How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I think that the photos which I took represent the social group of Indie. One of these is the image which I took:

My photo which I have used on my contents page has similarities and differences to the photograph which I found in a proffessional magazine.


I think that my image represents the social group of indie through the mise-en-scene. Her clothes show that she does not follow trends and is independant. The use of black connotes that she is passionate and like rock/indie music. The dirty brick wall also represents indie as it shows that they are not perfect. Her pose conveys the message that she has attitude and is not nescarely smiley.

I think that this image is quite different to other images used in double page spread music magazines. This is mainly because of the location. However the location has meaning behind it as it is where the video for the artists video is set. It would appeal to the group of indie as it is somewhere where they would hang out.