Contents page audience feedback

1. Contents page
When asked ‘Do you think the
colour scheme used is
conventional for a mature pop
magazine. One of the responses
was ‘Yes, as it is gender neutral
and not to young and girly.’ This
is the reason I mainly used the
colours Blue and Black, as the
are more mature colours and
appeal to both male and female,
as typical pop magazines, such
as top of the pops use mainly
pinks and purples. This puts off
males and older females from
reading the magazine as it is too
girly and young. So I mainly used
colours to attract both males and
females, but also an older target
audience.
When asked ‘Do you like the
images used and is it conventional
for the genre and audience?’ One
answer was Yes, the images are
conventional as the artists are
wearing fashionable clothes and
the facial expressions are serious.’
When taking these images it was
important that the people I used
were wearing fashionable clothes
because this attracts the females
who are interested in fashion. It
was also important for the facial
expressions to be serious as this
makes the magazine look more
mature and serious, as oppose to
the artists smiling and joking
around, this would lower the age of
the audience.

2. When asked ‘ Do you think the
layout is conventional?’ One of
the responses was ‘Yes, it is
similar to Billboard magazine
which is conventional for the
target audience.’ I used a similar
layout to Billboard magazine as I
was targeting the same
audience as them. I researched
Billboard magazine a lot and
found that the layout of the
magazine was very popular with
the older target audience as well
as the younger audience,
therefore it made sense to base
my layout on that of Billboard.
When asked ‘What
improvements would you
make to the contents
page?’ One of the answers
was to ‘Put a frame
around the image at the
bottom to make it standout
like the other photos.’ I
made this improvement
when I redid my contents
page as I agreed that the
images at the top stood
out much more than the
image at the bottom, so I
added a frame to it.