Evaluation- Question 2

Through previous research of looking at the different demographic categories I was able to have a clear understanding on what type of audience I was going to aim my magazine at. For example, It would be pointless to aim my magazine towards an audience that fit the A social grade as not many people would be able to afford my magazine, particularly if younger people would be the ones to mainly buy my magazine, therefore I have targeted my audience at the D/E social class groups because it would be affordable for young people who may not have jobs and only get a small amount of money. In addition to the price of my magazine, I have included a plug on my front cover which says 'Win tickets to see Rita Ora!' This may be appealing for a the D/E categories as this could be an opportunity they don't want to miss out on, especially since the tickets would be free if won. I have aimed to meet this specific target group by linking it with the typical conventions of a pop magazine.

Evaluation- Question 3

Evaluation- Question 4

Feedback from other people in my class:
Jessica Higginbottom, 16, media student-
Front Cover- "I would buy it, good use of colour, image shot on the front cover is good, reasonably priced and very realistic due to the barcode and feature stories."

Contents page- "The colour scheme and fonts are consistent and good. Good use of secondary images."

Double Page Spread- "Image shot is very good. Questions and answers are good, seem like a realistic conversation. I like the pull quotes."

Ella Moor, 17, media student-
Front cover- "I like how the text (Main feature story) fits around the main image. I like how you have the conventions of the barcode and price."

Contents page- "I like the different sections of 'celebs', 'gossip' 'wins and offers' and the 'featured' section. I like the separate images inside. I like how the numbers and text are the same colour."

Double Page spread- "Could have done more questions. Good pull quotes. The model fits in with the genre of the magazine. The exclusive part is yellow and I like this part."


Overall...
From the feedback given I believe that my pop magazine does fit with an audience of younger teenagers around the ages of 10-17. From the feedback from my peers I can see that the conventions I have used are good, however I could have made improvements for my double page spread and created more questions. One of my peers said they would buy my magazine due to how it looks like a very conventional pop magazine due to the colour schemes, front cover image and pull quotes.

Evaluation- Question 5

Furthermore I have tried to attract and address my audience by doing moodboards on various things: well-known pop artists to see what clothing/hairstyles/makeup they wore and I have tried to enforce this into my own magazine by trying to copy the clothes, hairstyles and makeup. I kept the makeup simple, however the main artist is wearing a fur coat as I thought this would relate to the pop genre too. Also, the main artist has their hair down and curly, similar to the hairstyle of Lorde, a popular singer.

Evaluation- Question 6

Evaluation- Question 7