questionnaire evaluation

What i learnt from my results were that the questionaire showed that a majority of people who were likely to buy or read my magazines were girl. out of 20 people a 12 girls answered my magazine, from that i found out that 10 of the 12 girl were willing to buy my magazine compared to  4 out of 8 boys. however, regarding the results i am still aiming my magazine towards both genders, nevertheless i will aim it more towards females because they are more likely to buy the magzine.

I also learnt that people would be willing to spend 50 -99p on the magazine, this is understandable because they dint have a lot of money. due to the cheap cost of the magazine i would have to advertise it clearly inoreder of customers to realise the cheap price compared to my competetion.

When i asked the question whether students should have a say on what goes on in the magazine, the general response is that they agreed. therefore in order to create customer satifaction i will be creating a box where students can put their ideas inside, so we can read it before the next issue of the magazine and include their ideas. students also agreed that the magazine should be a seasonal magazine meaning that i wil be creating 4 magazines in a year for the four different seasons.

The things that students mainly want in the magazines are fashion tips sports news and music, regarding that i am aiming the magazine at both genders i ted to make sure al the different genres relate to both geneders. due to the large demand of these genders i aim to make it a large focus point in the magazine, these may include large front page main coverlines or double spread issues. the things that students didnt want were game reviews. they also prefered to have the current issue of relaionships and family covered the most, this may be due to there own experiences. therefore in the magazine include an agony aunt page where people can ask about there problems, and use stories of situations o teenagers whether inside or outside the college.

When asked about the display of the magazine students seemed to go for the bold clours ith large images and fonts, this means the magazine will have to attract the students throught the bright colour ad the large images.therefore i asked them what type of people would they like to see in the magazine, and he general response was teenagers and celebrities, so i aim to mix and match, when using celebrities the purpose would have to relate to the issue and focus on teenage lifestyle. the colours that the results showed that students prefered were blue and pink, i think this may be due to the gender, so i aim to mix femine and masculine colours together to get the perect mix.

questionnaire results

questionnaire

Questionnaire                                                                                                                        please tick the boxes

I am a student studying a level media study, as a part of my coursework to create a college magazine; we are doing audience research and therefore I would be grateful if I can take one minute of your time to fill out my questionnaire.

1. What gender are you?

Male                        Female                     

2. How old are you?

16                           17                     18                       19                        

3. Would you read a college magazine?

Yes                                     no                           

4. How often would you buy a college magazine?

Weekly                   monthly                  seasonally               annually

5. If yes how much would you be willing to pay?

50p – 99p f                      £1 - £1.49                       £1.50 - £1.99                    £2.00 -£2.50                

6. Students should have a say on what goes in the magazine?

Strongly disagree                  disagree                  neither              agree                 strongly agree                         

7. What types of things would you like to see in the magazine?

Sport               culture            education             fashion             music                  films reviews               gaming

8. What things wouldn’t you be interested in seeing in the magazine?

Sport               culture            education             fashion             music                  films reviews               gaming

9. What current issues would you prefer to read about?

Relationships                 Employment                  social networking                family issues                   bullying

10. What type of people would you like to see on the front page of the magazine?

College students               inspirational people             celebrities               teachers                teenagers

11. How would you prefer the cover of the magazine?

Bright bold colours               minimalistic               black and white               large images               large font

12. What colours attract you? Multiple choices 

Blue       purple          yellow              Red               green                 orange            pink

Photographs for magazine

my drafts

textual analysis

Textual analysis
The denotation of the magazine shows a black woman posing with one hand on her head and the other on her neck. The woman seems to be smiling and wearing a brightly colored red, black and yellow stripy dress with a yellow scarf around her neck. The girl seems to look young as if she is a college student herself with clear glowing skin. Also on the poster I can see the masthead “JAYE” which is in a big bold font with yellowy orange color. All the letters seem to be capital letters and have a serif type of style. On top of the masthead is the selling line in a small white font, while opposite the selling line is the dateline. The cover lines seem to be in the same font and colors of the selling line and the masthead, with three cover lines on the left side and four cover lines on the right side.
The lighting on the cover of the magazine is high key lighting which gives the cover a commercial look, the high key lighting relates to many fashion magazines therefore the lighting is appropriate in terms of relating to the purpose. The high key lighting allows us to see the girls face and clothes clearly as she is advertising the clothes. The purpose of using the high key lighting makes the audience automatically notice an object or a person; in this case we automatically pay attention to the girl on the cover.  

The setting in the background is not clear people the magazine uses a narrow depth of field which means the focus is in he girl and the background is blurred out. However from the image I assume that the background is in a school college corridor, which would relate to the target audience who are college students.

The costume that the girl is wearing is juxtaposition because it is the opposite of what college students would wear (its too formal), which doesn’t relate to the setting. However, the magazine is a fashion magazine which means that they would be advertising clothes. Therefore the image is appropriate, which creates a direct focus on the girl because she stands out. Also the fact that she is wearing bright colours relates to her mood; in which the poster shows she looks happy, this creates a warm atmosphere.

The prop in the magazine is not clear however i would assume that the scarf is the prop because it doesn’t go with the costume.  The prop is meant to represent being comfortable within in the colour scheme of yellow. The fact that she is wearing a scarf inside gives the sense that magazine represents felling confident with your self no matter the occasion. The prop also show that it it is a fashion magazine because it looks like she is almost advertising it.

The non verbal communication of the girl on the poster shows that the girl looks happy, she seems to be looking straight into the camera, therefore knowing she is being photographed. Also her body position suggest that she is posing because the way her hands are positioned looks very commercial, theses poses are usually on fashion magazines, so it would suddenly inform  the audience of the type of magazine it is.

The magazine is an asymmetrical composition with the unequal number of cover lines on each side of the cover, this give a sense of imbalance; which could relate to a college students life. A college student life is usually unorganised and chaotic because they have so much going on so the poster relates to their life style.  However the colours in the magazines are all quiet similar which relates to being organised. The colours that the magazine has used are all quiet warm colours like yellow which represent maturity, sophistication and comfort. The magazine is about teaching college to fell grown up so the colours represent that.

The masthead uses a serif font which relates to sophistication, the font is large and bold to catch the attention of the audience. It is important that the font is large because the masthead is the same colour of the cover lines therefore the large font allows it to be more recognisable. The fact that it is all in capital letters represent that fact that the magazine is about growing up, if it was in small case letters it would communicate less about growing up and look childish.

The main cover line is also in a large font which would grab peoples attention, the cover line relates to it target audience who are mainly woman by using the stereotype of women being materialistic, nevertheless this is acceptable because the magazine is based on fashion. Also the cover lines are different from the masthead because they use san serif fonts instead which make the magazine more youthful. It also relates to a modern society of gives that not only go to college to learn but to show of their clothes. The san serif font also gives the message that you should enjoy your self and relax, (with the calm warm colours).

Overall the magazine gives the impression that it’s a fashion magazine teaching college students to grow up but to also to enjoy themselves. We get this from the warm colours that they use and the type of fonts that they use. We also understand that the magazine is for women college student by the cover lines and the main image on the cover. The fact that there is no barcode suggests that the magazine isn’t sold in the shops but may be given out. Also the date shows that they have monthly editions which may be given out in the college. Also the selling line suggest that it is a different college magazine that is going to inform you about things that college students enjoy "Because college is more than the classroom".