Front Cover Comparison

Target Audience Feedback

• To further ensure that my magazine hit the my target audiences preferences, when I felt that I completed my front cover, I asked 10 people from my target audience (14-25 year olds) what were there opinions, would they purchase it and if it contained desirable features.

• I received mixed feedback.

This is my front cover that was shown to the audience I surveyed. This is before I made changes that people recommended.

Mixed Feedback• I discovered that my target audience like the content used on the front cover but didn’t

approve of various colour schemes and texts used. There were a few anomalies during my survey discussion of what people like and didn’t like so the changes that I made were due to the factors that people said the most (The mode). Here is the feedback I received.

• Good feedback -“ I really like photograph and the cover lines included”- Arooj Aftab age 16-“The name is really good, it is not to fussy and is obviously relevant to what a music magazine should be about” – Rebecca Phillips age 17-“I can’t see a flaw to it, I think it would definitely be worth a buy” – Lily Drake age 14 • Improvements-“I don’t like the yellow at all, I think it clashes with everything on the page. I also think the spacing between text’s are to big”- Josh Illingworth age 17-“Some of the text very distractive and the placing of them is not very organised, I think it needs changing”- Firdowsi Rahman age 17-“I think you should go for a black and white scheme, it will made the magazine look more appealing and not to showy. I think if that was done it would look more professional” – Hamza Hassan age 14

Understanding what my Target Audience want.

• Overall the improvements I received from my target audience, helped me to understand what were their preferences and opinions of my magazine. This has enabled me to make changes to the front cover of my magazine and also helped me to realize mistakes within my work. These mistakes will be taken into account if I was to make this media product again. By carrying out this survey I have realized that getting to know what your audience wants is vital.

This is my new improved front cover of my magazine once it had undergone improvements which my target audience recommended.

Comparing my Front CoversBEFORE AFTER

• By looking at the two front covers carefully, in my opinion I think the new one the new one looks better. I think the changes that were recommended allowed my front cover to look more professional and organised. The text to image ratio is balanced, and nothing distracts one from the others, both the image and text are appropriate. From my old front cover, I think that by looking at it now the colour scheme clashed and this made the overall product look unprofessional. The new cover consist of a black, white and blue colour scheme which look professional and has an indie/retro vibe to it- This is what I initially wanted to achieve.

Feedback On My New Front Cover.• “I love the colour scheme, I think the blue blends in really

well”- Emily Faith age 25• “The text is really organised and I like how it’s organised to

one side. That makes it really easy to follow” – Feroz Hassan age 18

• “I would definitely buy it!”- Lily Drake age 17• “I like the contrast of the image it is not to dark or light, it is clear to see” – Amrit Sohal 18