Audience feedback
Q1) How old are you?
I have done a graph to show how old the people are who took the questionnaire, I gave this to people aged between 16 to 25 as this is the age group I am targeting at. I have out 10 questionnaires and all the people who answered this were in my targeted age group range.
Q2) What is you gender?
I have analysed what gender the people was who took this questionnaire as they may have different opinions. I wanted more girls to do this questionnaire as ‘indie’ magazines are usually targeted at the male audience so I would like to know what the females think about my magazine and with my originality and by using unusual conventions of an indie magazine if it appeals to them more.
Q3) Does this magazine appeal to you and why.
This was done as an open question to let people express their own opinion on my magazine. This is the feedback I received:
- Yes, the choice of font is good
- Yes, the articles look interesting and so do the artists
- Yes, very attractive (male)
- Yes, its very eye catching
- Yes, fun images and good layout
- Yes, it looks interesting and eye catching
- Yes Interesting images and layout
- Yes, the cover lines and images
- Yes.
- Yes, its attractive
These are the results I had from my questionnaire, I have found out that my target audience thing that my magazine is attractive and both male and female agreed. This concludes me to think that it is attracting both male and female audiences, and this is what I was trying to achieve
Q4) What do you think need to be improved with this magazine?
This was also an open question so that the audience could freely express there opinion. This is the feed back I received:
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- N/A
- The text on the double page spread is not easily readable, the quote.
- More cover lines
- The image on the front cover (male)
- The puff doesn’t match the magazine
- For the front cover to be more like the double page spread and the contents.
- The continuity
These are my results. I found that 40% of people thought that there was nothing that they would improve with my magazine, concluding in they like the magazine and I have attracted my audience. Others have given very good critical advice on how to improve my magazine by adding more cover lines and changing the puff. They also mentioned the continuity throughout my magazine what I have tried to through my front cover and my double page spread by using the same colour red. I also tried to link it all together through my cover lines and I used the same artist for the contents page and the double page spread. The male pointed out that he would change the font cover image I though about this and I think this could be because it is a female band and he would probably prefer male dominance through out the magazine as this is conventional. I broke out the conventions to try to attract a bigger audience.
Q5) What do you like about my magazine?
This question is similar to question 3 although I am asking for a specific example of what they find appealing this is also an open question.
- The continuity
- The double page and the contents, there busy and stand out
- The continuity and the double page spread
- The fonts (male)
- The layout of everything
- Good continuity
- The colour scheme and the way it is set out
- The images and lay out
- The double page spread and the writing styles for the titles
- The pictures and font
I have found out that most people like the continuity of my magazine and the double page spread also seems popular. This has reassured me that my continuity has attracted my audience as it is contradicted in Q4. They also like the colour schemes and the layout of the magazine. I think this is because it is original and looks professional as it is well organised.
Q6) What genre do you think my magazine is?
This is the results from the question. The 50% of people knew that the genre was indie although 30% though it was pop and the other 20% thought it was rock. This shows me I could have done better to make sure that my genre was clear to everyone and that there is no confusion. I could have don’t this by featuring male artist and used indie bands on my cover lines. I think they may have though it was pop as I used all females and had a photo with the artist on a graffiti background what isn’t really associated with the ‘indie’ genre. I think some people may have through it was a rick magazine as one of the front cover artists had an electric guitar and this can be associated with rock bands.
Q7) How much would you be willing to pay for my magazine?
This is the result of question 7. It was a 50/50 split between paying £2.00 and £2.50. This shows that they do thing my magazine is good as the NME is currently charging £2.10 (http://www.nme.co.uk/) for their magazine as it is pretty clear that people would pay more than that for my magazine. My price is 2.40 so it is in-between the two price ranges that people chose. I think the price of mine is reasonable but I may have to charge less at first to complete with the NME
Conclusion
Over all I have found out that my target audience do like my magazine and find it attractive although there is some improvement that could be made. I could make it fit in with my genre a lot more and I could lower the price. I think the majority of my target audience like my magazine and would buy it at this price at a push. I think I have done what I have intended to do and it shows this in my results.
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