believe
that the model is big and important and should therefore be idealised.

5. What impact did lighting have on the photos
and the representation of the featured artist?
The high key lighting is very similar in both of these photos because they are
both located outside however, the Kerrang! magazine image seems to have
more light on the persons face, this suggests that the photo is intended to
attract the audience because of the focus on the face, my photo however,
doesn't have a focus on lighting in particular. But because of Adobe
Photoshop CS5, I was able to edit this, so my model has great lighting. You
can see that the light however, does seem to be concentrated on one side
of the model's face, also known as side lighting. The connotations of this
effect imply that the character might have a darker emotion to share in their
article.

6. What impact did choice of costume have on
the representation of the featured artist?
The costumes in the two images are different because the model in my
magazine is wearing dark clothing. This is because she is trying to convey that
she has a dark emotion to share with the audience. Whereas the Kerrang!
model is bright clear clothes on, this connotes that he is happy and is
probable about to have something big happen in his career.