Final Evaluation

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Audience Feedback: Scanned Questionairre's

Here are two of the questionairre's that I have scanned in to show what answers I got from the audience feedback. Most of the answers give positive and negative views on my magazine and these answers could be used if the magazine was to be improved.

Audience Feedback: Evaluations

I asked the question what stops the magazine looking professional, here are the criticisms that the audience gave feedback on. The thing that was most commented on was that there was an empty space on the contents page that could be filled to stop the page looking bare, I could have used a caption or quote from an interview to give the reader an insight to the magazine before reading it I think that would have been most effective. Another thing that was commented was that the barcode looked a little out of place on the cover, I could have placed it somewhere a little more discreet so that it wouldn't be as noticeable on the page.

Here is the feedback from my evaluations. I asked a question what makes my pages look professional and as you can see from the chart most people thought that my photographs had the biggest effect on my pages which made them look very professional. Another thing that the audience commented on was the layout, I tried to make my pages have as much photographs in as possible. I wanted the audience to have something to look at and not just ready about, this would have an informal effect on the magazine which would be appropriate for the target audience.

Feedback 2.2.10

Charlotte, please try to get the findings of your audience testing on here. Also ask Racehl to scan a completed questionnaire to illustrate your research. Create some charts etc to illustrate your findings.

Mrs A

Completed Project: Feature Article

I like how my feature article has turned out, I think it is very effective to come across as bright and colourful which is appealing to the target audience. I decided to use a full page for a picture because people dont want to be reading loads and loads so I made the questions straight to the point and important. There are two text grabs which will drag the reader into wanting to know what the artist were talking about. I decided to take the photo on the article with the top of her head missing, this is to reflect that my magazine doesnt always follow the usual magazine conventions and adds originality and a sense of uniqueness to it. The title ''The Perfect Split'' is a play on words as the band was called imperfection and the fact that they have split up may prove to be a good thing. On the subheading i used the term ''rocked the nation'' to make it seem like the split had upset everyone in the country to make them sound like they are a great band who everyone loves. It is also appropriate because it is a music magazine and ''rocked'' is also musically appropriate. The photograph matches the colour scheme because I chose a yellow cardigan to clash with them to stand out on the page. Then the pink bag and dress with pink in to match the text grabs, this way the picture will not look odd on the page it all matches up together. I think to improve my magazine feature story I could have added another small question then it would fill out the entire page. I could also have added at the bottom a page number and maybe who the interview was done by. This would have added authenticity to the magazine making it look even more genuine.

Completed Project: Contents Page

This is my completed contents page of my magazine. I think it has turned out really well because there isnt just one artist on the photographs. I tried to show a variety of photographs to reflect that of the magazines genre. I chose to have ''Headlining Act'' as a heading to show what is the main story which was a band splitting up and the magazine had an exclusive interview with one of the members. This makes the reader think that they are only going to hear from this artist in my magazine because it is her first and only interview. I used another photograph of the female artist because i wanted the reader to see them in different ways, I like the photo because she has a guitar and looks natural with the music, I chose to make the photograph sepia because it doesnt look as bright on the magazine and then when the reader see's the feature article it will be like it is a completely different style of picture. I cut out one artist to make it seem like he was just standing on the page which stands out really well. I decided to add an editors letter and the photograph used on there shows the person in the picture playing on guitar hero which is more appropriate for an editor as they have fun and it doesnt look as serious. I think to improve my contents page i should have added something in the top right of the page where there is a space to fill the page out a bit more. Also when cutting out my male artist it doesnt look very well edited at the bottom with his feet so to try and fix this I put him at the bottom of the page because people are less likely to look at them then. I tried to make the pages sound interesting and un repetetive, I think that has worked and this way the reader will think that every article is different and they are getting lots of news and gossip from the artists.

Completed Project: Front Cover

This is my completed cover for my magazine. I like the colours that are used because they can represent the target audience which is female, so the pinks are appropriate to it. I also like the photo on the cover because I think it looks really professional, it is a close up shot because I wanted it to focus on her face so the it would stand out on the page and to the reader. The masthead can draw readers in because when they are in the magazine racks in shops the cover isnt always shown to I put something catchy at the top of the magazine to draw my target audience in. They would see it and think about the festival and it would make them read through the magazine to see how they could win. I used pink once on the cover to make it bold on the page, it is my main article and so the reader would instantly see that and read it, I decided to put a text grab there aswell to give them an insight to the article before reading it, it makes the reader intrigued to read on. I think my title is appropriate because it makes the reader think that the magazine is going to be about backstage at concerts and festivals and they would be getting information that no other magazine would have which adds originality to it and makes it unique to other music magazines out there. I think to make my magazine front cover more effective I could have maybe included a bit more information to it by arranging my photograph differently to add information around the sides without making it look too full. I could have also edited it so i cut her body out of the image and then placed it back on the same background to make her head come over the title this would make it look 3D and like the person on the cover is more important than seeing the name of the magazine.

Unedited Cover Photo

This is the photo that I am going to use in my feature article. I like how the colours stand out on the black and white floral background, I have captured the photo with the top of the head cut off to add an artistic effect on the photograph, this makes my magazine as though it doesnt always follow the usual conventions of a magazine and adds originality and a sense of individuality to the magazine.

This is the photo that I am going to use for my front cover. It is currently unedited and I am going to try and edit it as little as possible, I took the photograph in black and white because my colour scheme inside the magazine focuses around grey, blue and pink so this would blend in better with the page, it also makes the other photographs look like they have been taken in a completely different area to this one because of the colour tone. I like how she is wearing sunglasses because it makes her look like she doesnt care because she is inside and wearing them even though this isnt the normal thing that everyone does. This is showing that she is different from the everyone else.

Planning The Cover Shoot

On the cover I have chosen to base it around my feature story which will be about a band splitting up. I have decided that the photo on the cover is going to be one of the female artists from the band.

Clothes: Bright, vibrant coloured cardigan, not to much as it will be a close up shot.

Setting: Inside, with black and white flowerprint wallpapered wall.

Props: Sunglasses

Research And Planning: Magazine Sketches

This is the sketch of what I want my contents page to look like. I dont want the page to look empty and then it will give the impression that the magazine has lots of articles in it. I also want it to have some pictures on it then it wont be all text, the reader will have something to look at then instead of just reading it all.

This is the sketch of what i want my front cover to look like, I chose to do it on a band splitting up because people are more likely to want to know why the band have split up and therefore it is more likely to be bought. I have decided to change the layout of my front cover and have just one artist on the cover because I think that the reader will not be mislead into thinking that both of the singers are going to be in the magazine when just one of them will be. I chose a different name for magazine instead of unplugged, because i think that name makes it sound like the magazine is going to be based around acoustic music, so I have decided to go with the name ''backstage'' this makes the magazine sound like it is going to be about all the behind the scenes gossip with all the big artists. It makes the reader think that they are going to be hearing about topics in my magazine that other magazines might not have in their magazine.

Research And Planning: Fonts

I chose four fonts and then chose which one I wanted to use for my magazine. I decided that font one would look the best because it is a simple one and also looks like it is the best to be associated with a music magazine.

Research And Planning: Contents Page Analysis

Research And Planning: Feature Article Analysis

Research And Planning: Mood Board

I created a mood board of conventions that I would like to try and include in my magazine. I think that the conventions in the mood board are very effective to their genre of music, because my magazine is going to be a mixture of music.

Research And Planning: EMAP

EMAP is a media publishing company which was founded in 1947. EMAP is an abbreviation of East Midlands Allied Press. They have published many magazines and one particular music magazine that they were involved with was Smash Hits.

Feedback 6.12.09

Well done Charlotte. You need to get working on the planning quickly now or show you've been planning by posting your mood board, sketches, rough article and pictures on here. You should be starting production this week in lessons ideally.

Mrs A

Research And Planning: UK Top 10

Here is the current UK top 10, the kind of music that is in the top ten is mainly the music that I am going to be focusing on in my magazine, so the fact that they are in the top ten prove that this is a popular type of music

1. Jason Derulo - Watcha Say

2. Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway

3. Lady GaGa- Bad Romance

4. Rihanna - Russian Roulette

5. Kesha - Tik Tok

6. Susan Boyle - Wild Horses

7. Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love

8. X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone

9. JLS - Everybody In Love

10. Leona Lewis - Happy

Research And Planning: The Killers Image Analysation

Here is an image of a band ''The Killers.'' The are styled to look very casual in general day to day clothes (jeans and shirt)

The setting is on a park bench in a forest which makes them seem like normal people like everyone else. This creates a sense of informality to the picture.

Their body language and facial expressions are very relaxed and not thought about, it doesn't seem like it is a photo shoot but just  general photograph of an average group of friends which also supports the sense of informality in the image.

Research And Planning: Questionnaire Results

I asked this question to decide whether my idea of a mixture of music in the magazine would be a good idea or not, judging by the answers that i got back it supports my idea.

As you can see from the pie chart above, there isn't a distinct favourite genre of music, I think this supports my idea of doing a mixture of music in my magazine.

Research And Planning: Magazine Questionnaire

I created a magazine questionnaire to give out to people for them to fill in, I used the answers I got to adjust my magazine accordingly.

I asked questions like ''what would you expect to see on the cover of a music magazine?'' I can use the answers I got to create my front cover specifically to attract my target audience.

As my magazine is going to be a mixture of genre's, I asked the question "would you rather read a magazine on a specific genre or a mixture of all genre's of

music?" the majority of my questionnaire's came back with the answer of mixture of genre's which supports my magazine theme.

Overall, I think that the questionnaire was a good idea because it has helped me to decide what kind of features I will include in my magazine.