Here is a video of me presenting my 3rd draft of my magazine to my peer, who are the same age as me, 16-17 years, and a mixture of male and female. They are not my primary audience (12-14 years old, girls), however many of them have younger sisters and therefore could fall into my secondary audience of older people who would buy the magazine for their younger siblings. I found the feedback very useful as many of my class gave me advice on elements of my magazine which needed to be changed to suit my audience.
The aim of my video was mainly to gain feedback on these elements of my magazine:
Whether the colour scheme reflected my music genre
Mostly everyone said it did, however, some commented that the house style was too bright and that I had used too many different colours, therefore I have decided to review my use of colour and decide on three colours only. Although I already knew this was a convention of a magazine, I thought my magazine should look more colourful to reflect my younger audience. However, after hearing the audience's response, I know I will have to change my colour scheme.
Whether the content was appropriate:
As my article included a story of the artist's sister who suffered from bullimia, I wanted to ask my audience if they felt talking about it in my magazine would be too severe for such a young audience. Many people commented that I have focused too much on the artist's lifestyle, and should talk more about her music as it is a music magazine, however I explained that my questionnaire reflected thatmy audience were more interested in the celebrity over their music.
Overall the response was about 50/50, as some people believed the topic was too complex for my audience and they wouldn't understand, whereas others believed it was a good idea to educate girls about eating disorders at a young age. My teacher, who falls perfectly into my secondary audience (female, 30-40 years, social class ABC1, mainstreamer), who has a daughter, believed it was a good idea, and that she would be happy to buy the magazine for her daughter as she believes by educating children about eating disorders they will be less likely to suffer from one. Because of this, I definitely will keep this element in my article, as I now can be sure that parents would like their children read and be aware of eating disorders.
Which layout they prefered more:
I also presented my 2nd and 3rd draft of my contents page to ask which layout they prefered. Again, I recieved a mixed response, where half of the class said they really liked my 2nd draft (which I felt looked less professional) as it reflected my younger audience more. On the other hand the rest of the class said they liked my 3rd draft, but thought I should change the colour of my pull quote to make it stand out more. During my presentation, I handed out various questions to gain feedback from the areas I was most unsure about and this was one of them. Out of 15 people, 8 people said they prefered the layout of draft 3, which was my favourite too, and therefore I will continue to use this layout in my future drafts of my magazine.
Draft 3
Draft 2
