REPRESENTATION

My product involves the social group of teenage girls. In r’n’b magazines girls are often represented as unique. They are always quite fashionable but also relatable. The backgrounds are often plain because that way the artist or artists stands out. My front cover image of the model represents teenage girls as being fashionable and someone to look up to. Her clothes are quite plain colours but stand out against the plain background. These are stereotypical to the genre. She is also holding a guitar which is conventional for people in a music magazine to have an instrument. My representation of teen girls is pretty stereotypical of these types of magazine as she looks average but still quite unique.

In my images on my double page spread, teen girls are represented the same as they are on my front cover. I have put my model in different outfits to show each side of her, she is shown as being a normal girl in most of the shots. This would appeal to the target audience as the model is shown as being exactly like them but with a different lifestyle, this makes my model a role model for them.


When comparing photos to ones that are in magazines similar to mine they are fairly conventional as the cover of TOTP magazine also has photos shot on a plain background with a model that looks like an average girl on it. The target audience for TOTP magazine is slightly younger to mine so the model looks more younger whereas I have tried to make my model look older to appeal to an older audience.

I think my representation from photos of teenage girls is quite stereotypical compared to gossip and fashion magazines which are interests of my target audience.


Since my audience is that of 15-19 year old girls, the language I used was quite young. For example; ‘the ultimate gig guide’ This quote shows quite casual language the word ‘ultimate’ is stereotypically used by a younger generation and not with adults. Also all of the coverlines on the front cover were about female artists to appeal to that group. It also represents teenage groups as stereotypically being interested in female artists because of this.