Audience feedback questionnaire for the magazine

Below are the results of the questionnaire i give out to 10 people about my magazine displayed in pie charts.

Question one.
What does the title suggest to you?

The most popular result was as i hoped. A magazine name with simplicity and a fashionable edge. I feel that the simple subheadings on the front cover helped and the easy three letter name MFG gave the magazine a simple yet stylish edge. Moreover, due to their being a full stop between each meaning for each word of the magazine name ( MUSIC.FASHION.GOSSIP) it provided the reader with a simple memorable understanding of the magazine and its name. I am glad that the answer "fashionable" came up because i really wanted my magazine name to give off the theme of fashion.

Question two.
what genre/type of music does the magazine focus on and how do you know this?

I am pleased with this result as even though my magazine focuses on R&B and Pop it has an arrange of music in my magazine. The reason for this is due to some artists even though a different genre of music contain songs that have a modern or upbeat twist, remixes for instance can vary from very old folk songs to 80's pop ballads.

Question three.
What makes the pages look professional and what stops them from looking professional?

What makes them look professional-

The finish of my magazine was something i focused on deeply. I looked at inspiration for my magazines off fashion websites and other existing music magazines and i eventually mixed everything together in order to create a good layout. The photos i am particularly pleased about as all poses were original and modeled on pre-existing models and musicians that have done photo-shoots in magazines like FHM (the only difference is this was done with fashionable clothing that are currently 'in'.)

what stops it from looking professional-
When giving out the questionnaire the responses i got back were either blank or no idea. I asked people verbally and they said possible the high level of modeling however, i explained to them the idea behind the magazine and after looking at what the magazine stood for they retreated their comments.

Question four.
How genuine does the front cover seem?

I am extremely pleased with this result especially after redoing the front cover many times due to not being happy with the advertisement techniques or layout.

Question five.

Does the contents page simply inform or does it also manage to interest you in reading the rest of the magazine?

 this is another result i am pleased with as i looked at other magazines and after asking people about why they buy magazines they said because of the people inside. Therefore, i used big artists such as Katy Perry etc. 

Question six.

Does the article sound like a piece of journalism? 

I am moderately pleased with this result, the no was further expanded to say that it seemed too "complicated word wise" however the other people commented on the language used in the article and said it brought a professional edge to the magazine.

Question seven.

Does the articles layout make you want to read it? if not why not?

After looking at these results i am extremely pleased with my magazine. The no was once again by the same person therefore i will have to count it as an error as the other people who took part stated how it made the article seem more stylish. 

I am very pleased with all my results, i feel i have achieved the audience intention and I feel that if this were a magazine to be published this could have the possibility to succeed. 

THE MAGAZINE

Reflective Production Diary- finished article

Changes continued

New article layout-

The article is much more professional in its layout and structure. i have kept the black background because it has allowed the text and pictures to stand out and is a good color as it is neutral. it also contrasts with the white. I have overlapped the pictures which are posed in three entirely different ways and subheadings are used to allow the reader to familiarize themselves with the artist.


Old article layout-

The article has hugely improved from this. Some grammatical errors have been corrected from this and a centre fold has been placed within my article now. Although, i liked the layout i feel that it did not match with a music magazine convention. Moreover, if this was done as a proper magazine article, text and images would be missed out due to there being no gap within the two A4 pages. Furthermore, even though i liked to integrate the color purple in the article i feel that it brought the audience eye on the images more than the full article. Additionally, when the layout of the text is totally unconventional There is no heading to show that this is an article, the text starts to far up and the 'Q&A' part has big gaps throughout. 

Reflective Production Diary

Changes/Challenges

After the problem about the model i had to change my article, contents page and front cover and change the layout slightly. 

The front cover before and after(featuring me and the previous model)

The new front cover

The new front cover contains less information about the things featured within the magazine as i didn't want to flood the audience with articles and new artists. I added some of the things  seen below in a footer underneath the barcode and picture in order to provide the reader with extra information and mirror the top of the cover therefore creating a stylish mirroring affect and keeping the front cover tidy and organized in its layout.

The old front cover

The old front cover had to many subjects on its front cover and the description of the things on the front cover was too long. The dull font was not attractive and could not be seen from a great distance therefore in my new front cover the headings are purple and down to attract the audience to the subjects on the magazine. I also felt that the things made to sell the magazine to the audience, the "5 posters", did not fit with the magazine type and was placed very daftly due to it blocking out the models face.






Changes in the outfit
When editing my front cover i did more browsing about fashionable clothes and i noticed a change. After looking at more designer clothing and aims for the summer i have noticed that stripes are just a limited fashion time period and normal plain slim line suits are the new thing. Therefore, i used the black slimline designer suit i had with my white italian handmade shirt in order to display the elegance of the magazine and the fashion world.

Changes in the article design
The article with Ryan as the model had a totally different design to the one with me in. After spending many hours looking at the design layout and changing it due to not being sure whether it fits the criteria of the magazine i decided to change it and change the background of the model.

 The new article design- the new article design has no massive lines seperating each individual picture. However, does not go with the folding of the page therefore, i will need to re-do the layout

The old article design-
the plain white background did not do the magazine justice and dynamism and lacked style. I also felt that the model poses did not show the reader clearly the music of the magazine and the intention of the pictures.






                                                                               The contents          
The contents have gone along way from the basic structure. I have pictures illustratring the things in the magazine clearly and it a perfect selection has been used with photoshop editing creating a nice smooth and finished affect for the contents.                                                   

The contents page has hugely improved from the last one. It has pictures that draws the readers in and gains their attention due to there being photos of existing artists that are constantly in the charts, it also provided the magazine with simplicity which is what i want the MFG to have, simplicity with its hugely thought of design.

Reflective Production Diary

THE FRONT COVER- STAGES IT WENT THROUGH


Some of these magazine try-outs had the previous model's name on and are drafts.

The layout and coloring of the magazine changed throughout the process of creating my magazine. it went from being plain white with black font for the name of my magazine to something which had more of a structure to something that had a picture, barcode, artist name and articles found in the the magazine.


 PICTURES- THE FRONT COVER 

Throughout the many weeks i have been designing and creating my magazine MFG i have found it very difficult to take pictures suitable to to fit with my aim and the style i wanted it to be. I found that the model i used for the magazine cover and article was hindering the style of music it was supposed to be and did not give the incliniation of it being a fashion magazine. Therefore, i had to model myself due to knowing how to portray this model side of the magazine clearly and without question. I looked at existing pictures within magazines such as FHM and looked at how i could do it with style and elegance. Shown here is the new picture i have chosen along with 2 others i could have chose, along with the old picture of the model:



Old picture- The problem with this picture was that it was breaking the convention by not looking at the reader therefore causing the problem of maybe less sales and not looking like a music magazine.





New picture- This picture was chosen because of its quality and eye focus. It showed the reader what kind of magazine it is and capturing a professional mature look out into the woprld of music- illustrating to the audience that this is a magazine with style and class.



The reason why i did not choose this picture was because i wanted more of a side view of his head so the subheadings and topics on the magazine front cover would be clearly illustrated without any obstruction i also felt the lighting did not fully suit with the front cover as i wanted a slight shadow on the left side of the head and this is done in the middle showing that there is no mystery behind the music king "MCBRIDE". Therefore, not entising the reader to buy the magazine.

This picture was the same as the last except a medium closeup and i didnt feel that a medium close-up was suited to my front cover as i wanted a front cover with intensity and i feel that the close up of my peering out into the audience did that and this is to model-like not illustrating the music background behind it.