Audience Feedback

I asked Ella Robertson, aged 17 who is also a media student, what she thought of my magazine. This is what she said:

"To start of with i think that the main image being on top of the masthead is really great. It makes the artist really stand out, but it doesn't block to much that you can't read what the masthead is. Then the small cover line underneath I think draws you in quite a lot because you feel as if the magazine is going to be really good, and if it is good then the reader is happy that it is a weekly magazine. The cover lines all look great and I like the consistent style used on all of them. One of my favourite parts of the cover though is the name and all the text right underneath it. It is very obvious it is about the girl in the picture and also the main article in the magazine. This is obvious because it is right on top of the girl.

I think the contents page is very cool. The main picture is really good and eye catching, although you can't see the girls face it is still obvious it is the same girl that is on the front cover. I also like the circular picture of the other girl under the 'reviews' section, really stands out. I think that the black boxes with the white text as headings go really well on the page and make it look very professional. I also really like the face that the whole 'Emiline Blue' part under 'Interviews' is in the same fonts and colour as on the front cover, its keeping the same style as the front cover and adds to the professionalism.

The double page spread I think is simple yet effective. The pictures all look great, especially with the black and white effect and white boarders, again makes them look like professional pictures. I think the fact that the title and 'Unplugged Exclusive' all being the same fonts as on the front cover and contents page is very professional as it sticks to the same style throughout and once again links all the pages together. One of my favourite parts on the page is the bigger and blue 'E' in the same font as the title. This is what all professional magazines do but it is linking it to the title and therefore the contents page and front cover. Finally all the quotes being in blue, bold and italics font looks amazing on the black background. It stands out so much and makes it obvious where the quotes are. Looks very professional. Well Done!"

Final Product Evaluation

Initially I made my evaluation as a powerpoint presentation but I couldn't upload this file onto blogger so I saved each slide as a picture. This is them in order:

Audience Research

This is the audience research I did before starting making my final magazine:
 I asked James Bartlett, 16 years old what he would want from an acoustic magazine, these are the points he said:

- nice clean layout, neat and tidy throughtout
- easy to read
- contemporary photographs
- consistant style throughout the magazine
- clear target audience
- good price
- competition
- interesting articles

I then asked Ella Robertson, 17 years old what she would want:

- celebrity interviews
- top charts
- gossip
- cheap
- weekly
- lots of images
- competition