When doing my detailed research into forms and conventions I decided that I wanted my audience to be Mainstream, Explorers, Jicnar scale : C1/B. First of all I put my finished magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread on facebook to see what my target audience thought of the way it looked, here are some of the comments that I got:
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The photos are great - lots of impact, and great colour. I also really like the font you've chosen for the headers, and how you've used the space to draw the eye to the interviewee.
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I do love these two pages, work really well together, I love the simplicity of the white background and the size of the photos are really good for the layout of the page. The colours I like better with the white background in this one :) larvee it! Xx
- Its good, the layout is great and its not too daunting to look at which is good :) The different colours are useful for people like me who get lost easily.
- Love the layout i cant see wot i says on the computer but im guessing the questions are green and answers pink right? if so thats gud as its rather informal which is approiate for ur mag but also visually looks gud and bold. well done chick. the s[read doent look over crowed which can be easily done so one gain well done. love the enlarged quote aswell xxxx
I believe that from the comments I have received, that quite a lot of my audience like my pages, however I want to know what attracts them to the magazine and whether or not they would buy it. To find this out, it would have been ideal to have been able to record a few people to find out what they actually like about it and then put it on my blog, unfortunately because of the time limit I haven't been able to get around to doing this. Instead, I have created a new post on facebook and I have asked people if they could answer the following questions about my magazine :
1 - What do you like about it?
2 - Would you buy this magazine?
3 - What type of person do you think would read it?
4 - What could be improved on?
Here are my responses :
1) well i like the model ;) haha. nahh i like the colour scheme as it rly works well with the picture colours. i also like how the little pictures are in the circle shape as its different. the title across the cover works really well as well. :)
2) yeppp
3) i think this magazine is aimed at young people around the ages 16-20 years interested in different types of music.
4) i think the title could be bigger and stand out more at the top and the hollywood thingy could stretch across the whole pagee but apart from that its reeeli good :D
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1. Looks really professional. I like how the colours of the background ties in with the text. The reversed out coverline across the main sell really stands out and catches your attention to the main story.
2. Yes
3. I think this magazine is aimed at sophisticated young people who are interested in all genres of music.
4. Hmmmmm I think the title could do with a shadow or something to make it more prominent.
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1. I think it looks really professional, and like a real magazine. I like the colour scheme also, feels very warm and wintery.
2. Yep
3. I think its for people who like lots of different music
4. More detail about the types of music in the magazine.
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As I have successfully been able to get my target audience to reply and tell me what they think is good about my magazine I have found out that my colour scheme attracts my audience, as does the main sell and the strap lines included in my project. My doing this I was able to fully understand what my audience is attracted to about my magazine, in this case it was mainly the main sell and the layout and colour scheme. I also found out that all of the people I got responses from would buy my magazine, which means I have been able to create a magazine aimed at a target audience, where the target audience would want to buy the magazine. I also asked my audience what they thought would need improving, most of them agreed that the title could stand out more as this would attract them to the magazine more. By taking negatives along with the positives means I can always improve my work in all of my different future projects.
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