How does your product represent particular social groups?

So by my product being dark lighted and oozing individuality my audience will be proud to be seen in possession of it as the magazine is a statement of social status, it shows the rest of the world who you are and that your 'cool and popular' as you are the first to know what clubs to go to this week and know the latest clothes.

The language i have used is quite informal with the use of 'creepier' and the not politically correct 'garage royalty', in my contents page this informality is further used as words such as 'lowdown' and 'adopted' are used to set a relaxed tone as my target audience have very relaxed personalities and wont like reading a magazine that influences their life in an informal tone. The language used in my double page spread is not really representative of my social group which is a major flaw of my double page spread as i could of used street slang to have a further, more deeper connection with my audience however, the interviewer portrays herself as one of the target audience as she shares that she has attended one of the creeps live shows which will then cause the audience to respect her alot more as there is that connection there. Due to the interview being semi-structured the flow of the interview represents the free flow of the lives of my audience as their life goes with the wind wherever it will take them.

The clothes that my models wear represent the target social group of my magazine as the creep is dressed in street wear and in the background is a DJ set which the audience will be familiar with as they see it every weekend, the clothes of DJ Katy also represent my social group as she is dressed extremely individual, also by having a female artist as one of my main stories it represents the equal balance of gender in the particular social group.
The eye level shot angles of the images in my magazine are nearly all eye level to enhance the balance of power between artist and audience, it represents the vulnerability and mortality of the creep as his story backs up.

This particular social group has a very open view on sexuality and bisexuality tends to be popular within the group, this is represented through the image of DJ Katy as she is seen getting intimately photographed by another woman which creates the feeling of sexual tension between the audience and the artist.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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My other products such as the contents page and double page spread are very much more conventional than my front page as my contents page has boxes that add a layering affect that most contents pages have, pictures supported two of my stories which is a common practice for example;






My contents page also has subscription instructions, however usually magazines have inside forms that the reader has to fill out and post, but due to my audience being on the internet most of the time due to the easy access, the subscription is all online.
I also have challenged the convention of all the content under one heading, I have split my content into two subheadings that fulfill two different aspects of my audiences life, I realized my magazine has to be organised just as well as the audiences life as the music genre influences heavily on the life of my audience.
One convention i have followed is the carry through of the house colours, i realised that this was the professional thing to do instead of completely uprooting the conventions.




My double page spread contains many typical conventions such as the crediting of the journalist and photographer, text contained in collumbs to make navigation easy, directly addressed photo, representative colours of the artist, a pull quote, page numbers and a starting capital latter to show the reader where to start.
But i have challenged the conventions in ways such as replacing the typical masthead brand that appears on the page with one of my iconic masthead figures (the flamingo) which will build up association with the brand and increase the status of the figures. I also noticed that most double page spreads are quite plainly coloured to enhance the focus onto the story itself, this is something i challenged as my background colour is a faded, pale green which represents the creep subtly, i also changed the colour of the text background to signify a change in mood or topic which creates excitement and curiosity for the reader.
The title of the double page spread is not exciting ON PURPOSE as the audience are intrigued by the front cover anchorage text the title of the story inside still doesn't give much away which forces the audience to read the spread.