Evaluation:

Q5

QUESTION 5
HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS
YOUR AUDIENCE?

WHAT DID YOUR AUDIENCE ASK FOR

WHEN YOU CONDUCTED YOUR AUDIENCE
RESEARCH?
While conducting my research with my audience I gathered multiple responses. I
found out that
- They prefer Hip-Hop/Rap over the two other optional genres;
Reggae and Pop
- The colour scheme more favourable was brown over red and
yellow
- They found a mid-shot camera take more interesting than a close-up shot and
a long-shot.

Its very important that you get the

response of your audience as the audience
consumes my media product. Gathering
responses from my audience I am able to
meet my needs in order to create a
successful magazine due to valuable
feedback.

WHICH ELEMENTS DID YOU ABIDE BY OR

NOT IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR
NEEDS/REQUIREMENTS?

I found out from my

audience that they
wanted to see a detailed
magazine with a lot of
news coverage. I took
this on board and merged
more information onto
my magazine giving my
audience more
entertainment.

They also suggested that

using a bigger masthead
and richer image in contrast
I will be able to draw in the
possible consumers

Another element my audience suggested was that my masthead should

be behind the head of the main subject. The reasons they gave for this is
that the main image is what draws the attention of a possible
consumers. By having the masthead behind instead of in front of the
main image the main image is allowed to stand out more.

FRONT PAGE: WHAT IS AESTHETICALLY

PLEASING ABOUT THIS MAGAZINE PAGE?
- I purposely took the word 'Play' and
added my own twist on it by rotating
the 'A' clockwise to simulate a play
button.
-The cover-lines work well as
none of them cross over the face
of the main image.
-The grey and the brown colour
scheme works well with each
which makes the magazine front
cover to be well structured due to
colour.
-There isnt a lot of plain
empty spaces.
-The main image, the main
cover-line and the masthead are
the three top elements which
make this media product
resemble a successful
magazine.

-I used quotes from

famous artists in the hiphop industry which drags
in the audience.
- The person I used for the main
image will attract a lot of
female attention.
-The lists of artists listed on
the left and right side of
the front page artists
which are well know in the
industry.
-Since this magazine is aimed
at teenagers I used a teenager
to represent and dominate the
front age.

CONTENTS PAGE: WHAT IS AESTHETICALLY

PLEASING ABOUT THIS MAGAZINE PAGE?
-The contents page has
information on three
major upcoming artists.
This will push the
audience to want to
learn more about the
magazine.
-The title contents is
one of the biggest font
on the contents page
like professional
magazines.

-The black line at the

bottom of the page
separates the rest of the
contents page away from
the issue number.

-On the right side of the

magazine there are
three images followed
by a features and
regulars which
encourages the viewer
to investigate.
-Including the subscribe
notice at the top of the
page works well as it is
beside 'Contents', a
large font which will
make it harder for the
audience to miss the
subscribe.
-A light grey and brown
colour scheme is used
consistently throughout
the contents page.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD: WHAT IS

AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ABOUT THIS
For my double page spread I took
PAGE?
into consideration that this is a

exclusive interview. Baring this

thought, I had Young Dee be
enthusiastic and to be posed with a
fun attraction for the NVC having him
smile arms and his head facing in the
direction of the interview.
The artist of the page looks has
brown skin so I decided to use
the same brown tone in his skin
a implemented it into the font
colour. This brown theme is also
communicated throughout the
magazine.
I used a rectangles brown bold
rectangles in spaces for the double
page. Using
bold brown shapes matches his bold
characteristics.