The video I inserted above is a montage of clips taken from when I interviewed some people asking them to give their honest opinions of my magazine cover design. The first person I decided to ask was my Mum. I know that she doesn't fit into my target audience and the reasons I asked her about my magazine poster was to see if it could also attract a female audience to widen the audience that my magazine appeals to. The second person I decided to ask was my Dad, he also doesn't fit into the target audience as he is not between the ages of 13-28. I wanted to ask him on his opinion to see whether my magazine could appeal to an older male audience. The third person I asked was Graham Trotter, a fellow classmate of mine. I asked him for his opinion as he fits into my target audience bracket and is also a media student therefore he would be able to identify certain techniques. And lastly I asked Mr Skipp, a teacher at my sixth form. I asked him for his opinion as he also fits into the target audience bracket, however is at the higher end of the age scale of 13-28, rather than asking another student.
What I have learnt from this audience feedback is that different age demographics want different things on a magazine cover. Both middle aged interviewees wanted to see more colours used (Sharon and Mr Skipp), my youngest interviewee wanted to reposition one of my conventions as it was interfering with the main image, therefore the image was the most important convention to him. And my oldest interviewee wanted to see less text used on the cover, as once again that was also interfering with the main image.
Another thing that I learnt from this audience feedback is that the main image seemed to be the most important convention to all of my interviewees as both Sharon and Mr Skipp suggested that more colour for the main image would increase the magazine covers overall appearance and both Graham and Glen suggested moving some other conventions so that you could see more of the main image, and that is how they would improve my cover.
The last thing I learnt from my audience feedback is that I created an overall good product. Every interviewee had something positive to say about either my main image, usage of texts, conventions and layout. I also learnt about my technical capability to create a realistic media product. Every interviewee was able to notice the skills used and commented on the editing and layout that I designed.
To come to conclusion, I am fully satisfied with the feedback I got back and my final magazine design and if I had to make any changes it would probably be the use of colour and create two covers, a black and white special edition and a full colour
version for others that would be attracted to a more colourful image.
What I have learnt from this audience feedback is that different age demographics want different things on a magazine cover. Both middle aged interviewees wanted to see more colours used (Sharon and Mr Skipp), my youngest interviewee wanted to reposition one of my conventions as it was interfering with the main image, therefore the image was the most important convention to him. And my oldest interviewee wanted to see less text used on the cover, as once again that was also interfering with the main image.
Another thing that I learnt from this audience feedback is that the main image seemed to be the most important convention to all of my interviewees as both Sharon and Mr Skipp suggested that more colour for the main image would increase the magazine covers overall appearance and both Graham and Glen suggested moving some other conventions so that you could see more of the main image, and that is how they would improve my cover.
The last thing I learnt from my audience feedback is that I created an overall good product. Every interviewee had something positive to say about either my main image, usage of texts, conventions and layout. I also learnt about my technical capability to create a realistic media product. Every interviewee was able to notice the skills used and commented on the editing and layout that I designed.
To come to conclusion, I am fully satisfied with the feedback I got back and my final magazine design and if I had to make any changes it would probably be the use of colour and create two covers, a black and white special edition and a full colour
version for others that would be attracted to a more colourful image.
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