Task 4
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The document analyzes representations of artists in a magazine. It finds that the front cover artist is depicted as laidback and casual to present the story as lighthearted. The contents page shows the artist as serious and angry, aiming to attract a certain audience. Images on the double page spread are of angry artists, intended to suggest a serious story, and interesting pictures of Rihanna to relate to the title and engage readers. Fonts, colors, and clothing styles contribute to stereotypes that aim to appeal to the target audience.
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Task 4
- 2. FRONT COVER • The artist on the front cover is represented as being very laidback and shows the audience as being a casual celebrity. The pose that the artist is undertaking gives the impression that he is cool and enjoys what he does, the image would show the audience that the story about him in the magazine is just a casual story and not anything poor about him that he would be annoyed about. • The artist shown is in his 20s, this represents that the younger artists are more laidback and have an easy lifestyle. • The artist is black, this is stereotypical for the Hip Hop genre because most of the artists are coloured. This represents that he may have had a bad life as a child and that maybe his songs could have lyrics with meanings from his past.
- 3. FRONT COVER • The language used is stereotypical for the genre of the magazine, it also contributes to the social group of coloured people because usually they would use that sort of language. The clothing the artist is wearing also adds to the stereotypes of the artists ethnicity group because they are known to have a fashion that the audience would be attracted to. • The artist is a male which would mainly attract the audience of the female group because they would be more attracted to the male artists.
- 4. CONTENTS PAGE • The image of the artist on the contents page is represented as being serious and involved in the magazine more than the artist on the front page. The way the image has been taken makes the artist seem very angry and it seems like he is trying to connect with the audience more than just having the picture taken. • The artist has given the target audience the impression that he is annoyed and very serious, this makes it an effective image to the audience because the way he has been represented shows the audience that he wants to attract a certain social group.
- 5. CONTENTS PAGE • The artist is again coloured, this represents the genre as having the black ethnicity and that the magazines target audience may be more to that ethnicity. • The shot type used is a Big Close-Up (BCU) this could show that the magazine think the artist would create more of an effective image for the audience to see it as appealing. • The fonts used for the contents page would contribute to the stereotypes of the audience because the fonts use would be appealing towards the young target audiences eye they are trying to receive.
- 6. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD • The main image of the artists on the double page spread are shown as being angry and the body language they are giving off could convey that the story about them is quite serious. • The other images on the right side of the double page spread are showing interesting images of the celebrity ‘Rihanna’ which relates to the title Friends with benefits, these would appeal to the audience because the way they have represented the artist would make the reader look and read the article.
- 7. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD • The fonts and colours used contribute to the bad representations of the celebrities because they are big and bold, showing that the story is a big story that the audience would be more interested in because of how they have set it out. • The celebrities clothing is very stereotypical for the Hip Hop genre because it is street clothing and the genre is a street music so they fit together.• Hip Hop originates from African American therefore the same ethnic people have contributed to this genre as their culture.