2. • For my audience feedback, I created a
questionnaire, this was so I could find out
what my audience thought of the magazine
and what they thought was good, bad and
related to the indie rock genre about the
magazine.
• I questioned 10 people.
3. 1. What do you think of the colour scheme of my
front cover? Does it suit the indie rock genre?
• All of the respondents said it was a good
colour scheme for the indie rock genre.
• ‘yes, red, black and white fit with the indie
rock genre’
• ‘they fit well with the genre’
• ‘the colours come to mind when I think of
indie rock’
4. 2. What stands out most
on my front cover?
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As from the feedback from my
questionnaire, I have found that
the artists face stands out the
most from the magazine. This is
what I was aiming to do and it
would catch the audiences
attention.
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5. 3. Do you think my magazine fits
with the indie rock genre? Why?
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The audience responded in three
different areas. Many thought that the
artists was the main reason why my
magazine fit the specific genre, this is
because of the style of the artist, she
has a very laid back look and it wearing
the indie fashion and make-up look.
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6. 4.Would you read this magazine from
just looking at the front cover?
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I asked this question so I could
find out if my front cover is eye
catching enough and looks
interesting to make someone pick
the magazine up and buy it. From
the results of my questionnaire it
shows that my cover lines of my
front cover of ‘indie-vidual’ are the
most successful features.
7. 5. Does the content page
fit with my front cover?
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8. 6. What do you think of the
pictures used in the content page?
• All the respondents either answered this
question with good and they look
professionally taken, this shows that the
pictures of the content page could be
compared to professional music magazines.
9. 7. Do the colours on the content page
reflect the indie rock genre to you?
yes
no
All the respondents said yes
the colours do go with the
genre, this shows that
black, red and white where
the right colours for the
theme of the magazine.
10. 8.Does the content page
reflect the indie rock genre?
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I asked this question because
it is not only important that
the front cover reflects an
indie rock genre but also the
content page must also, all
the respondents answered
yes and it was split between
the colours of the content
page and the artists on the
content page that make the
content page have an indie
rock feel.
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11. 9.Does the drop quote on the DPS
make you want to read the article?
• I asked this question because I wanted to
know if the drop quote was good enough to
get the reader to read the whole article.All the
respondents said that the drop quote would
want to make them read on;
• ‘it sound mysterious’
• ‘I want to find out what happened’
• ‘it sounds interesting’
12. 10.Do you think the colour scheme of the DPS is
suitable for the band and the genre of it?
The colour scheme for my double
page spread is black, white and
orange. Only one respondent said
that the colour theme did not go
but they said they would have
used purple instead of orange;
the rest said that the colour
theme fit the band ‘The Rhythm
Travellers’ well.
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13. 11. What do you think of
the images on the DPS?
• This question was to find out what people
thought of the images of the band ‘The
Rhythm Travellers’. I found that most liked the
black and white effect however one did not
and would have preferred it in
colour, however those who did say it was
good said it matched the colour theme of the
article. They also commented that the pictures
look professional and capture the artists in the
moment.
14. 12.What do you think of
the magazine as a whole?
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I asked the respondents what
they thought of the magazine
as a whole, front
cover, content page and
double page spread. Most said
they would buy it and other
said it was good so it is all
positive feedback. This also
shows that my magazine
would be able to compete with
other music magazines
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15. 13.Do you think it could compete
with existing music magazines?
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This question is to find out if
my magazine would be able to
compete on the market with
other existing music
magazines. Fortunately all the
respondents said yes, some of
the reasons where, that it has
good content, it looks
professional, the images are
great and the interview is
good.
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