Audience Feedback

To gain some audience feedback on my magazine, I decided to use facebook to get people to comment on what they liked and disliked about my magazine. I thought that this would be a good idea as I have a large age group on my facebook and therefore would get a different variety of ages views about the magazine. This would also allow me to see if I have gained the interest of my target audience by knowing what age people are that are commenting. Many of my friends who are on facebook are at the age of the target audience I have aimed my magazine at, therefore I would get to hear what they think about it.  Below I have written the comments that were posted about my magazine and the age that they are and gender:

15 year old male: "It's really good. I like the colour scheme. Orange is interesting as you don't really see it used in magazines, but it makes it difference. It looks like both females and males could buy it which is good. I like the image on the front cover."

17 year old female: "I like it. The double page spreads are done well. I like the big image of the two girls on them. I'd be interested in a pop rock magazine but i'm not sure how many guys would be interested in it. So maybe target it to a specific gender such as females rather than males maybe? Hope this helps!"

21 year old male: "I'd buy that if it was in the shops."

18 year old female: "Love the colours! Makes a change and i'm sure it would interest both guys and girls. You can tell its a pop rock magazine but it could also fit in with other genres. So maybe try and say what genre of music magazine it is more somehow. But I really like it. I like the article in the double page spread because it isnt boring. Quite funny actually, sounds real though."

16 year old male: "I like the fact you get a free poster."

27 year old female: "Looks great, and it's based on the music I like. I reckon I would buy it if it was in the shops. The front cover is awesome."

Overall I got a few views about my magazine from a different variety of age groups ranging from 15-27 which enabled me to see that some slightly older people than my target audience were interested in my magazine as well as the younger people I targetted my magazine at. This shows that my magazine is quite diverse and that a wider age group likes it. Therefore there is a larger target audience and need for my genre and type of magazine out there. The colour scheme seemed to work well as all ages liked it. They both males and females also said that they liked it which shows that my magazine would possibly be bought buy both males and females which allows me to have a bigger target audience. Some of the things that people said they would change would be to make the magazine look more specific for my chosen genre of music of 'pop rock'. This may mean that because pop rock can be shown in many forms, I should try to really influence the fact that my magazine is for pop rock rather than a possible variety of music genres.

Comparison to existing magazines

First magazine draft

First draft

Equipment

Equipment on Prezi

Contact Sheet

Contact Sheet

Sell lines, contents ideas and model release

Initial Ideas sketches

Chosen Image

Chosen Image on Prezi

This shows the images that I have taken, and have decided to use in my magazine. I have tried to select certain images for different parts of the magazine based on what I think would suit each part. I have also added some photos that I may not use incase I feel they would better suit part of the magazine instead of a photo I wish to use.

Draft Interview

Draft Interview

Rampage cover lines draft

rampage cover lines

Promotional Methods

Promotional Methods on Prezi

New media

New media

Colour Schemes

Colour Schemes

Name Designs

Above are some name designs that I have come up with. These have allowed me to start thinking about what I would like to be for the masthead of my magazine and what sort of colours I wish to include. I like these because they stand out but I think I want to achieve something more simple so that the magazine looks more professional.



Music Magazine Survey

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Target Audience

This is a generation of ideas for who I want my target audience to be. It outlines the main aspects of people I am aiming my magazine towards and why and how magazines are consumed by my target audience.

 



Target Audience on Prezi

Props and Costumes

Here is a powerpoint showing all of my chosen outfits for my models so that I can start to decide what one I want for my final photographs. I have also included styles of hair and makeup so that I know exactly what I would like on the day. I have also thought of some props that I would like to include.

Props and Costumes

Mood Board

Mood BoardThis is a moodboard which I created to show a combination of ideas and styles that I like. It shows some pop rock artists such as Avril Lavigne and Pink. In the top left hand corner is an image of a Revolver magazine which has an image that I really like on it of two females artists which is something I would like to re-create. I also have an image of my two models which I am using.

Name Ideas

Name ideas on Prezi : This prezi shows a few name ideas that I have come up with for my magazine. I think that it is good to note down ideas as you can change or improve them to get the one that I am most happy with. I found that starting with one idea then led me to another so I started to develop my name ideas. I managed to come up with a good few ideas that I chose for different reasons. Now all I have to do is look over what I have come up with and see what I would like to use for my magazine.

Proposal for my magazine

My proposal


Above is a quick video explaining my first main idea for my music magazine.

In more detail, I have decided to come up with a music magazine that is based on a pop rock genre. I want my stories and photographs to be based on two female models who are doing a callaboration together for a new song. Pop rock is more aimed towards females, but I would like my magazine to be for both males and females. I think for my double page spread an interview would be best. I would like the magazine to be based on one that would be published weekly as I think is would gain the best popularity within the real magazine industry.

Image Ideas

Generating Photo Ideas on Prezi:

It's important to generate ideas for photographs as it enables you to test out different styles or ways of creating the perfect picture for the front cover of the magazine. I think its a good way of being able to mess around with a variety and see what I like best. This will save time as well because I won't have to decided what I want to do on the day of the photoshoot. By the time of the shoot I will know exactly what I want to do and create with my images and therefore this will provide me with the best possible outcome for my photographs.