What different groups of people do you have in your genre?

The genre that me and my group are following to create our music video is 'Pop' and involves young women singing, dancing around dressed quite provoctively. The genre involves the girls in the music video looking sexy and seductive, although in the genre it does not only involve using women by male characters can also be used to represent the 'Pop' genre. In this genre when using male characters to respresent the genre by having the male characters looking quite attractive, clean looking and stylish.

What are the common stereotypes?

The common stereotypes of girl bands are girls dressed very stylish and trendy clothing and wearing a lot of make up. In the media today we see a lot of news and stories about girl bands doing bad things or getting in trouble. Girl bands such as 'Girls Aloud' and 'The Saturdays' have been seen to be quite troublesome but are conventionally very good dancers. All the female and male artists in this convention seemed to be very well groomed, always being up to date on the fashion and wearing a lot of designer clothing.However, in their photoshoots or in their music videos they can be airbrushed which gives a false perception of who they are and how they truely look.

Are they traditional or modern respresentations?

In the meida, it is a traditional representation in the media of females more so than males, because women were seen as 'House wifes'. This meant women having to stay at home, keep the house clean, cook and look after the husband as well as their house. However, over a long period of time the typical image of a women has changed, this is due to the moving of the times where women now dress showing a lot more flesh and look more provoctive rather than covered up.The Pop era was that ultimately in the 90's where bands such as 'The Spice Girls' and 'Steps' were created and made a huge hit and the image of women began to change. This was a turning point for the media as women where seen from a different perspecitve.