EVALUATION QUESTION 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Looking at my magazine you can tell from first view that it's aimed at more of a mature age rather than more of a 'boyish' age which NME appeals more too. Its more aimed towards males who are just leaving upper school and or at university. You can tell this from the way my artist on the front cover is dress, he looks smart which shows it is meant for an older audience.

My cover artists stance shows confidence but the way he has his hands in his pockets show otherwise this relates to the age range i am targeting. It also appeals to certain females who enjoy the genre as there is a male artist on the front as females like to see a smartly dressed male on the front cover. whereas males wouldn't particularly like to see a attractive girl, with a small amount of clothing because it is not that kind of magazine they would buy FHM or Zoo it thats what they were after. They would want to a female artist they enjoy listening to and is interesting or a male artist who they enjoy listening to inspire to be like e.g. personality, dress sense, musical ability or taste. I changed my colour scheme at the last possible minute as i thought black and white on it's was too bland and not very eye catching. I chose red as i thought it is a bright colour which gave my magazine cover a bit more brightness. It is a strong colour which gives feeling of danger and rebelling which is something my target audience can relate to. I think it suits the colour scheme blending well with the black and white.

As my media was aimed at a particular social group the content of the magazine had to be aimed at this group. In the contents page i had three different article categories 'features', 'this month' and 'reviews' which i thought would be best suited for my target audience. Features would have articles that were on the front cover with the main story and all the bands advertised on the cover in it, this would be what the magazine would sell to new buyers who have not read the magazine both as it was the cover that attracted them to the magazine. This month and reviews would be aimed more at weekly buyers who are more of more target audience as they would want to be kept updated on new artists, albums, gigs and festivals.