Research and Analysis: Music magazine questionnaire analysis

I sent out my questionnaire to 10 people via email who haven't done media studies before so I wouldn't get a biased opinion. I also explained shot types to the various recipients before they replied.

This is one example of a completed questionnaire:

After analysing all my questionnaire results I noticed that everyone liked the name Reckless for my magazine. 7 out of 10 people said they would buy magazines weekly.

The third question was open to opinion and the three reoccuring colours were Black, White and Red.

After explaining shot types the two main shot types that showed up were Mid shot and Medium Closer up but more people decided a mid shot would be better suited to my magazine.

Question 5 again was open up to opinion but after collecting my results 5 people said they would be willing to pay £3.00 for a magazine and 3 people said they would be willing to pay £3.50 so my magazine price should lie between these two amounts. My front cover should contain just one model since 7 out of 10 people said that only 1 person should appear on the cover. 

For question 7 i got mixed opinions: 

2 people said 4 cover lines

2 people said 5

4 peoplesaid 6

2 people said 7....so for my magazine I am going to include 6 cover lines and a main story.

For the final question again it was open to opinion and 5 ideas popped up.

8 people thought including the latest music would be a good idea. 3 people responded saying that interviews with artists would be interesting. 4 people thought that articles on new artists would be a good feature. and the two other ideas were gossip sections and an advice column. I am going to consider all these ideas and definitley include the first three ideas since they are the most popular and will intrigue readers more.

Here are my results collected into pie charts

Research and Planning: Music Magazine Questionnaire

To help me out with my front cover and contents page for my music magazine i sent out this questionnaire to 10 people in order to get some feedback.

1. Do you think that "Reckless" is an appropriate name for an alternative rock/punk magazine?

2. How often would you buy a magazine?

Daily      Weekly      Monthly

3. What three colours would you associate with the Alternative rock/punk genre?

4. What type of shot would you like to see on the cover of my magazine?

5. How much would you be willing to pay for a high quality magazine?

6. How many people would you like to see on the cover?

1      2       or more

7. How many cover lines would you like to see on the cover?

8. What would you like to read about in my music magazine?

Research and Planning: Target Audience Presentation

I addressed my target audience through a Prezi presentation and explained my thoughts towards how my magazine should look and what it will include in order to appeal to my target audience.

Research and planning: Shot type research

To help me decide what type of image to put on the front cover of my music magazine i did some research into different camera shot types.

Research and Planning: Social Media Masthead Feedback

I asked a few of my friends on Facebook to give me their feedback on my four ideas for masthead fonts.

My question: Hey, for my media course at college I need some feedback on masthead fonts for my own music magazine, the different fonts are attached please could you tell me which you don't like and do like and give me a reason why.

This is my feedback:

From this feedback I have noticed that the first one is not very popular because of the oddly sized letters and different fonts within one font. On the other hand the 2nd and 3rd mastheads are quite popular, but in order to come to a conclusion I have decided on the second font since it is liked by both genders so would appeal to more people within my target audience.

Research and Planning: Masthead fonts for my music magazine

I chose these fonts from www.dafont.com
These fonts all have an edgy look about them which is why i thought they would be suitable for an alternative rock/punk magazine, but in their own way all have a unique feature about them. The first font is quite different and involves different lettering, the second is easy to read yet has a grunge feel to it, the third is quite sharp and concise and fourth is very spaced out and very edgy.

Research and Planning: Music Magazine Masthead Ideas

The main component for my music magazine is the masthead. I started to brain storm a few ideas relating to music genres and personal qualities related to stereotypes found in punk/rock magazines.

The words in bold:

Rebel

Reckless

Hype

Electric

Blink

These five words stood out for me and could make potential mastheads.

I did some research into these potential names to see if these magazines already existed unfortunately Rebel, Hype and Blink are already real magazines relating to music.

So for my magazine i am going to use Reckless since it relates to the stereotype of teenagers and is a sharp quick, two syllable word.