1. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
 My music magazine can represent a particular social groups to magazines such as Billboard. The
reason to why I thick it could be Billboard is because the content is fairly similar. Looking at the cover
of Billboard magazine witch has Taylor Swift on the cover it is slightly similar to the one of Billboard
magazine. Both pictures are a mid close up shoot showing, focusing on the face expression of the
model. The body of the models in positioned toward the camera this shows that is addressing towards
the audience. The pictures are different as looking at the Billboard picture of Taylor Swift it looks more
professional, casual and simple, whereas my image features the model looking happy and chilled. As
I have mentioned the pictures are both a mid close up shot, with little difference. The only difference
is that my image is a little take from a much closer angle then the Billboard’s one , also Taylor Swift
body is positioned differently compared to my model.
 The biggest difference that I have is the lighting that I have chosen to use. Both pictures are located
inside, probably a photography studio. The second image (Billboard magazine cover) seems to have
more light on the person’s face- we can see that the model is standing on one side; this could
suggest that that the photo is intended to attract the audience because the main focus is on the face.
However the lighting that I have used in my photo, we can see it mainly on the left side of the picture
as is more pre-eminent.
 The main difference that can be spotted is the hair style. My model has a very casual day-to-day look,
while the other (Taylor Swift) has a more elegant and glamorous look, this may mean that the
magazine may want to promote Taylor Swift not only as the singer but also as young beautiful
women.
 The costumes used also differ quite a lot, as for my model I decided to go for a simple white shirt with
a necklace in order to reach out my target audience through simplicity and to the different social
groups. Considering that even though both models are dressed rather different, both magazines kind
of reach to social groups as the type of clothing is very minimal (Billboard magazine) and in magazine
are very simple. Therefore I think hat social representation is showed at its best.