My magazine
represents alternative rock fans as it is an alternative rock magazine. While
my magazine is colourful and slightly rebellious looking it's not completely
off the rails and dangerous which is how most alternative rock fans and artists
are presented. While my magazine does represent a rock audience I believe that
because it's not too restricting and specific, it could also appeal to people
of other music genres.
The females in my magazine are represented as a strong group of people. This can first be seen by the stance of the model on the cover who has her hands rolled into fists while smiling and looking like she's having fun. While looking slightly violent the smiling tones it down making the model just seem playful and not aggressive. The fact that it was an ‘Attack of the girls issue’ also contributes to this strong vibe however as none of the models look threatening it doesn’t look like its encouraging violence.
My magazine represents young people in a positive light as all of my artists are young and friendly looking people. In my double page spread interview I made my artist (Enimsay) seem quite a chilled out person who was not out drinking or smoking or abusing any drugs. I did this as I not only wanted to make her seem like a role model but also because I wanted to create a positive light on young people who support and enjoy rock. I wanted to do this because there is an existing stereotype that people who enjoy rock are heavily into drugs and alcohol. By having my artist mention neither of these it in a way subverts the stereotype that rock artists commonly brag about boozing and being high to the point of near death. This in its self does not put a positive light over the situation just because I didn’t mention it, however it make my magazine represent young people in a more positive light than is common of a typical rock magazine.
The females in my magazine are represented as a strong group of people. This can first be seen by the stance of the model on the cover who has her hands rolled into fists while smiling and looking like she's having fun. While looking slightly violent the smiling tones it down making the model just seem playful and not aggressive. The fact that it was an ‘Attack of the girls issue’ also contributes to this strong vibe however as none of the models look threatening it doesn’t look like its encouraging violence.
My magazine represents young people in a positive light as all of my artists are young and friendly looking people. In my double page spread interview I made my artist (Enimsay) seem quite a chilled out person who was not out drinking or smoking or abusing any drugs. I did this as I not only wanted to make her seem like a role model but also because I wanted to create a positive light on young people who support and enjoy rock. I wanted to do this because there is an existing stereotype that people who enjoy rock are heavily into drugs and alcohol. By having my artist mention neither of these it in a way subverts the stereotype that rock artists commonly brag about boozing and being high to the point of near death. This in its self does not put a positive light over the situation just because I didn’t mention it, however it make my magazine represent young people in a more positive light than is common of a typical rock magazine.
As none of the
models in my magazine are white I am solely representing ethnically diverse artists
in the alternative rock genre. The way I have portrayed them is exactly the
same as I would if the models were white. They are all wearing casual black clothing
which has no link to their origins. I have represented all races who like
alternative rock as one group of people which is not impacted by colour or
background.
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