1. Representation of age:
Age is shown on my magazine but the type of colloquial language used throughout. The language
whilst being very informal and casual still refrains away from swearing and using unnecessary
profanities that would be inappropriate for my target audience. Not only this but the pull quotes
would be quite bold as well as the masthead and coverlines in order to draw attention, they have
been like this because the colours and type of font used are most suitably made to target the middle
class that mine does.
Representation of Gender:
The way I have represented gender is by the type of colours used throughout the magazine. Instead
of adopting more stereotypical girl colour e.g. pink, purple and orange I have decided to use more
masculine colours such as black, blue and red. This represents the gender clearly because with the
colours being more suited to men it would therefore represent them more.
Representation of Social class:
The way I have represented the social class I have aimed for is very much portrayed through my
representation of gender and age. With the social class I am aiming for being middle class the type
of language that would be used would not be completely foul language and colloquial, yet there
would be a certain amount used. As well as the social class being represented by age which is shown
by the colours and type of image used. For example the colours and quite bold and fairly varied, not
only that but, the images are mainly mid shots which shows a sense of middle class because it is not
fully strong in your face.
How I have represented the Social class:
Strong and powerful
fonts.
The colour black used
the represent the
middle class.
A strong colour red used
to again give a manly
vibe.
The colour blue used to
connote a masculine
sense to the magazine.
Mid shot used, and the shot is
turned into black and white to show
that the social class is lower middle
class.

2. The front cover can be seen to target the middle class social group because of the things highlighted
above, for example the black and white photo, the powerful fonts and the type of colours used. The
reason it can be seen to target this specific type of class is because it is out of the three main social
classes the one it can be mostly associated to. For example if you was reading an upper class
magazine there would not be such powerful colours and fonts used. Whereas, if you were targeting
the lower class, the camera shot that would be used more would be close ups in order to give of a
more violent and chaotic vibe.
The colours and font of
the headline is not a
completely aggressive,
but not completely
passive either.
The picture has been
turned into black and
white. It also is a midshot
The contents is all black
with powerful subheadings.
There is again a wide
range of manly colours
with dark red and blue.
The contents page represents the middle class because similarly to the front cover it has the same
qualities that were used to make the front cover middle class orientated. For example again the
colours used where not completely outstanding but likewise where not colours that did not stand
out. As well as the picture again being a mid-shot that is commonly associated with being a shot
used for the middle class and the background and colours of the picture being turned to black and
white.

3. The title is a
medium strength
colours that does
stand out but is not
other the top.
The picture in this
one is the only
thing that is
irregular for middle
class, however the
sporadic nature of
the genre indie
means that is
typical for it to be
like this.
The text used is
black that is used to
show that is middle
class by the
consistency used
throughout the
whole of the
magazine.
The double page is the only page in the magazine that is a little irregular because the picture is not
typical of middle class because it is not clearly a mid-shot and the colour has been used in the
picture because having the Indie genre it is meant to be sporadic and irregular. However, there are
still some features that represent the middle class, for example the colours used again are similar to
the other parts of the magazine. Not only that but the colours that were chosen were used
throughout the whole of the magazine which is also conventional to the middle social class because
of order and consistency.