How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
My media doesn't really highlight
representations of particular social groups, rather a type of lifestyle or
state of mind. As you can see, clothing is not a factor I wanted to emphasise
in any of my pages, instead the main focus was the thoughts of the artist -
people are supposed to interpret them through their lyrics rather than their
physical appearance.
In what I have produced, there are
connotations of drug use and emotional instability, this is communicated
through the writing on the front page.
These topics are addressed consistently but represented in different ways, be
it through colour variations or symbolism through the appearance of text or the
ways the images are edited. The three images above the main image in the front
cover was an attempt at symbolically representing the three parts of the human
personality, the id, ego and superego to communicate indecisiveness and self
conflict.
The magazine bluntly communicates
negative thoughts or feelings people compress to appear more civil in society,
this is done frequently the music. It is an attempt to represent the repressed,
often neglected side that many people have that makes them question their
morality.
As far as actual people, the magazine is a reflection of the way artists from the genre represent themselves through their lyrics. The average PBrNB artist is a young adult from around early to mid twenties, as the artists are so honest, they are viewed as heartless narcissistic animals who only care about sex, delusional and emotionally scarred. This is not the way I attempt to represent these artists but I am going to stay true to their personality - so they may be viewed like this by certain, more civilised and mature groups of people. There are often references to the nightlife and drug use so, you'd imagine that the people represented by the genre often attend house parties and clubs in attempts to temporarily engage with whoever they a sexually attracted to.
As far as actual people, the magazine is a reflection of the way artists from the genre represent themselves through their lyrics. The average PBrNB artist is a young adult from around early to mid twenties, as the artists are so honest, they are viewed as heartless narcissistic animals who only care about sex, delusional and emotionally scarred. This is not the way I attempt to represent these artists but I am going to stay true to their personality - so they may be viewed like this by certain, more civilised and mature groups of people. There are often references to the nightlife and drug use so, you'd imagine that the people represented by the genre often attend house parties and clubs in attempts to temporarily engage with whoever they a sexually attracted to.
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