The student was assigned questions to develop ideas for a music magazine for their media studies class. They conducted a focus group with their peers to get feedback on their initial ideas. For the magazine name, the focus group suggested "Loop" which the student decided to use. They also provided feedback on featuring a band on the cover, doing an artist interview for the double page spread, revising the color scheme to be less associated with metal/rock, and lowering the proposed subscription cost of £4 to £3 based on what would attract their target audience.

1. Focus Group

2. • I have been assigned questions to answer, and by discussing
my answers with my peers in my Media Studies Class, I will
be able to pinpoint what ideas I should discard, or develop.
• What kind of music will your magazine focus on?
• What will your magazine be called?
• Will you feature a single artist or a band on your Front
Cover?
• What kind of article will be on your double page spread?
• What colour scheme will your magazine have?
• How much will it cost?

3. What kind of music will your
magazine focus on?
• I stated that I was going to create a magazine
that focused on the Alternative / indie genre
of music. Reasons for this was so I could be
diverse with my artist choices.
• My focus group understood where I was
coming from and failed to see any problems
with this.

4. What will your magazine be called?
• I mentioned a couple of names that I thought
could work well (things like IndiExpress, Loop
, FrontLineMusic etc)
• My focus group helped me to decide on Loop
as the title of the magazine, as it is
short, sweet, and has a nice ring to it.

5. Will you feature a single artist or a
band on your Front Cover?
• For the front cover, I had decided that I would
have a band with a diverse set of instruments
usually overlooked as a group. I would do this
by taking my own shoot and creating a ‘fake’
band.
• My focus group thought this would be a good
idea, as a band that provokes interest on the
front cover makes the observer more likely to
read on.

6. What kind of article will be on your
double page spread?
• The double page spread was something that I
was still partially unsure about. I was having
trouble choosing what to write about.
• The focus group told me that I should do it
either on a festival review, or on a singular
artist being interviewed. So I have decided to
do it on a singular artist being interviewed.

7. What colour scheme will your
magazine have?
• Originally, I wanted to use the colour red for
my title, as scientifically, the colour red alerts
the brain the most.
• However, my focus group informed me that a
central theme of red/black would be
something more associated with a metal
magazine or a heavy rock magazine, so I have
decided to experiment with the colour
scheme of the magazine using only some red.

8. How much will it cost?
• Since I have decided thatmy magazine will be
a monthly release, it would have a monthly
subscription cost of £4.
• My focus group informed me that this cost
may be too high, and would deter my target
audience from actually buying the magazine.
This feedback made me change the price from
£4 to £3.