Market Research: Feedback from People

I interviewed several people (male and female), and this is the feedback that they gave me for my magazine. I asked them about all three of my creations, and got them to tell me what they liked and what they thought could be better.

Positive feedback :)

Front Cover

• The price is reasonable for a 70+ page magazine
• The photo fits in with genre of the magazine well
• It has a good tagline, which is original
• The editing of the door makes it eye-catching and goes with the genre of rock
• The costumes fit in well
• The font looks good
• The expressions of the models look good
• The picture is striking
• The masthead looks like it is being amplified
• They liked that the colours go well together
• The location of the bar code was different
• The snappy adverts make it straight to the point
• They liked the font because it is different and "loud"
• The main image- they look like they’re having fun
• The band name stands out

Contents Page

• It contains plenty of useful information
• The heading is eye-catching and the font is effective
• The parallel images look good as they are all together at the bottom.
• They liked that I carried on the house style.
• The readers' attention is drawn to main article
• They liked the three sections
• The pictures are relevant
• They liked alternative for "contents"
• They liked the masthead as it stands out
• The continuity of colours
• Good that it is split into sections
• They liked the images that I took
• They felt that the improvements I made in Microsoft Publisher were good, and that the final task looked better than in Photoshop

Double Page Spread

• The double page spread is the best of the three
• The slogan for the band is good, and the image looks eye-catching.
• The arrangement of pages is good
• They liked the effects on the images
• They liked the film strip/camera roll
• The striking images
• The spotlights draw attention to the main image
• The writing stands out against the background, so it can be read easily
• They liked the two black and white images which I placed in the filmstrip

What I could have improved :/

Front Cover

• The front cover could fit the genre more
• I could have done the writing so it was less distracting than the main image
• It needs more cover lines
• There could be different font for adverts to the one used for the title

Contents Page

• The text could be sectioned off from the rest, in boxes
• They also felt that there was something missing, but like me, weren't sure what it was
• They also thought that this was the weakest part of my three creations

Double Page Spread

• The continuation of image could be better
• I could of had something across the bottom to fill in the space
• The font could have a border, or be placed in a box

Through finding out this information I can see that overall people were pleased with what they would get for their money if it were a real magazine, and that not many alterations would need to be made to improve it. They also shared the same feelings as me when it came to the contents page, so that is what I would need to go back to and look at again if there was time.