2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The elements of the photos represent a normal young female student’s social group.  The facial expression of the model on the cover of the magazine, represents an average female student, she is smiling whilst looking into the camera. I addition to this, the image in the left bottom corner of the magazine, represents what an average student would be like doing her work, which is focusing and she has a serious face looking away from the camera. The model on the front cover and the contents page of the magazine is wearing school uniform, which also represents this young female student social group. The location of the front cover of the magazine is also an important factor in representing the social group, the background of the image in the main image on the front cover is the school building and the image of the student sitting down doing work in the bottom left hand corner was taken in the school library. However, the lighting used in the photos is different, the lighting used in the main image is a lot brighter than the smaller images used throughout the cover and the contents page of the magazine as it needs to stand out a lot more. The props used in the images, were folders, text books and pens, which all represent an average student, as these are what they would use in a normal school day. The colour used on the front cover of the magazine and the contents page; represent the colours of the school, which is blue, therefore to keep it consistent, I decided to use the school colours. There is nothing extreme about the models appearance; she just looks like a normal student.