Preliminary task contents page

Here is my preliminary task contents page which again is no where near the standard of my finished magazine one. This is because my skills had developed rapidly since making the college magazine. The background is way too colourful and makes the text look unreadable. It is also quite boring, especially for a collge student, which means an audiecne are less likely to carry on reading the magazine. The text is all in one font which doesn't, for me, express any excitement.

Preliminary task front cover

Here is my preliminary task, my college magazine. The skills I had on photoshop and other IT programmes when I produced this were very basic and I needed help to make this front cover. I tried to make the cover lines on the front stand out from the background so I decided black would be the best colour, although this is a very broing colour for a magazine. Now I have developed my skills and have done a lot of practice and research I have learnt that the background wasn't good as it takes peoples attention away from the important information on the front cover. The text on the bottom right also doesn't show up very well so I made sure that when I made my final front cover I knew I had to make the text more appealing and noticeable. The image is also not very effective as there is too much colour on the person and too much detail. This takes people's attention away from the person and more on what they are wearing. The image in the cover lines also doesn't suit the front cover as again it has too much colour.

Audiemce Questionnaire and analysis

1. what colour should the magazine be?

red, white and black red, white and blue yellow, white and black blue, yellow and white

2. what is your favourite genre of music?

pop/chart indie alternative rock classical rap/r 'n' b metal other

3. How often do you listen to music?

a lot regularly sometimes rarely never

4. How much would you be willing to pay for a music magazine?

less than £1 less than £2 less than £3 less than £4 £4 or more

5. what sort of style cover would attract you to a music magazine?

Fashionable look with lots of colour dreary look with less colour Lots of images with less text Lots of text with less images Simplicity

6. What else would you like to see in the magazine?

quizzes competitons opinions from the readers freebies questions and answers horoscopes

7. Are you male or female?

Male Female

8. Do you like seeing advertising in magazines?

yes no

9. would the person on the front cover have an impact on you buying the magazine?

yes no

10. What way do you listen to music most often?

ipod radio tv internet other     Here is my survey that was completed by 10 people: 5 boys and 5 girls. I chose a balanced number of males and females as my magazine is aimed at both genders equally so I wanted to take in the feedback I recieved and apply it to my magazine.   60% of the people wanted to see a red, white and black magazine so I decided to make these colours an important colour on my front cover. As expected 70% of the people surveyed listened to pop/chart music. This supported the idea that my magazine is a mainstream magazine. 50% said that they listen to music regularly which means they probably would be interested in reading my magazine. Next, 60% of the people said they would pay less than £3 for a magazine which is what I based my magazine around (£2.00). I decided that because a sizeable portion of my readers will be students it would not be suitable to charge high as they wouldn't be able to afford it. 80% said they would like a fashionable look with lots of colour which is why I decided to add a lot of colour to my magazine, especially my background. The higest percentage for the naext question was 40% who wanted freebies to be included in the magazine and this is why I added free posters in it and this is advertised on the front cover. 60% of people said they didn't like to see advertisements in magazines, this is why I decided I would put as little adverts in as possible but enough to make a profit. 90% of people said the person on front of the magazine would impact whether they would buy the it ot not, for this reason I decided I would try and have a popular person on the front of the cover on each edition. Lastly, 40% of people said they listen to music the most on radio which was interesting as I thought ipod would be the most common. With this result in consideration I would probably advertise my magaizne on the radio as that is where most people wuld probably hear about it.

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