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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Question 2: How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?
My model represents the indie genre in my magazine. I looked into who would be an iconic figure in this genre of music and deemed Florence Welch (from Florence & The Machine) as the perfect character to compare with my artist.
Appearance, Costume, Attitude:
Although Laura is using an offensive hand gesture, which is a generic convention of this type of magazine and genre, there is nothing extreme or outstandingly odd about my artist.
I think that my magazine represents the indie genre between the ages 15-25 and reflects the social group of a younger audience of both sexes of middle class and more than likely of a creative/artistic nature. The majority of my target audience will probably be white, as this is the social group that is attracted to this sort of magazine. I use other images on my contents page of artists in front of Graffiti walls and street art - this reflects the growing art and fits in with the social group of my target audience. Graffiti is becoming a more widely respected art and is being increasingly used in magazines such as NME, Kerrang! etc. These magazines target a similar audience as Output and so represent the social group I am targeting.
Laura has very similar hair to Florence as both of their hair has the ruffled look and is of a similar colour and length. Similar hair styles and similar fashions will show that Laura belongs to the same genre as Florence. Although there are no set trends in order to fit into a genre, there is a certain look you have to try and achieve, so Laura's hair length and colour will show similarities between the two artists.
Both artists are wearing long tops that cut off just below the waist.
Both artists show attitude in their poses. Laura shows attitude through her use of offensive hand gestures and Florence shows attitude through a shouting-effect pose. Both poses draw attention to that image but in very different ways. Laura's attitude intrigues you to the rebellious side of her, suggesting that she could be an interesting character to read about, whereas Florence's attitude of shouting gives a more artistic approach or perhaps an insight as to what she may be like performing on stage.
Both artist's pictures are taken in a photography studio and so have no real background. The lighting in Laura's image is darker than that of Florence, however, in my magazine, the picture is brighter and has had some of the colours brought out to make the photo look more professional.
Overall, i think that these elements of the photos represent a typical indie artist. However, in Laura's photo there is a slight hint of a rock chick showing through, but that is a twist that makes her unique in the indie genre.
Question 4: Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?
Name: Faye Chamberlain
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Occupation: Merchandiser at Next Plc.
Background: Faye stayed at school untill she was nearly 17. Faye did not enjoy school, however, stayed on a college to persue her interest in Media , Psychology, Art and Textiles however, did not enjoy this and became an apprentice for a Japanese fashion export company and then later joined Next Plc. and has recently been promoted to a merchandiser. This involves her choosing each season which clothes do or do not go onto the shelves in Next's shops throughout the UK. Faye is very keen on fashion and shows originality in every movement she makes.
Ambitions: Faye has always wanted to be a professional photographer or own an afternoon tea shop on the beach of Newquay.
Musical Preferences: Indie/Alternative/Blues/Rock/60s/70s/The Beatles
Likes/Enjoys: Music Festivals/ Travelling in her campervan/ Taking photos/ Going out with friends and family/ Listening to music
Dislikes: Boring people & toilets at festivals
Idols: Blondie, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, Katy Perry
OR
Name: Harry Tibbles
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
Background: Harry studies Media, Psychology, Business Studies & ICT at AS level. Harry is a keen editor of pictures and enjoys listening to music. Harry buys music magazines (usually NME) on a weekly basis and has a passion for new and upcoming bands. Harry has chosen his subjects wisely so that he is able to go into advertisement as a full time job, as that is where his passion lies, along with music. If Harry forgets his iPod, you know something is wrong.
Ambitions: Become a professional advertiser; own a record label
Music Preferences: Dubstep, Indie, Alternative, Rock, Electronic, Charts, Up and coming bands
Likes/Enjoys: Going to the cinema; using his laptop; using photoshop to create different graphics and edit pictures; listening to music; looking for the latest music/trends; fashion; going to gigs/parties/festivals; being with friends.
Dislikes: Unreasonable people; slow computers; cheaters and Mondays
Idols: Magnetic man and Krissi Murrison
Here, I addressed my audience directly and asked them what they liked or did not like about the magazine. You can see that my target audience are attracted to my magazine as they all say they like it. I asked them for constructive criticisms, but as you can see, the majority of the comments are positive.
I have addressed my audience through the creation of my magazine as the bands I have used and the image I have used throughout the magazine. I can tell that these sort of things attract my target audience because the images and bands etc. are similar to that of NME, and NME has a similar target audience to Output. My magazine is appropriate to my audience through the conventions it uses. My magazine would attract more people if I raised people's awareness of it through marketing - I could use viral marketing through the internet or possibly cross media convergence through the use of television adverts. This would all attract my audience and make them more likely to buy the Output magazine.
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