Task 7 (Audience research task)

Task 7

Audience research task

 

I pitched my magazine proposal infront of my class and received feedback. The majority of my classmates approved of the target audience and the aims of the magazine. I'm glad that they did because they fit in, in terms of the target age group. Therefore, it was necessary that they approved of the genre and felt as that means tha it does have a place in the market.  They also liked the colour scheme and the layout as it resembles one of a professional magazine. On the downside I was told that I could've gave more possible mastheads as I was guilty of making my mind up beforehand on which one I'd be using, rather than letting my class vote/choose. However, it was clear that quite a bit was missing from my proposal, such as I didn’t include the price of the magazine. In conclusion my pitch was rather successful in that I received a good insight as to what is good about the concept of my magazine as well as things I should consider before producing the actual thing.

Task 4 (Audience feedback and evaluation (preliminary task)

Task 4

Audience feedback and evaluation (preliminary task)

 

What went well?

 

I presented my magazine in front of my class and as expected received pretty mixed reviews. Firstly I shall talk about what people liked about my student magazine. Quite a few people appreciated the simplicity of it. They said they liked how I didn't try to go over the top and try to cram so much in, unlike others, and rather I kept it neat and professional. Another thing which went down well in general was the title of my magazine which was 'The Weekly Student'. I believe that this sounds very much like a student magazine and according to the group feedback, my target market agree.

 

What do I need to improve on?

 

As I said my magazine received mixed reviews during the group feedback session which means there are also a few aspects which I can improve on. Firstly, the colour scheme didn't work as well as I initially thought, furthermore it isn't consistent throughout the magazine. Also the image on the front cover which I had to manipulate last minute didn't go down very well. Initially the picture was two students talking to each other and smiling on a bench in the college and it looked very much like a image you'd find in a student magazine. However, the picture had to be a mid shot and therefore I had to zoom in and crop out a lot of the original image which I agree didn't look very good.

 

Three key points for development when producing the main task (music magazine)

 

With a combination of my own opinions and the feedback received I shall state three points which I would like to better when making my music magazine. They are as follows;

·         A more eye catching colour scheme

·         Better journalism

·         More professional photographs

Question 5 (Audience research)

What do you make of the layout of the double page spread?

Question 4 (Audience research)

Does the photography suit the genre, if so/not why?

Question 3 (Audience research)

What aspect of my magazine could I improve on?

Question 2 (Audience research)

How does my magazine represent particular social groups, such as teenagers?

Question 1 (Audience research)

Who do you think are the target audience for my magazine, and why?