1. How old are you? - I collected most of my results from the 14-20 category, as these are generally the people I'm around most and also a very large part of my target audience, so I think this proves my results are valid to go by.
2. Does your current playlist include mainstream music? - Not to stereotype, but the majority of people I asked to fill in my questionnaire seemed as if they'd have some sort of interest in an area of mainstream music, and by these results I was right. This proves that the results in these questionnaire are coming from people who may consider buying it. Also because I know most of the people I asked, it also gives me some more indications to what my target audience would like overall.
3. If you were browsing the music magazines, which name would you be more drawn to and more likely to buy? - Although there was quite a large range of options, I think it's clear from this graph which one was liked best. I'm happy with Bolt because it did have a large majority and I think the meaning that can be connoted from it is definitely true to my reasons for making a pop magazine. The next most popular were OOH and Hush, which I still like, but I'm very much warming to the forceful sound of the word Bolt.
4. Should the celebrity on the cover look directly into the camera? - It wasn't an astounding majority, but my sample did prefer the celebrity to be looking into the camera. It is the convention that cover stars look directly out, so maybe they are being influenced by this or maybe it's a convention because it is the most effective when persuading readers to buy it.
5. Who would you prefer to see on the cover? - Although the more popular ones were for groups, it's much more unconventional to feature groups but maybe that's a good thing. I may just go with my own intuition, as I do have to consider the practicality of my photoshoot, but maybe a smaller band of 3 like the Sugababes would work OK. However, even if I did decide to go with the unconventional group feature I'd have to make my cover shot look unmanufactured and simplistic in order to keep my credibility.
6. Which colour scheme appeals most to you? - I realised after I'd gathered my questionnaire results that I should have thought about this much more carefully about this because really my results are pretty invalid because I don't think any of them would work very well on a cover. The most popular one, No.3, which is a very "bubblegum" combination of bright blue and pink, and the next popular one was No.2, which was a similar purple and blue. I think I may take this into account, but I know I'll use black and white, maybe along with a brighter colour as an accent, which is also what I was considering doing for my contents and cover. Ooops, I may have to change that, I don't want everything matching! For my cover at the minute I'm thinking about a dark turquoise, like an equivalent to the rich red a lot of music magazines use.
7. Which shot distance appeals to you most? - The medium shot and medium close up were the most popular so I'll probably use one of these for my cover. But I've learnt from my contents research that unusual stances are often used, so I may use a full length as I think it would be easier to create an abstract effect. For my DPS, I didn't really see any conventions for those images, so I'll either use these results more or just see where my ideas take me.
8. Do you prefer a Q&A interview style or an article interview style? - As I expected the Q&A style was much more popular and basically just cements my decision.
9. What colour images should be used on my double page spread? - Colour was most popular here, but a possible element of grayscale could feature as that was fairly popular too. I might try to combine them but that effect may be too cartoony for a music magazine.
10. How many images should be on my contents page? - 2 or 3 images were by far the most popular so I may let my contents be slightly unconventional in this respect. However, making one in the style of the Blender one I analysed would be developing the convention of 1 main image. I may change this after my photoshoot depending on which shots are most effective.
11. Do you prefer an article to be typed over the image or separated from the image on a double page spread? - Again my initial thought was proved right that my audience would prefer it separated, therefore it will be a good code to make it credible.12. Please name 3 mainstream artists you're interested in at the moment... - I didn't make a graph because of the many different responses I received, which shows me everyone has such varied tastes that it wouldn't be possible to make one issue of a magazine with everything, so I just have to range it as well as I can. Some popular ones that occured often were Rihanna and Chris Brown, along with Kanye West, Ne-Yo, McFly, Britney Spears and The Saturdays. These will probably form some of my coverlines and features for my contents.
13. Do you have any other advice or suggestions for my music magazine that would make you more likely to buy it?- There was some very specific suggestions on what my coverstar should wear, but there was also just general terms, like my magazine should be credible and informal, have interviews and profiles, and be tied in with fashion.
This is what I've gained from my questionnaire, and I'll summarise any definite points in my next post.
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