Evaluation: Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social
groups?

To the left is an image of Florence Welch on the cover of Q Magazine and to the right is an image that I took of my model.

Florence Welch is a popular music artist (Florence and The Machine) who doesn't like to fit in and be like usual musical acts, she stands out from the crowd.
I feel that both of these acts have similar personalities, I wanted my cover artist to be an indipendant woman who does not like to follow rules and expectations by society. These are all characteristics that Florence also posesses.

I think that these images are similar are portray their personalities.
They are both looking straight towards the camera giving the audience a direct mode of address and showing their confidence.
Both images are close-ups, which make them the centre of the page and the audience cannot focus on anything else.
The cameras are also at slight low angles, making the artists look like they are important and more superior, giving them authority.
In both of the images the musician has their hands on their face, which gives the image a unique twist, showing that the artist themselves are strange and different.
Both of the images also have the artists with blue make-up or blue nails, which is a predominantly male colour, this conotes that the women do not follow rules and norms, they want to show that they do not need to wear stereotypically "girl" colours such as pink. They are in charge and are rebelious.