Evaluation, Question 2

2 - How does your music magazine represent particular social groups

The images above are taken from a Guitarist magazine (Shown above) and my music magazine (Shown on the right)  

Posture: The image on the left from the Guitarist magazine features a famous guitarist posed with his guitar held up, whilst looking at the camera in a serious way. He is stood up and looking professional. With my front cover magazine, I tried to recreate something similar to this style and posed used by some other rock music / guitar magazines by having my my main model posed upright, whilst playing his guitar rather than looking right into the camera. 

Clothing: The clothing used in the Guitarist magazine example includes a suit jacket and shirt with the top buttons undone with no tie. This is the signature style of the artist, Joe Bonamassa. It creates a professional yet casual look due to the scruffy look made by the unfinished suit. My artist in my photo is wearing a white Tshirt and jeans, which similarly creates a casual look for my artist. However, these two artists are not similarly dressed. 

Shot type / angle: Both photographs were both taken as mid shots, showing the artists upper half and cutting out just by the legs. The Guitarist example shows the artist looking directly into the camera, directly addressing the audience. However, I did not create this effect with my magazine as my artist is looking to the side, hiding half of his face. 
I feel that I was successful with my magazine when trying to represent a chosen social and age group, especially through the use of my colour scheme / house style. My magazine features a black, white, and silver colour scheme which I have created based off of a previous NME magazine I saw during the planning of my work. My colour scheme also creates a more serious look and feel for the magazine which I fell relates well to my chosen genre and age group of people over 18. The photo below on the left is my my magazine front cover, the photo on the right shows the NME magazine and colour scheme that I was inspired by. This shows that I have selected a similar colour scheme that has worked previously for a similar audience.