How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The photo of Lily Allen on the front cover of NME magazine is very similar to my cover photo of 'Scarlet', and represents the type of person that I would want to be buying my magazine.
Both of them are staring directly into the camera, and both have a slightly confused, fazed expression on their faces. They are both wearing heavy eye make up, which outlines and draws focus to their eyes. This make up makes them look quite vacant and pale, which I think is part of the appeal for my target market, and the reader will feel taken in by the bold eyes staring out from the page at them.
They are also wearing very similar clothes (checked shirt/checked coat) which I dressed Scarlet in to make her appeal to my target market of indie/alternative music fans, which is why I specifically chose quirky, different clothes to the norm.
Lily Allen's hair on the NME cover is fairly simple, just jet black and straight, and Scarlet's hair is also simple, short and cropped. Both have fringes that partially cover their eyes, and the hair is slightly messed up, to create the indie music look that will appeal to my readers. If she had long, curly, sleek hair, the effect of the photo on this front page would be very different, and would attract a completely different target market.
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