Evaluation: Question Two

How does you media product represent particular social groups?

Posture; In both pictures the models posture are quite similar. Both models are stood up right, but also look like their shoulders are slightly forward, with a bit of an arched back. The posture of the pictures helps show the R'N'B theme of the magazine, as in my research I found that male R'N'B models on magazine keep to serious cool poses.

Gesture; The gesture of the models are quite similar they both stand up right with attitude. The vibe magazine model has his arms crossed showing the serious look and attitude through his body language, my model on my magazine has his hands in his back pockets which helps show the moody, serious attitude models have on R'N'B magazines.

Shot type; Both of the photographs on both of the magazines are medium close up shots, they show the models head and body partly. Being able to see the arms of the model help show the personality of them, helping to portray the attitude they are putting across to the audience, helping show the genre of the magazine to the audience.

Lighting; The lighting of the pictures are natural lighting, with makes the pictures look bight and gives definition to the models faces, showing clearly to the audience their facial expressions.

Angle; The angle of the shots are single shots of one model and a front shot of the model, this shows the facial expressions, and the attitude they are putting across to the audience, helping to show the genre of the magazine as the models have serious expressions.

Costume; The costume on both models are simple, plan and dark colours. R'N'B models on magazine seem to be in simple clothes, so that the clothes don't take off the personality they are showing through the expressions they use while modelling. The plan and simple colours help show the genre of the magazine to my target audience. 

Expression; The expressions of the model of Vibe magazine has a serious confident look to him, so on my magazine I tried to get this look from my model, as if the models on R'N'B magazines are give across the serious confident look this expression on my model, it will help to show my genre of to my target audience because they will know what the R'N'B models look like on magazines they will know from my front cover of my magazine it will be an R'N'B magazine.

Hair; The hair of the model on vibe magazine is quite a lot different compared to the hair on my model. The hair on vibe magazines model is short and shows all of the face of the model, but the hair on my model is short but has a fringe which covers part of the models eye. I think that this shows a bit of difference between the magazine but not that different that my target audience wouldn't know the genre, the stance of the model, costume and shot type all help show that the magazine has a R'N'B genre.