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Questionnaire of my magazine

Questionnaire

In order to prduce the best magazine possible it is vital for me to gather opinions from my target audience. I have asked a series of questions so that I can analyse the answeres and opinions of my audience to adapt and improve aspects of my prototype magaqzine. The following questions i have asked are all based on the look and style of my prototype magazine.
1. Do you like the house style of the magazine?
Becca- yes
Avi- yes
Chelsea- yes
Laura- yes
Chloe- yes
Libby- yes

2. Do you like the magazine name?
Becca- yes, although vibe is already another magazine so i would think about maybe canging it, but still keep it similar.
Avi- yes
Chelsea- yes
Laura- yes
Chloe- yes, I would advise you to look up other names along the lines of 'vibe' to see the different options
Libby- yes

3. How can i improve the main image?
Becca- I like the image overall.

Avi- The image is good, but i would get a closer image of her face.
Chelsea- The picture interfeers with the writing on the front cover therefore i would edit the image so the background is more vibrant.

Laura- The image appears to look abit stretched, therfore when taking the photo for your actual magazine make sure you get a mid-shot to fill a font cover.

Chloe- The facial expression is good, however to create a more music vibe maybe include a musical instrument.

Libby- I like the image.

4. What else can I add to improve the proffesional look?
Becca- The writing around the edges needs to be more closer to really get the proffessional look of a magazine.
Avi- You should focus on the writing around the image so that it really stands out.

Chelsea- I would experiment with differeng colours and housestyles to ensure that you are positive you want the colour red, as red connotes quite a strong deep colour however if you are doing an indie magazine you might want the colours to be more soft connoting a more calm approach.

Laura- Try to have the title of the magazine behind the image.

Chloe- Overlap the texts in order to have a nice fit on the magazine.

Libby- Focus on getting a good image and then deciding where abouts the wirting will stand out.

5. What do you like most about it?
Becca-  I love how the image and the wirting really work together, you have maintained a good colour scheme and a good house style.

Avi- All the texts are similar fonts, so it makes it legible to read and the page isnt really full of wirting and images therefore it doesnt look too busy.

Chelsea- Good use of image.

Laura- The image is good, as you have chosen someone who is current and in the charts therfore your target audience who like that music are more willing to buy it.

Chloe- The colours are compatible and simplistic.

Libby- The overall look of the magazine portrays your chosen genre of 'indie- pop'.

Socio Economic Grouping

Socio-economic grouping is when an individual is  placed into a category based on either their status or job, however we can argue that this process is very undated as it focuses on the individual rather than their living conditions. For example, students are seen to be of the lowest class in the social econmic groups, however they could have very wealthy paresnts, resulting in the student also being wealthy.
When producing my final magazine this is crutial to focus on as I want my magazine to appeal to my target audience. Ultimatley i thought that my target audience would have fallen into the ABC1 catogary, however after doing some reasearch i no longer think this.

The category of A consists people in the Upper Middle class, for example it would include people of landed gentry, large business owners etc. Below that is the Middle Class which is band B, these people usually consist of professional working people or people who are high up in the army. Next two bands are the lower middle class which fall into bands C1 and C2. C1 being professional admin workers, C2 falling lower to skilled workers such as plumbers, carpenters, roofers, and the stereotypical 'white van man' etc. The last two bands are D and E. D is classed as 'working class' in which people work with no or little skill in their job (supermarket workers, cleaners etc.)The final band of people, E, contains people who aren't employed or students either at college, school or university

I personally feel that this is a very unfair method of categorising people. It overlooks any background information about the persons life, their circumstances and their personalities. This method is basically juding a person on their job role, Taking into consideration of the economic status of their being a recession- this is not a legible method. Overall i have come to a conclusion of not having a 'band' for my audiendce as i feel that someone music interest does not depend on weather they own their own business, or wheather they work in a supermarket.

Audience Pleasures

An Audience Pleasure is a range of techniques that a magazine will need to persuade their particular audience to buy and maintain that readership. It is vital when producing a music magazine that you consider key things that will persuade your audience to buy your magazine. Although we say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, subconsciously, everyone does it therefore the main thing to focus on is how the magazine looks overall. This will include things such as images, house style, colloquial language/semantics and the content. I have decided my magazine genre is 'Indie Pop', therefore my target audience is targeted at both, males and females who enjoy and are interested in Indie Pop music. To be able to satisfy my readers needs i will have to consider the direct mode of address.  

The language it uses- As my magazine is targeted to late teens to mid twenties it is vital to use the appropriate language and by that i mean less formal colloquial language. By using colloquial langue it will appeal to the relativity young audience and make the magazine easy to comprehend and relate too. Using personal pronouns such as 'us' 'you' 'we' is also important as it is inclusive and portrays a sense of belonging to the community of readers who share the similar taste of music.

Information it gives- Being a music magazine the content inside obviously is mainly going to be about music. I need to ensure that the information appeals to my audience therefore i could include things such as tour dates of preferred indie bands, interviews that entertain the audience with also providing appropriate sense of humor.

Ritual pleasure of consuming the familiar subscription- this enables all readers to have a belonging to a sense of community of readers who share the same interests/tastes as one another. It gives them the opportunity of self definition meaning that the magazine will influence their personality and ability to find who they are and what they are interested in. 

Second Draft of my double page spread

Draft of my Double Page Spread

 

This is a my first attempt of a double page spread. I chose an interview because when researching i found that this came up as most popular for a double page spread. My first cover was of the artist 'Lorde', i thought because she was relitivley new in the music industry my target audience would be interested in an 'exclusive interview' with her. I watched various amount of youtube viedos to help me construct the content of my interview. I chose topic specific langauge because i wanted the interview to portray a music magazine, all the questions i asked were musically related, from how she built herself up in the music industry to how she copes with beinng in the industry now.

 

I chose the colours black and red to follow from the front page to create a housestyle. The colours black and red contrast with the white background making it easy for the reader to read. The red writing conveys importance therefore is used for the questions. By seperating the questions from the answeres it allows the reader to establish what is what. Placed in the middle of the interview is an exadgerated quote ' this industry has tought me so much more than school' i chose this quote as most of my target market will either be in school or educaion environment. By differentiating the colour of the text and having it on a red background draws the readers eye to the middle of the page. This is likely to catch the readers eye immedietly and make them want to read the interview.

I wanted to have the title of my magazine on the double page spread to give its identity. For my second draft i have decided to change the double page spread layout so that i can involve more interview instead of having it on one page.



Draft of my magazine

 

This is a draft of my magazine, I wanted a rough outline of what i want my final magazine to look like. My chosen genre is 'indie pop' therfore i had to chose a suitable title name. I thought the title name 'vibe' was genre specific. In the proses of constructing my draft i realised there was an real magazine so i tried different ways of changing the title and decided to change the 'I' in vibe to a little italic 'i' as it emphises my chosen genre of 'indie'. I also want the title to appear behind the image as it look more proffessional. To do this i've figured i will have to cut out the picture and layer it over the image.

 

I chose the colour red after chosing this photo of lorde as it goes with her clothes. I then chose black and white font colours as they are easily readable to the audience. The sell lines on the left hand side are in red and white. The red writing telling the key informstion and the white giving more detail. The red and white contrast eachother making it easy to read and able to pick out the key information.

I've purposley put the name of the person on the magazine and an snippet of her interview in black to portray importance of her being on the front cover.

 

The image i have chosen is off google, however for my final magazine I will be taking the photos myself. I think i chose a good image for a front cover of a mazgine as it is a mid shot and she is looking straight at the camera signifying importance. As the image focuses of her face and her eyes are looking straight to the camera it draws the audience to the centre of the magazine.

 

When reasearching i found that the lines between the text is relitivley small therfore making the text closer together, however because i constructed my magazine of Microsoft Word i was unable to do this. When constructing my final magazine i will ensure that the text is closer together to ensure i get the proffessional look.

 

When constructing my final magazine i will have the subheading above the title about lorde on the front cover underneath the title however taking into consideration my housestyle there was no font that made if legible to read.