Initial questionnaire results (expanded)

My first question was about what gender you were and from my results I found out that more women answered my questionnaire which would mean the answers would be more to a feminine side than a male side and that I should aim my magazine at a female audience.

The next question was about age which concluded that most of the people I asked were aged 16 this would make the answers of my questionnaire be more teenage than adult. So to make my magazine successful then I should maybe target the magazine at people aged 16 and above.

My third question was about whether you buy music magazines. The results were that over half of the people I asked said no which would make some of my results inaccurate, which may contribute to the successfulness of my music magazine because if they answered questions about a music magazine and they haven’t brought one then it could be unfair and would make the magazine unsuccessful.

I then asked if they bought a music magazine then how much would they pay, from the results I found out that half of the people that buy music magazines they are willing to pay between £2 and £2.99. So to make my magazine successful I will price my magazine between £2 and £2.99.

I then found out from my questionnaire that the people that brought music magazines they buy them on a monthly basis. So this tells me that to make my magazine a success I would release it on a monthly basis.

From my initial questionnaire the people that I asked told me a range of different artists and bands that they listen to. This shows that by making an alternative magazine I can provide something for everyone so by doing this a range of different people would buy my magazine so it should be successful.

I asked people what colours they would like to see on a music magazine and the two most popular choices were red and black so when making up my colour schemes I made sure that they either had red or black in them or both of the colours together. By using colours that people like they will be attracted to my magazine and this will prompt them to buy it. This feedback will help me to produce a successful magazine.

The next question from my initial questionnaire was about the genre of music people most liked. The feedback I gained was that most people liked Rock, but I had a range of different responses so this has helped me when I produce my magazine so I can make it suitable for the right audience.

The feedback from my question about whether they wanted the magazine to be informal or formal, 75% of the people that I asked said they would like the magazine to be informal. This is going to help me when writing the article for my magazine because I will use some informal language so it is suitable for my target audience.

The final question that I asked was which way do you like to purchase music, either download or buy from a shop. 53% of people said they would rather download music so this tell me that I may include a free download to tempt them buy my magazine, which will also make the magazine successful.

Focus group questionnaire on my alternative music magazine

Which fonts do you like the most for an alternative music magazine general font e.g. cover lines and main article?

What do you think of the layout of my front cover? And what could I improve on?

 Prefer the barcode to be at the bottom of the page.

Too cluttered with cover lines with a larger mast head in a bolder font.

Organised with well-placed cover lines. Mast head stands out well and the pull quote is nice and large.

Looks a little bit messy

Its well organized but I would prefer the date/barcode at the bottom.

What do you think of the layout of my contents page and where could I improve?

Nothing wrong with the contents page.

It is good but the pictures could be larger.

The layout is good.

Well Organised, very good!

  

What do you think of the layout of my double page spread and where could I improve?

The picture should be placed on the left hand side instead of the right so then the writing would be on the right so people see who the article is about first.

Nothing is wrong with the layout of the double page spread.

Nothing could be improved.

Good layout and style.

These are the best choices for the colour scheme of my magazine which one do you prefer for an alternative music magazine?

RED, BLACK, WHITE

1 person liked this one

BLUE, BLACK, GREY

1 person liked this one

YELLOW, BLACK, RED

3 people liked this one.

YELLOW, WHITE, BLACK

The conclusions I have come to from the feedback I have received from my focus group are that the main font that I will use for my cover lines and article is a Berlin sans FB. I will also use impact for my mast head because it is a large font and is clear to see which stands out from the other fonts that will be used on the front cover. By asking the first question it has contributed to what style of fonts people like.

From the feedback I collected about my front cover the main change that I will make is the placing of the barcode and make the cover lines smaller so it doesn’t take up too much of the page. The rest of my feedback was good so I will keep the rest of the front cover the same.

When asking about the layout of my contents page I have decided that I will make my pictures slightly bigger because the rest of the focus group liked the layout of my magazine.

The main part of my feedback for my double page spread was that I needed to swap the pages around so the double page spread was first so the artists was recognized first.

I asked which of the four colour schemes people liked the most and from this most people liked the Yellow, Black, and Red. So I have decided that this is the colour scheme I will use as it is the most popular of the focus group.

Production plan

People included – Aston Lilyrose Hinson (photographer), Carrianne Hart (artist/singer).

Date – 14^th/15^th January 2012

Location – Back garden, park, bedroom.

Equipment – Camera.

Props – n\a

Costumes – skinny jeans, check shirt, converse shoes. Dress with either heels or red converse. Body con skirt with peach coloured top and blazer.

layouts

Colour schemes

From my colours scheme I will use my first one that consists of red, black and white because this is the colour scheme most suited to my genre of magazine, which is alternative. It is also the colours that the magazines that I analysed used.

Draft text for front cover, contents page and double page spread

Draft text for front cover

Slogan – Make music your life.

Puff – Top 10 stars of 2011

Cover line 1 – EXCLUSIVE  interview with The Dose – revealing every inch of what its like to be famous.

Cover line 2 –  INTRODUCING Alicia may – a brand new artist to the music scene.

Cover story – Maria Alex (name as main part then quote underneath)

Quote – “I’d love to duet with Jessie J”

Draft text for contents page

Message from the editor – This week’s main feature is from the best artist on the music scene Maria Alex. She an inspiring artist showing us that your dreams can come true, if you try hard enough. She is a great artist that is chatty, funny and least of all talented. We are always happy to give the newest artist on the music scene a chance to give them an insight to what they do. She answered your questions that you put to her and also facts about how to make it as an artist. What a brilliant singer, she gave us a sneak peak to her new album and one of the songs on it, watch it on our website you’ll be AMAZED. Also turn to pg.4 to read the amazing interview she gave us. Apart from that we have also collected your results from our poll on who you think are the top 10 artists in the charts at the moment turn to pg. 14 to find out more.

Features

3 Maria Alex – the interview of the year. She explains her life now its all changed.

12 The Dose – Revealing WHO THEY ARE now there famous.

45 Alicia May – The new girl on the scene reveals the change in her life.

59 Your top 10 stars of 2011 REVEALED.

Reviews

60 CD’s – Coldplay, Florence and the machine, James Morrison .....

62 Tracks – Warzone by The Wanted, Good feeling by Flo Rida and more

News

9 Katy Perry – Why I want to tour the world

17 T Pain – Why I’ve been off the scene for a little while.

22 The Script – It was worth the time and effort for our new album

34 Justin Bieber – Why I was the target of a scam.

41 Ciara – Why she turned to drugs.

52 Dappy - Diving in at the deep end for the wrong reasons

Draft text for my main article

Headline – Maria Alex

Standfirst – After the hype over Maria Alex’s brand new album, we get to discuss the highlights of her year and the answers everyone has been waiting for.

Article –She was first spotted by one of the biggest names in pop music, Gary Barlow, now she’s signed to his record label and making a name for herself. Here’s the insight every one has been waiting for. She’s only 17 but already a big name in the music business.

Question; so this year has been an amazing year for you, what has been your highlight?

Answer:  To be honest, everything. I haven’t had a day where I could say that’s the best moment so far. Every one always asks what your best moment been since becoming a well known singer and I dont really have an answer because everyone has made everyday special.

Question: Where and when did you first decide you wanted to be big?

Since I was 3 I always had the dream that I was gunna be a singer and my grandma always said to me that I would make it because I would sing to her and my granddad all the time. I secretly think that I got on their nerves because I never shut up.

Question: When did you first start singing in bars and clubs?

I used to sing karaoke on a Friday night in the local pub and then someone I knew asked if I would sing at their bar in Brighton and I was unsure at first but I agreed and then after that I used to sing all the time in different pubs and clubs in Brighton and the surrounding areas. It was one time when I was in a famous club called Shu, in London that Gary Barlow was in the V.I.P area and asked me to sing privately for them.

Question: When you started to write this album did it have any influence on you at all?

Yes it did. Only because when I started writing the lyrics it brought back memories from a short time ago and it made me realise how much I and my life had changed.

Questionnaire results

 As you can see from my research more females answered my questionnaire. This means that my questionnaire have more feminine answers than male answers.

 Mostly 16 year olds answered my questionnaire so my magazine will be aimed more towards 16 year olds. Two of the people that answered were 17 and one was 20.

 From the results over half the people didn’t buy music magazines, only one person answered that they did and four people answered sometimes or not really. From this it shows that my data may not be accurate for making my magazine because they dont read music magazines so wont know what is in them.

 From my results you can see that exactly half the people would pay between £2 and £2.99. This means that I should price my magazine at about £2.49.

 Most people that buy music magazine would buy them monthly so I would aim to issue a music magazine every month instead of weekly because people are less likely to buy them every week.

Most people chose different artists from all different music genre’s so this tells me that doing an alternative magazine should cater for most people’s music taste.

Most people would like to see red and black on the magazine. So i will make sure these are on the front cover but I will also chose another cover that will contrast  the black so it will be a white or pale colour.

From my responses I found out that most people liked Rock or R’n’B but because I had a mixture of results I may decide to do an alternative genre of magazine.

From these responses it shows that more people will want the magazine to informal so I will make the mode of address informal. 

From these it shows me that more people would rather download music so I may include free downloads in my magazine.