Audience Feedback

It is important to ensure that I am targeting my audience correctly throughout this unit. I therefore decided to post a link to my blog up on my Facebook page, asking anyone between the ages of 17-20 to give me feedback. I posted this link with a small amount of text stating "I'm creating a music magazine for young people that are into Indie/Alternative and Drum and Bass music. If you don't mind taking a quick look and telling me what you think of my planning and research pages I'd really appreciate it! Thanks." Although I did not receive an awful lot of feedback it has made me feel more confident in my work, as most of the people that answered would be interested in reading my magazine.

"So far so good! The genre of music is unusual, I don't know any magazine that  features drum and bass so that's a good niche market you have thought of. One thing that could be better could maybe be the plan layouts of the three pages. They all look very busy and relatively messy. I think you should maybe plan them more carefully and think about where things would look best. Can't wait to see the final product." Georgie

"I love the name [Voltage] you've chosen it's really rock and roll! :) haha I looked at the different fonts you've thought about using and I like the Ancestory font best. It's quite light and feminine which could contrast well with the manly name of Voltage! The colour scheme would also look good with this too. I like the overall style you've started to create, it looks good and I like the vintage feel to it!" Becca

"The colours are unusual? Don't think they are too girly do you? I'd add in more dark colours if its for males too. Like the name though! The layouts you've planned could be better, I'd go over them a bit." Dom

"I disagree with Dom, the colours look sweet! Should look cool with a grey background like you've planned. Stick with it! You've got a good eye for stuff like this anyway :) I would definitely have another go at the layout for the double page spread. There is a lot going on there and you need to sort out what's going to look best where." Rob

"I'm not sure on the Voltage fonts, you should try and find something more retro that fits in with the vintage pastel colour scheme you've planned. I think that could work really well." Matt

Overall, I have learnt from my Audience Feedback that I should redraft the construction plans I have made for all 3 pages. As my target audience were not impressed by my first attempts at this as they thought they looked too messy. I think I could do a better job at planning my construction by redrafting these pages and organizing what I will feature on each page. For example, my contents page will look more effective if I redraft the plan by organizing what I topics I will include on the page and where they will go in order for the contents page to look more professional.