Feedback from Target Market

Feedback from female aged 17:

I really like the front cover. The colours have been chosen well because I think these particular colours will appeal to older teenage girls which is what the target market for the magazine is. The blues and purples work really well together and the white background makes them stand out well. I like how the blue matches the artist’ top, it really helps to link the whole page together. The purple font for the name of the magazine is good because it emphasises the brand of the magazine and will attract customers when they see it in the shop- they will be able to realise the brand of the magazine immediately. The 3D effects used look good and make the page look like an actual magazine and provide a unique selling point for the magazines because of it ‘bubbly’ and rounded 3D style. This ‘bubbly’ style also reflects the pop genre of the music magazine well. The fonts on the front cover all work well together even though they are slightly different; they still have the same rounded style. The main cover line about the artist stands out from the other items on the page and yet the font matches the rest which is cleaver. I like how certain words such as ‘hottest’ and ‘loudest’ are highlighted in the purple colour used for the name of the magazine, again this links the whole page together and looks all from the same magazine. Overall I feel this magazine front cover is very successful however, to improve I would add another image but there isn’t much room and may look to crammed so I’m not sure if I would personally add another image.

The contents page is also very successful. The two most recent drafts are much better than the first two. The black border tones the whole page down in order not to look ‘too young’. I like how the sub- headings of each section is in the same blue colour used throughout the magazine which links all the pages together. The smaller numbers instead of large numbers used on the first couple of drafts look much more adult like and would appeal more to the target market. The note from the editor makes the contents page look professional and I love how a different font is used to make it look like handwriting/signature from the editor. The feature placed near the image has a good effect used to make it look 3D and links in with the colours used. I think this contents page is also a very successful page and links well with the rest of the pages.

I think the double page spread is a really good page of the magazine. I really like the font used for ‘Lloyd’ because it emphasises who the article is about and by having a different font for the rest of the title, it separates the 2 parts of the heading but the reader will still know it is the same title. The image of the artist in the dress is very cleverly used and the colour of the dress matches one of the main colours used in the magazine. All of the colours have been used on the double page spread in order to link it with the contents and front cover. I like how the questions are all written in the purple font because it breaks the text up and helps the reader to find where the questions are and choose which one they would like to read. The text is all broken up so it isn’t off- putting to read.