Evaluation Activity 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 

From left to right

• Alex Turner, lead singer of Arctic Monkeys;
• Oli Sykes, lead singer of Bring Me The Horizon;
•  Russell Brand, Television Comedian, Hollywood Actor and former Radio 2 Presenter;
•  Simon Neil, lead singer of Biffy Clyro).

Similarities between Sam Martin & Alex Turner

• "Shaggy", unkept hair. This feature could, perhaps shows the persona of the characters that are being written about and discussed within my mgazine and may show some form of rebellion and need to act out that comes across in each of the characters.
• Dress sense. Both males are shown to be dressed pretty casually in some form of a t shirt and denium jeans (this does however alter between each photograph that is viewed).
• Music genre. Both these men are shown to be in the indie genre of music, both of which have had "smash hit" songs which have been very well known for a great deal of time and are still well known to an array of different people.

Differences between Sam Martin & Alex Turner

• Success. Although some of there songs have achieved similar success, the Arctic Monkeys are still - by far - the most well known band out them and Iglu and Hartly. 
• Nationaility. Sam Martin is American; Alex Turner is British.

Similarities between Sam Martin & Oli Sykes

• Long hair. Again, perhaps showing that each o these characters is going through some sort of rebellion, perhaps an element that is displayed within there genre of music (explained below).
• Dress sense. Both males are shown to be dressed pretty casually in some form of a t shirt and denium jeans (this does however alter between each photograph that is viewed).

Differences between Sam Martin & Oli Sykes

• Musical genre. Sam Martin is shown to be in an indie-electro band; Oli Sykes is shown to be in a screamo band.
• Tattoos. Although not seen, Sam Martin has a tattoo of the band that he plays within, Oli Sykes, on the otherhand is covered in tattoos based on every different aspect of his life - both that of childhood and adulthood.
• Nationality. Sam Martin is American; Oli Sykes is British.

Similarities between Sam Martin & Russell Brand

• "Shaggy", unkept hair. This feature could, perhaps shows the persona of the characters that are being written about and discussed within my mgazine and may show some form of rebellion and need to act out that comes across in each of the characters.
• "Internationailty". Both Russell Brand and Sam Martin have both been discovered in the United Kingdom and in America.

Differences between Sam Martin & Russell Brand

• Nationality. Sam Martin is American; Russell Brand is British.
• Russell Brand is not shown to be a signer - he's a comedian-come-actor.
• Russell Brand is shown to be much more famous than Sam Martin - having appeared in several Hollywood movies and in an array of different circumstances.

Similarities between Sam Martin & Simon Neil

• "Shaggy", unkept hair. This feature could, perhaps shows the persona of the characters that are being written about and discussed within my mgazine and may show some form of rebellion and need to act out that comes across in each of the characters.

Similarities between Sam Martin & Simon Neil

• Nationality. Sam Martin is American; Simon Neil is Scottish.