How does your media product represent particular social groups?

(Re-submission)

On my survey monkey results, most of the most popular bands were all male. I used this and chose male models for my main story. These are the bands I asked about:

Three Days Grace (top left), Mayday Parade (top right), Halestorm (bottom left), Muse (middle right) and Green Day (bottom left).

These are images of existing bands in the rock/metal genre, which is the genre my magazine is set for. In all images, they are in dark clothes and are quite messy looking. Dark clothes, messy hair and dark make-up are all iconography of the rock genre and often people recognize the bands by their looks. They all pose in a very serious way, none smile as it is seen as a very serious genre. 

Clothing 

Their clothes are sometimes very plain and dark, this helps the audience just focus on the music instead of the outfit. But, sometimes they also wear other band shirts to promote other artists. This helps show connections with other artists and makes audiences wonder about collaborations in songs. Print is often plain or just a simple design logo often paired with black skinning jeans and a black hoodie or jacket. 

Therefore, I dressed a model in a dark outfit to fit the iconography. I dressed my other model in lighter colours but it was all plain and he also had a dark purple beanie to contrast the colours.

Unfortunately, I was unable to include the brand 'Converse' in my outfits as you couldn't see my models shoes in any of photos.  

Facial Expressions

I used some of the band members as inspiration for the facial expressions in my images. The genre is known as serious and edgy so I had to make some of my facial expressions very serious and make my models keep a straight face. But, the rock genre is also known for having a fun element so I made some of the facial expressions more fun and edgy. It was a good mix when both types were used in the same image, it shows both sides of the genre and makes the image a lot more interesting to look at. The fun faces also link to the genre as they match the genre by making the model look stereo typically 'hardcore'.

The teeth showing facial expression is also commonly seen in music videos for my genre, so using it as a still might intrigue the audiences for a music video from the band. It is also aggressive and aggression, anger and pain are all commonly linked the rock genre.