Draft Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

During the research and planning stage of my magazine, the audience research was a very vital process to make sure I represented a particular social group. This gave me a clear indication of the type of audience that would buy my magazine and have a huge impact on the type of genre my magazine would become, and the type of style my overall magazine would have. After I did research on Google Forms, I decided that my magazine genre should be hip- hop. I decided to include a male hip – hop artist on the front cover because there are not many female hip – hop artists because it is a predominantly male audience. Hip – hop is also a genre where female listeners would happily listen to a male hip – hop artist as much as a female artist. I was aiming at an audience between the ages of 18 – 35, even though my artist is 16 years old, I believe he will attract an older audience as much as a younger audience. 

I also believe with my filter, it adds a new look on Hip – hop magazine covers and looks like a hip hop artist through his facial expressions and clothing. I decided that my artist should show little emotion and look straight at the camera or slightly to the left or right depending on the position of the camera. I thought my artist should wear casual clothing to adopt the simple style of Hip – hop clothing that draws in a casual hip – hop audience. When taking my photos, I took into account the lighting, framing and stylisation and incorporated it into my work to make it look the best photos I could manage. I think I managed to reflect a good looking Hip – hop photo into my magazine which looks unique and original, but also keeping in line with the conventions of a stereotypical Hip – hop looking magazine to attract a similar audience who like casual and formal clothing, represented in the genre of Hip – hop.