Evaluation question two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Any particular social group?

• My media product represents a particular social group, as my magazine is typically related to those groups of people who listen to heavy music as my magazine is based around the genre metal. The types of people represented within my magazine wear a lot of dark clothing, such as black skinny jeans and bands t-shirts. This type of social group tends to be easily noticeable, as they have quite a strong, bald and possibly intimidating appearance although they do not wear bright colours, the harsh appearances is what makes them stand out.

This is an image of a typical group of metal fans, as you can see the majority of them are wearing black band shirts, have long hair and other dark clothing. These groups of teenagers stereotypically look rebellious and intimidating.

• Not only does my front cover represent a particular social group but so does my contents page, as the two other models I have used are both dressed in dark clothing, the female model I have used is dressed in a black corset, she has long dark brown hair which is suitable for this social group also I have made her do the horns sign which is common within the genre, this way the genre is quickly recognised. My last model I have dressed in a dark blazer, white shirt and black tie although this isn't commonly recognised in the genre and this particular social group, I thought I would add a twist to the genre, even though the model if not wear a band shirt and battle jacket, he does have very dark hair and I have made his eyes darker by using eye linger, which is sometimes worn by band members by doing this I have made my model look more bald and stand out which will draw in the attention of the audience as it won't be plain.

Brunette hair

Horns hand gesture

Black corset

Social group: males.• The males of this social group typically are known to have long hair which is either

brunette or even black, however there are some exceptions as some males prefer to be bald rather than having long hair, this also gives them a rough look to their appearance. Although this may be a stereotypical view of this type of social group, the majority of the people to tend to have long hair. As a result of this, my media product represents this group of males and females, who I have dressed in black clothing for an example on my front cover I have formed a band of four males, each male is wearing black skinny jeans and a dark shirt besides one male in the middle, however I have made him wear a battle jacket which is common for those in this social group. Each male on the front cover has long hair, which is associated with the metal genre, also they all have dark hair.

Example

My product