Friday, March 25, 2011

Summary of results from questionnaire


Overall, this magazine appeals more to females rather than males, although a small proportion of men would still read it, which was my aim.

Audience feedback

Closed ended Questionnaire used to collect audience feedback:
1. Gender: 
    Male - 5
    Female - 5

2. Would you buy this magazine? 
    Yes - 6
    No - 4
(4 Males said no all females and 1 male said yes)

3. Do you like the colours used?
    Yes - 9
    No - 1

4. Do the pictures used match the genre and colour scheme?
    Yes - 10
    No - 0

5. Do the articles and feature article appeal to you?
    Yes - 8
    No - 2

Additional questionnaire (open ended questions):-
Q1) What does the title suggest to you?
A1) Love music
A2) Love music
A3) Love/flower music
A4)Love/flower music
A5)French music
A6)Music/France
A7)Love music
A8)Love
A9)Music and Tattoos
A10)French, Music & happy things

Q2) What genre/type of music does the magazine focus on and how do you know this?
A1) Indie, the model used and the cassette player suggests this
A2)Hippy/indie due to the model used on the front cover
A3)Hippy/indie - the flower suggests hippy and the clothing suggests indie
A4)Indie - the way the model is dressed/artists mentioned

A5)Pop due to how the artists look
A6)Electro - the artist on front dressed in indie way
A7)Indie/rock - the italics used
A8)alternative/indie -artists used
A9)Rock music - tattoo article
A10)Indie/old school music as it emphasises it in the text 

Q3) What makes the pages look professional and what stops them from looking professional? 
A1) Fonts and the way the pics are taken - professional
A2) Font and pictures - professional
A3) Font and pictures - professional
A4) Font and pictures used - professional
A5) Layout of contents page makes it look professional
A6) Alignment of font makes it look professional
A7) Layout, text, font, title although it has a spelling error - "Tatoos'
A8) Logo, layout and pictures - professional (may have used too many fonts)
A9) The photos make it look professional, the fonts make it look less professional
A10) the layout of the fonts and the way it is positioned and the photos make it look professional

Q4)How genuine does the front cover seem?
A1) Very
A2) Very
A3) Very
A4) Very
A5) Very
A6) Quite
A7) Seems genuine, could do with more text spacing
A8) Photo and logo makes it look very genuine
A9) Quite, needs more info
A10) It appears to be a music magazine

Q5) Does the contents page simply inform or does it also manage to interest you in reading the rest of the magazine?
A1) Want to read rest
A2) Looks very interesting and informative
A3) it interests me to read because of how info & pics are used 
A4) looks very interesting and makes people want to read it
A5) it makes you inquisitive and makes you want to read it
A6) Makes you want to read rest
A7) seems to be a lot going on and interesting
A8) could do with brief explanations 
A9) Set out in an interesting way, makes me want to read rest
A10) draws you into the rest of the magazine

Q6) Does the article sound like a piece of journalism? if no what bits don't sound right?
A1) Yes, I like Q&A's
A2) Yes
A3) Yes
A4) Appeals to the target audience
A5) Appeals to the audience and does seem like a piece of journalism
A6) It looks like a piece of journalism with the interview & quote
A7) Easy to read, interesting, a bit lengthy
A8) intro is good, the questions in the Q&A are very nice
A9) Sounds like a good article
A10) Yes

Q7) Does the articles layout make you want to read it? If not why not?
A1) Yes
A2) Yes because I like the whole look
A3) The bold writing informs me of what to expect, good
A4) The neutral colours draw attention to the article
A5) Yes as it is not very busy and it is easy to read
A6) Yes as it looks genuine
A7) The quotes intrigue yet lengthy text is discouraging for a magazine
A8) the quote with picture looks genuine and draws me in
A9) yes
A10) Yes as it looks interesting and is set out like a genuine magazine










Thursday, March 24, 2011

finished feature article


changes/challenges

Throughout the process of producing my magazine i have come across challenges which forced me to change my magazine slightly for example the contents page seemed bare so I added more information about the contents of the magazine such as the VIP Pass and question marks for decoration around the Top Secret artist revealed. I also changed the colour scheme as the old one did not match the pictures took for the magazine.