1. Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?
The target audience for my music magazine would be 16 above, my magazine
appealed to the desired target audiences as I asked some peers to comment upon
certain aspects of my magazine. It has proven rather successful with my peers who
are the target audience, which suggest that if I was to publish this magazine it may
do well. However, some comments may be biased as they’re my peers, and
probably wouldn’t want to offend me, but I believe they gave their true thoughts and
feelings suggesting improvements.
I set up a closed group of Facebook, uploaded all 3 JPEG formats and invited some
members of the class and some other students who don’t study the course to get
their uninvolved opinions of my work. I invited 12 people, all of the age of my target
audience, 5 people from my class, 1 former college student who studied media at AS
and A2 level and has continues to study media at University, then 6 people who
don’t do the subject just to get their personal opinion and honest thoughts on my
magazine. I didn’t ask the participants direct and structured questions, I just asked
them to comment upon what they liked about the pages and suggest minor
improvements which I then amended when I got the chance.
I posted all my pages and some participants commented on my front cover, but
weren’t just solely commenting on my front page, making minor comments on my
other pages. Some participants commented on each individual picture to give their
opinion on that picture. These are the comments from my front cover:
Most people tended to like the colour
scheme which was consistent
throughout which meant it gave the
magazine a professional feel to it
which may be shocked and surprised
at how it turned out. A few people
commented on how the background
highlights the bright colours used
which I was wary about because I
didn’t think that they’d compliment
each other. People also commented
of the pictures and how they look
professional due to the editing and
the quality. Another participant who
has studied Media at AS and A2 level
and has continued to study it at
University thinks that the only
improvement for my front cover is to
use fonts that aren’t already installed
in the computer, to use unusual
fonts.

2. Comments from the contents page:
Again, the participants enjoy
the consistent colour scheme
throughout all of my pages.
Also one participant picked up
the fact that the two images
used were from two different
shoots. She also suggested
some improvements such as
moving a few words around.

3. Comments from my double page spread:
In conclusion, looking at the feedback from my peers I believe people of the same or
similar age range to these people who commented would be the ideal and target
audience. I believe 16+ year olds would enjoy my magazine because it is informal
textually and would connect with them. Also they seemed to like most aspects of my
magazine and commented on how professional and well thought out it looks, people
of this age range were always going to be my target audience as I thought it would
add a personal touch as I am of the age of the desired audience.
Most participants enjoyed the
double page spread, a few
pointed out some spelling
errors which I was quick to
change. Most people have
said that they would buy my
magazine proving that
everything I have done has
been successful in attracting
my target audiences.