2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Sophie Lavis

The genre of my magazine is known as 'Uni-Core' a mixture of all the 'core' genres from scream core to death core, this allows for many bands who share the same sort of fan base to appear in one magazine. This subsequently means my magazine has a niche yet varied size audience. Through this I am saying that the 'social group' in which my magazine is intended to represent are the 'outcasts', the 'alternatives', the 'rejects' the teens who with only one look can tell you a thousand things; or as society likes to call them: The Scene kids, The Emo kids, The Goths and The Punks. 

To represent this audience I have chosen a colour scheme which shows both sides of the possible stereotypes of the genres within the Uni-core spectrum. The usage of jet black backgrounds on the contents page and double page spread in contrast with the acid yellow and blood red font colours for the cover lines and interviews shows the biting difference between the two and how it aggravates notions of difference and attentiveness within the magazine itself, complementing the stereotypes of the genres fan base.

The mixture of only using two strong colours against plain black and white allows for an un-sexist view on the magazine so it can represent both males and females of the social group.Another way in which my music magazine represents my 'social group' is through the image styles and the fonts. The style in which images have been taken are very simplistic, just a model and a white background. The models clothing consists of a black leather jacket and jeans with a black Iron Maiden band shirt, the model herself is wearing dark makeup with blood red lipstick. This shows the contrast of black on red as a. provocative b. though provoking and c. alternative.

The use of colours and styling of the clothing relates heavily to what fans will be wearing themselves and will subsequently be following along with the music side of the magazine as fashion is one of the most strongly used ways by the genres fan base to represent themselves as individuals. The fonts used are a mixture of vintage and aggressive design; they are used to represent the bands that are being talked about thus giving the reader an instant insight to what genres are incorporated by the Uni-core genre spectrum.