Question 2
H o w do es you r media produc t re pres en t
p a rt ic ul a r so ci a l grou ps?

Target Audience
I decided on a target audience of pop music fans aged between 15 and 19
Perception of a pop fan:
Someone who has little or no knowledge of “real” music and follows what
is on trend
I went with a slightly nicer view of pop fans. I decided to aim it at the
people who aspire to be in that lifestyle. The sort of people who enjoy the
music and like the fashion, and lifestyle that goes with the music genre.

Typical Pop fan style -
Guy
The typical look for a male pop music fan would be high-
tops, jeans (normally black or dark coloured), plain tops
and hoodies and jackets. They will normally have items
such as sunglasses, rings and other jewellery on as well.
The stars of this type would be like The Jonas Brothers,
Justin Bieber and Mitchell Musso

Typical Pop fan style -
Girl
The typical look for a female pop music fan would be high-
tops and high heels, jeans (normally black or dark
coloured) and black tights, plain tops, dresses and hoodies
and jackets. They will normally have items such as
sunglasses, rings and other jewellery on as well. This is
very similar to the male style.
The stars of this type would be like Miley Cyrus, Leighton
Meester, Selena Gomez and Jessie J

Front Cover
As the front cover is the first thing you see
when looking at a magazine the cover images
was very important. I decided to go with an
edgier picture as i felt that it resembled pop
better then some of the other poses. The bold
purples and yellows work really well with the
conventions of pop. Bold colours that stand
out. Most music magazines go for the
traditional red black and white but i felt that
using different colours would enable to
audience to relate to the magazine better as
the nature of pop is to be edgy and different.

Contents
I used the bold colours from the cover
image on he contents page as they fit the
criteria of pop. The large header is edgy
and different to other magazines. The
image doesn't really fit that swell with
popular music images, it seems more like
an indie picture but pop changes rapidly so
it is difficult to tell what is and isn't right in
pop.

Double Page Spread
The double page spread is the main feature
of any magazine so i had to make sure that
it followed the conventions of pop. I think
that i have managed to create an
informative page that has pop style all over
it. The images are all bold images. They all
stand out from the white background. I
chose white as my background as i think
that it looks very professional. The titles
and questions are in the purple and yellow
theme. This continues the idea of
uniqueness form the cover and contents
page.

Overall
Overall i don't think that my product challenges the
dominant ideologies of pop music it follows them. The
people in the images fit the criteria for a pop star. Young,
happy good looking people. They are all dressed in the
style you would expect of a pop artist. I feel that i could
have done better on some of the locations and thought
more about the mis-en-scene to include the audience.