By Luke

Predeth

HOW DOES YOUR

MEDIA PRODUCT

REPRESENT

PARTICULAR SOCIAL

GROUPS?

In this power

point I shall

analyses my front

cover of my music

magazine “Wave”

and show how

this magazine

represents

particular social

groups mainly

through the genre

of my magazine

which is the Indie

music culture , I

shall explain how

using the

techniques I have

included attracts

the social groups

to the genre of my

magazine “Wave”

For the Name of my magazine I chose the word ‘Wave’ this

could be interpreted as new wave music, which might intrigue

the reader into finding out what music the magazine is. I used

a plain bold text for this in a solid black, in doing so I was able

to make sure that this can be read by all social groups

broadening who the magazine appeals too. The black

contrasts with natural black to make the heading stand out.

The bold text may attract the younger audience to the

magazine and the idea of new-wave music could be looked

into by fans of the indie music culture.

For the image on the front of my

magazine I used the picture of a girl

wearing a flowery dress, this young girl

symbolizes what type of group would

be drawn to this magazine, the fashion

in the picture has aspects of the indie

music culture and also the culture of

the youth, the piercing in her nose and

the spike in her ear shows a form of

style that is associated with the indie

culture and the youth, her dress

matches the natural surroundings of

the woods around her. Her lipstick

matches the colour scheme throughout

the magazine, this draws her lips out in

the image and creating this sense of

familiarity in the magazine. By using

the image of someone that is being

mentioned inside the magazine we are

telling the buyers and readers of the

magazine that if you a fan of this

person/band there is more about them

inside attracting the fans of that form of

music

The text throughout the cover of my magazine uses a colour scheme of red

and white, the red matches the lipstick of the girl I have used on the front

of the picture. I have used band names and the names of musicians on the

front, in doing so I am telling the reader what form and genre of music this

magazine is aimed towards. By putting multiple names on the front of the

magazine we open the magazine to the right sort of audience that would be

looking for the indie music genre, if they see a name of a band the like, they

know that there is more about that band inside which would sway them to

buying the magazine