Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I have chosen to compare Taylor Momsen and my artist Milly.
- Both teenagers are wearing dark clothes to represent the rock/indie genre. Both double page spreads have the same conventional colour schemes (black, white and red).
- Both teenagers denote similar personalities- a little wild and rebellious as this is shown through Taylor’s dark facial makeup and the expression on her face.
- Taylor Momsten’s lighting on her photo is much darker than Milly’s image as Momsten is much more shadowed whereas Milly is seen to be more the angelic figure as she is seen to have a lighter background to her photos. Momsen definitely denotes more of a wild chick with her wild and wavy blonde hair whereas Milly’s hair is more styled and the ponytail denotes more of an innocent look.
- This represents some social groups to be outgoing and flamboyant like Taylor’s personality but some to be more innocent like Milly. I feel that my target audience would be somewhere in the middle, as Taylor’s personality could seen to be too boisterous by some social groups.
- Dyer Star Theory- Concludes that celebrities are constructed, artificial images however I do feel that my magazine artist does have a unique selling point in the way that my is created and the way that my artist has a realistic flare as she has a style and a personality. However I do feel that Taylor Momsten’s image is constructed and partially fake to fit in with the indie/rock genre.
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