This document summarizes interviews with three people about their preferences for pop music magazines. All three people enjoy pop music for reasons like catchy beats, variety of artists and styles, and music being good to dance to. Their favorite artists include 21 Pilots, Maroon 5, and Taylor Swift. They were then asked about specific elements of magazines like front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. Generally, they preferred bold colors, large pictures and fonts, and articles with information about artists.

1. FocusResearch PlanningAnswersSheet
Do You Like Pop Music?
Person 1: Yes
Person 2: Yes
Person 3: Yes
What do you like about the genre?
Person 1: It’s really catchy and has a real good beat
Person 2: There is lots of different artists and styles
Person 3: The music is really good to dance too and the songs have a good tune.
What bands/artists do you like?
Person 1: 21 Pilots
Person 2: Maroon 5
Person 3: Taylor Swift
Do you read pop magazines?
Person 1: Yes
Person 2: Yes
Person 3: No
What do you expect to see on a front cover of a pop magazine?
Person 1: Bright & Bold Colours
Person 2: Large font and colours
Person 3: Big picture of the artist

2. Here is a front Cover Of A Music Magazine
What do you like about this
front cover?
Person 1: Bold title and bright colours
Person 2: The font of title
Person 3: The bold colours
What stands out the most?
Person 1: The magazines logo
Person 2: The image
Person 3: The artist’s eyes
Is there anything you would
change if so what would it be?
Person 1: Nope
Person 2: No
Person 3: ……..
What things would you expect to see on a contents page?
Person 1: Lots of writing about the Inside of the magazine
Person 2: The contents and images
Person 3: What’s inside the magazine

3. Here is a contents page
What do you like about the contents page?
Person 1: Includes lots of information and pictures
Person 2: It’s includes the recent music charts
Person 3: It gives you a sneak peak of what is inside
What do you dislike about the contents page?
Person 1: It’s quite crowded
Person 2: The font
Person 3: The font
Is there anything you would change if so what?
Person 1: Nothing
Person 2: The Font
Person 3: I would change the font
What would you expect to see on a double page spread?
Person 1: An article about the artist
Person 2: Large font and lots of information
Person 3: I’m not too sure

4. Here is a picture of a double page spread
What do you like about this double page spread?
Person 1: It’s tasteful and the font is sophisticated
Person 2: The font is nice and bold
Person 3: Its includes lots of writing about the artist
What stands out the most?
Person 1: The picture of the artist
Person 2: The image
Person 3: The bold font
What do you dislike about the page?
Person1: …….
Person 2: The writing is a bit small
Person 3: Writing is too small for me
If you could change anything what would it be?
Person 1: Nothing
Person 2: The font size
Person 3: Make the picture smaller and the writing bigger

5. If I made a magazine
If I madea pop magazine what would expect to see on the…
Front Page:
Person 1:
- Name of the magazine
- Picture of the artist or band
- Information on what is in the inside
Person 2:
- Bold font
- Large picture
Person 3:
- Bright Colours
- Bold Font
- Pictures
Contents Page
Person 1:
- Pictures about what is inside
Person 2:
- What’s in the magazine
Person 3:
- Pictures
- Contents
Double Page Spread
Person 1:
- Article about band/artist
Person 2:
- Large image and title
Person 3:
- Picture of the artist

6. What artists/bands would you like to see?
Person 1: One direction
Person 2: Maroon 5
Person 3: 21 pilots
What colours would you like to see?
Person 1: Bright bold colours like red, blue and green
Person 2: Colours of the rainbow but not yellow or orange
Person 3: Blue and Red
How much would you pay for the magazine?
Person 1: £3.50
Person 2: £4.00
Person 3: £3.99
What would you like the article on the double page spread to be
about?
Person 1: A focus on one artist or band
Person 2: About their childhood
Person 3: How they got into fame