How does my media product represent particular social groups?

On my magazine I have used plenty of ways to represent the social group of Indie genre.

To represent the indie social group I made sure that her facial expressions conveyed an Indie like attitude. So the image I was trying to create was for her to look laidback, smug yet calm giving that sense of a straight up Indie attitude. My target audience is 16-25 so the way the artist “Faith Whitlow” is dressed with the checked shirt and leather jacket which follows the Indie look which would appeal to the younger gender male as that is what they are attracted to. And for the older male audience the features on the magazine would appeal to them such as Kings of Leon and Red hot chilli peppers as there very famous bands and have been known for a while. Where as to appeal to the female gender I Included bands such as Mgmt and Bombay Bicycle Club which they would be attracted to as well.

The language I used in my production was slang and very informal as that connotes Indie because it is very laidback and is very ‘care-free’.

I featured these artists and bands which would attract Indie fans.

The colours I used on my magazine Maroon/red, black and white too attract the indie fans, as these are the colours that are quite popular with the indie scene.

The images used on my contents page strongly link with the indie fans, As it is full of inspiring indie bands and artist that have been around the indie scene for a long time and follow the indie genre for example Coldplay. The images from festivals are bold and colourful which is very eye catching. They also connect with the indie scene as fans that follow the indie status are laid back and like to have good time this includes watching the bands they enjoy to listen too Live.

The hands in the crowd represent the care free mood that the indie scene have.

My double page spread image shows Jacks body language looking careless and disinterested which represents a straight up indie attitude. With the brick coloured wall in the background it represents that the genre indie can take something simple and bland and turn it into something ‘different’ and unusual which the indie scene is known by.