Joshua Davey Media

Audience feedback

My first method of gaining audience feedback was to my designs on social networking site and gain first hand research from the target audience.

This is the feedback that I received:

Positive

Conventional masthead Conventional full and cluttered layout Contains conventional items for a magazine

cover (masthead, posters, large image( Instantly can tell the magazine genre Varied text sizes Colours fit rock genre and contrast Good use of mise-en-scene Includes price and issue number Main Image is conventional:

-stances show off pride and enjoyment-facial expressions show aggression and that they’re enjoying what they do

Small images show aggression and emotion

Negative

Image is too light, could be made darker to fit more into the genre

The background colour at the top behind the words ‘EXCLUSIVES! Etc..’ looks out of place and could be changed to make it look like it has a flow.

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Negative

Font is quite normal, which isn’t conventional to the rock genre

The section text that says win needs to be improved, it looks out of place

Positive

Keeps continuous house style Good use of colours

-contrast-conventional to rock genre

Image is conventional-Instrument in the shot-depressed facial expression

Full of content layout Use of a competition (appeals to audience) Use of social networking (appeals to audience) Heading font is conventional, fits house style

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Positive

Image is conventional Good use of mise-en-scene Good use of facial expressions and props ‘Ask box’ is a good idea to get information

across in a more interesting way Sticks to house style of magazine Uses conventional colours Uses conventional font for heading Uses sans serif font for body copy which is

conventional Includes page numbers and magazine name at

the bottom

Negative

Body copy text is too small Too plain and basic Layout is too ordered

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I also gained feedback through emailing it to people I know who are within the target audience.

Replies:

Reply 1

Front cover: The masthead is really conventional of the rock genre, and you can immediately tell what the magazine genre is. All of the fonts are really conventional and the language is really good too. The images are good, as they represent the artists by having the instruments and stuff in the magazine. Contents Page: The layout is really good, and there is a clear house style and it links to the front cover. The font used for the contents section could be more interesting as it is quite "normal". Double Page Spread: The DPS is good, but it is quite plain, and the font for the body copy is way too small, it’s difficult to read. Maybe also you could make it more cluttered as it is quite ordered.

Reply 2

Front cover: Conventional masthead and good cluttered layout. You can easily tell it’s from the rock genre, and the use of mise-en-scene is very good.

Contents page: Sticks to the magazines house style, good use of colours and good main image, the image is conventional of the genre as it includes an instrument that’s relating to the featured article and the genre, and also the facial expression is conventional.

Double page spread: This is good, but the layout isn’t conventional as it’s too ordered; improve it by making it more cluttered.