This document discusses how various photos in a media product represent social groups. It analyzes several pictures that feature women and girls in empowering poses and roles that challenge gender stereotypes. The lighting, clothing, accessories, and backgrounds used in the photos provide cues to the intended music genres, such as rock, pop, and pop-rock. Power dynamics and relationships between the subjects are also explored through their physical positioning and interactions.

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

2. This shot is a medium shot. The lighting is neutral this
was because I didn’t want all the pictures to look the
same so there is some variety with the lighting. She
pose and gesture suggests a casual look however this
is contradicted with the facial expression which is
humorous this is too entertain the reader. It also
follows the stereotype that boys are funnier. The black
shirt suggests heavy metal but the tidy hair implies
that it isn’t. The genre of music that he highlights is
rock to appeal to a male audience.
The front cover picture is also a medium shot, of the
model looking directly at the camera. She is also telling
the reader to be quiet about what she is going to say.
Both of these things put her in a position of power as
she is telling the reader to do something and she is
directly looking at the reader. This challenges gender
stereotypes of women being the less powerful
characters. There is lots of light in the picture which
makes the picture stand out as this is the cover photo it’s
a good technique. The fact that she is wearing blue nail
polish and the photo is bright it is clearly identifiable
with genres of music like pop.

3. This shot includes three teenage girls sat on a couch.
These models are supposed to be a girl band. The
fact that they are sat close physically implies that
they are close friends which being in a girl band
would include. The black couch and dark clothing of
the models suggests rock music but the brightness of
the shot and the floral patterns of two of the band
members suggests pop-rock.
This picture is of the cover model posing on the
floor. Though she is on the floor which normally
implies a lack of power, her body language suggests
otherwise. Again she is directly looking at the
audience which puts her in a position of power. She
is wearing clothes that that are bright and include
the colours purple, blue and pink. These are seen as
stereotypically feminine colours therefore the music
genre that comes to mind is pop.

4. This group of pictures was used on one of my double
page spreads. They all present women as powerful
people as in everyone of the shots she is looking
directly at the camera. The brightness in the photos
varies. The shots where she uses her hands, helps to
draw attention to her face which again gains her more
power.
This picture was taken at the concert. The singers were
singing at the time so their body language and facial
expressions show this. I kept the lighting the same as I
felt that the different coloured lighting in the shot was
atmospheric. The clothing of the singers is casual which
links to the target demographic of teenagers.