The author created a magazine called "Brace" and conducted a survey to get feedback on it. The survey results showed that most people correctly identified the magazine as punk and thought it would appeal to people aged 15-25. Respondents also felt it would sell well. Feedback praised aspects of the magazine like its stylized cover, creative photography, use of color, and layout.

1. Link to feedback survey blog: http://surveybarce.blogspot.com/

2. The majority of people could tell my magazine was a punk magazine implying I have successfully visually portrayed punk. Although a few people thought the magazine was indie or rock, this does not really matter because they are similar genres of music. To gather feedback for my magazine I created a survey on ‘surveymonkey.com’, and posted it onto a blog along with images of my magazine. I then sent the link to the blog to a number of people and asked them to fill in the survey. These are my results…

3. 100% of people agreed that this magazine would appeal to a young audience of 15-25 year olds. Everyone who took my survey thought that ‘Brace’ magazine would sell. This tells me that I could present it to a distributor with a high chance of having them agree to distribute this magazine.

4. Ways in which people thought ‘Brace’ broke the normal conventions… 1.The cover is more stylised than most 2.It gets to the point very quickly, enabling readers to feel drawn to the magazine as soon as they've looked at it. The photography is also a lot more creative than a lot of magazines such as 'Kerrang' which tend to use one standard, simple style. 3.The use of colour. 4.The layout of the contents page - the list of what's inside - I have not seen this in other magazines :) Everyone agreed that there was a degree of continuity throughout the magazine which built a house style.

5. Is there anything you can see that you particularly like or dislike about this magazine? 1.I like Theo's face. [The artist on the cover/the photography] 2.Photography looks good 3.I think the photography is professional and the theme is continuous 4.I like the fonts used and the contrast between the colour of the font and the background, it makes the writing easy to read. The layout looks well thought out and not overcrowded. 5.I like the sexy man 6.the use of blue on the DPS makes it stand out and the background effects. 7.I very much like the photography and choice of typeface. 8.i really like the main image on the front cover and the layout of the double page spread :) 9.I like the photos. Especially the one on the contents page. I feel it fits in with the genre very well and makes the magazine feel a little bit more "bad ass" than some other punk magazines. 10.The photography is good. 11.The layout looks good.