How does your music magazine represent particular social groups?

In my music magazine, the images I used represent a typical, teenage band. As the genre I chose was R'n'B and 'pop' i wanted to give quite a unique and funky feel to the magazine. The image on the front cover is of a girl, new member of the band 'BEATZ!' and even from the close up head shot, there is a lot of information that the reader can infer from it. I used the image in a stereotypical way, and challenged it by the use of costume worn by the girl in the image and the angle and pose of the girl. The image is of the new member of the band, wearing a grey hood and a lot of gold jewelry which represents quite an urban look. In terms of costume, because i used a mixture of one male and three females in my band, i chose to have the band member wearing quite quirky clothes to represent youth and diversity. This was also because my music magazine is based on the genres of R'n'B and 'pop'. Another feature that the costume relates to is the target audience, as they are around this age as well. This will draw the reader in and attract them to looking at the magazine.

Whilst taking my pictures of the imaginary band members, I had to keep relating back to current music magazines such as the ones mentioned before, to make sure that the images i was using were appropriate for the style of the magazine. Each shot I took of the members, had to be carefully thought out and I tried to make sure that I used a wide range of different angle shots. By doing this, it would interest the reader as the front cover could look quite appealing and attractive.