My media product represents my particular social group by the use of costume, props and the type of language used in the magazine. My magazine is aimed at the social class, grade A, B and sometimes C1.
I've decided A and B will be main grade of social class for my magazine which is a very wide audience, however it means that it attracts mostly high/middle-class people who are interested in going to festivals and gigs and enjoy buying magazines monthly and don't mind spending extra money on subscription. I have tried to attract this social class by the use of my model and her costume, make-up and location of my photoshoot what is Camden and Shoreditch.
My model Charlotte Young, is a female in her late teens. She is posing as a popular rock artist for my magazine GRANITE. She has short purple hair that is styled messy and grunge like. For the images Charlotte is wearing, a tartan leather black and red coat, underneath dark red dungarees with black tights and big chunky Doc Martens with a over sized diamond neck less. Her make-up is very simple and plain with just some heavy eye-liner. I decided this outfit choice was appropriate for my target audience as in the indie/rock genre popular magazines such as: NME and Q haven't sexualised women. Becuase the audience are mainly int rested in the talent of the artists music then their looks. I decided to dress my model in the colours of black and red because they fit in with my house style throughout my magazine and are also the main colours of the indie/rock genre. The simple plain faced make-up indicates to my audience that what you see is what you get with Charlotte Young throughout the article in the magazine. Tartan and leather are worn a lot by the Indie/rock community because they're a very popular and fashionable fabrics that are worn by a lot of famous artists in that genre. Clothing is very important when trying to appeal to a certain social groups as they are all interested in similar clothing and styles.
For facial expressions, Charlotte mainly looked quite stern and aggressive giving direct eye contact to the audience in my front cover image I decided this was a good photograph to has a front cover because it will draw the audience in and capture their full attention to my magazine. Charlotte also gave silly faces opening up her mouth in shock and pointing at the painting of herself on the wall too to play on the energetic and exciting side of the magazine. I felt that smiling wasn't a very successful pose as it makes the artist appear to be sweet and innocent which would make my magazine look like it is aimed at a younger audience of the pop genre. however this would be more suitable for a magazine such as Top Of The Pops.
I decided not to use many props in my photoshoot my main prop was a giant metal shopping trolley i decided to use this because it portrayed my main artist Charlotte as a rebellious care free young adult. Who liked having fun. The trolley being heavy metal also fits in with some of the artists I will be featuring inside my magazine. I also used a guitar that is displayed in a small images on my contents page. I decided to use this as it fits in with the Indie genre of the magazine - this prop is musically related which will highlight the initial point of the magazine.
The language featured in my magazine is both quite formal and conversational, at some times some of the things mentioned are quite serious and emotional topics. I decided to use a lot of taboo language because it was appropiate for my target audience and was also popular in other magazines of my genre such as: Q and NME all use this similar lexis and it reflects the honesty and authenticity of the magazine. It makes the reader feel excited and a part of the magazine it could represent how the particular social group tend to speak and their overall vocabulary in a day to day basis.
The way my model Charlotte has posed its very important and it's one of the main things the audience first see. I would like the magazine to appeal to both males and females so there has to be images that suit both genders. I needed to choose a model that wouldn't mind pulling ridiculous faces but also keeping a stern and simple face. I wanted to portray Charlotte as someone who would be role model to my female audience but also attractive and talented to the males.
I have used a house style for my magazine within the colours of red,black,white and some purple. This was to keep it all together and have an professional look. I mainly used red, black and white's informs my audience to the genre of my magazine which again, appeals to my particular social groups. I want my magazine to be intresting whilst also quite simplistic and a little bit serious, adding bright whites and gory blacks with a vibrant red really implies what I am going for.
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