Thursday, 28 March 2013
Evaluation Q6
An important skill I have learnt throughout this project is the skill of social networking. Having an online presence is really important throughout the planning, production and feedback stages of creating my music magazine, as it is the quickest way to find out things such as what my target audience want, if my ideas work well and if there's anything that needs to be changed. Social networking sites like YouTube and Facebook can easily make things go viral, meaning it would be seen by a huge audience. I used the blogging site Tumblr to gain audience feedback as the people following my blog are the closest to my target audience of punk rock music listeners. If I was creating Download as an actual magazine I would definitely incorporate sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to spread the word of Download. This is an extremely useful tool as it's a way of distributing my product without spending any money on advertisements.
Evaluation Q4 & 5
I used Tumblr to find potential buyers of my magazine, by asking them to like or reblog my front cover. Within half an hour it had 12 notes, meaning 12 people had seen it and would buy it. Tumblr is a good site to use for audience feedback as it contains the audience I am aiming Download magazine at. By using the tagging feature, I tagged my magazine front cover with the bands featured on there, meaning people who follow the tags of certain bands would see my magazine.
I also received this feedback from a blogger and potential buyer:
Tumblr can be a very influential site, so when distributing my magazine I would look into using it in some way to get the word of Download out there, to address my target audience.
Evaluation Q1
Evaluation 1 from amberslatermedia
To test this, I took a photo of my front cover next to various other magazines:
I think it looks similar enough to be sold as a music magazine, but different enough to stand out and appeal to my audience. I think this is because of the use of bright colours and an eye catching photograph of the band, making people notice it and want to read it.
Download magazine
After listening to my audience feedback, I have made a few changes to my magazine pages. I changed the photo for my front cover and added another cover line.
I have also included a deconstruction of my magazine:
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Double page spread
Audience feedback for my double page spread;
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"Good title, I'd read it"
"I like it, the article is interesting and funny"
"I really like the colours in the photo, the band look really good"
"Good use of colour throughout the article"
"I like the colour scheme and layout, and I love the extra bit about each band member"
"The article is really fun to read and makes you want to read more"
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"The page looks a bit too white"
"The text is quite blocky and not divided up"
"You could add page numbers"
Friday, 22 March 2013
Contents page
Audience feedback for my contents page;
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"I like the colours and title you've used, and how all the bands are in bold"
"Good layout and I like the page numbers for the special features"
"It's well put together and enticing"
"Looks really professional"
"I like the position of the band in the photo"
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"You could add a downloading arrow to the title to fit with the title"
"Maybe include some more article titles"
"Include a few more pictures"
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Front cover
Here is my finished front cover. To ensure I have created the best possible media product, I asked a range of people their opinions on it;
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"Good appropriate colour scheme"
"I like the placement of titles and the fonts used for it"
"Looks interesting, makes me want to read it"
"I like how it includes the promise of free things in an eye catching way"
"I like how many bands you've mentioned, I would buy it just to read about my favourites"
"Looks professional, I like the way it's laid out"
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"It looks a bit empty, maybe add another article title?"
"The band look a bit too calm to be on the cover of a punk rock magazine"
"I love the picture but I don't think the colours or positions work with the punk rock theme"
After hearing my audience feedback, I have decided to take a new photo to use for the front cover as this one doesn't really reflect the style of punk rock. However, I still like the photo so I will use it for my contents page.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Photoshoot
The final selection of photos to choose from for my magazine (right click to view in another tab to see full sized picture)
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
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