organisation: final draft survey responses

I have asked my audience if they think that the Q&A article on the double page spread is long enough. 14% said that it is not, therefore, i have to consider adding a bit more Q&A's to the article in order to satisfy all of my target audience.

All of my audience said that there are enough features on the contents page, therefore the contents page matches the amount of things the audience want to see in the magazine.

All of my target audience have said that the magazine matches the target audience of teenagers and young adults, which means that the magazine is suitable and can attract people of these age groups. This means that the magazine can sell and make profit.

This shows me that i may need to put more cover lines on the contents page, as 43%, nearly half, of my target audience has said that there aren't enough cover lines on the front cover. Furthermore, adding more cover lines can help me get rid of any negative space which makes the magazine look less professional.

All of my target audience have said that the front cover picture is effective. I think that the use of the guitar, darker clothing and make up helps to build up the rock theme of the magazine, making the picture contribute to the theme. The picture could be effective in showing the darker music of the band as well as creating cohesion in the magazine in terms of the magazine having a rock theme.

All of my target audience have said that they like the red and black colour scheme, and have said that it is suitable. This is good as is the target audience like the design on the magazine they are more likely to be interested in it and buy it. The red and black also contribute to the rock theme of the magazine as these colours are usually used on rock magazines (as shown in my similar product research).

All of my target audience have also said that the black and red colour scheme help to build up the rock theme of the magazine. This enables the audience to automatically see that the magazine has a rock theme.

organisation: Final Draft Survey

i am going to hand out this survey to my target audience of young adults and teenagers in order to see if the final draft of the magazine matches their expectations. This is important as the magazine needs to appeal to my target audience so that it can interest them, and then sell. It is important to know what my audience think of the magazine at this stage so i know what i need to improve in order for the magazine to be appealing to the target audience. If it does not appeal, it is less likely to interest them and less likely to sell. Along with the survey i am going to show my audience printed off pictures of the final draft so they can look at the magazine and assess it at the same time.

organisation: What i think needs to be improved about final draft

• the main cover line - i think i need to work on the main cover line a bit more to make it look suitable. I think right now it looks somehow effective, but for it to give the best effect of attracting the eyes of the audience on the magazine, i need to look around for more colours and font styles.
• Front cover picture - i think this needs to be made bigger so it appears as the biggest and boldest on the page, there is still a bit too much room between the cover star and the masthead
• selling line - i have added a selling line but i need to work on it's placement underneath the masthead so it fits the theme of the magazine, i also need to explore fonts for this
• contents page - there is still negative space in the contents page that i think needs filling with more features

Final draft

this is the final draft of my magazine.

drafting and planning: Asking audience about main cover line font

In order to decide on the font for my main cover line i have decided my audience, mainly teenagers, to choose the font which they think is the most appropriate. Most of my audience have chosen the second font which is a lot more bold and more eye catching. I feel that i should choose this fo9nt not only because its the boldest (if it is bold then it is more likely to be noticed amongst other magazines as well as be distinguished amongst other cover lines on the front cover) but also because it appeals to my target audience. It is important to me to consider my target audience as if i do then it means that the magazine is more likely to sell as it appeals to the target audience;it has features which they like and can relate to. These features can include the font of the cover line as if it is bold and standing out then it can relate to the bold attitudes that are often associated with teenagers. Therefore this is the font my target audience and I have chosen:

Drafting and planning: Cover line font

These are the two fonts which I think would be the most suitable for the main cover line. I have chosen the colour to be yellow as I want the main cover line to be eye catching and stand out against other features on the page. However, I have also made the ‘also inside’ font yellow to create cohesion, which means that the audience will look at the main cover line and also look at the ‘also inside’ feature, persuading them into buying the magazine. I think that both of these fonts are suitable as they are bold and readable, which is important as the reader needs to be able to notice the main cover line straight away.However, i think that font one is the most suitable and it is the boldest, meaning it will easily be visible from shop shelves. Furthermore, this font is also used in the double page spread which creates cohesion; this makes 'age of revolution' more recognisable within the magazine, making the reader automatically aware of the band.

Personal feedback response

My personal feedback was:

• Cover page picture is too small, it needs to be cropped so that it fills more space.
• too much space between the head of the artist and the masthead
• more content on the contents page to fill negative space
• add more content to the article

In response to my feedback i have changed the following in order to improve my magazine:

• As the cover picture was too small, i enlarged the cover page picture in order to fill more space. Now there is less space between the masthead and the head of the coverstar. Therefore, the cover page now looks more professional as i have applied something to my cover page that most professional magazine front covers have. Also, by having minimal space between the masthead and coverstar on the cover page, the coverstar can bring the readers attention to the masthead by having eye contact with the reader, which my coverstar does have.
• I have added a few more cover lines onto my contents page in order to make it look more realistic. I have also filled negative space with my own photography (picture from a concert i went to last year).
• I am also expanding the article by adding more questions and answers. This way i can provide the reader with more information as well as filling negative space which makes the double page spread look plain.