Evaluation Question 2

I believe my media product represents similar social groups, for instance NME. I will demonstrate this by comparing the image on the cover page of the NME magazine (left) compared to the image I used for my Final cover page (below) Firstly the posture of both the men is straight and facing directly at the audience, this is so the image directly addresses the audience. Next the gestures; Both of the males faces are emotionless perhaps the slight squint from the male on the left, however this provokes seriousness and as if they are trying to connect with the audience.
The angles of the shots are both similar they are both an eye-line shot, this makes the audience feel as if they are speaking and socializing with the two models. However the lighting of each image is different. For the image on the left they have used artificial light directly at the models face allowing him to stand out, whereas for
my image I used the natural lighting in the area to keep the picture dark and mysterious to portray my model.
The clothing of both the models are quite similar, they have used basic everyday clothing for the model for NME to try and make it look like he is laid back and not bothered about high end fashion. I have also placed my model in basic clothing however also used a very iconic piece of clothing within the indie genre; the 'parka' a piece of clothing known to be worn by mods and now widely referred to the indie genre.