Task 10

 Who are the audience? Are they the group that you initially targeted?

My targeted audience was males and females aged 16-30 who listen to punk music. I got few comments from other students and they said:

“Naomi : The magazine looks as if it is aimed at mostly a female audience as most of your photography is dominated by female models. I'd say the age range would be older teens to mid twenties.”

“Laylah: Your magazine looks as if it has been aimed at a female audience aged between 16 - 20 that are hipsters.”

The audience pretty much guessed the target age and gender for my magazine which was initially targeted.

·         How are particular social groups represented- fans of particular music, age groups, defined by social class /gender / ethnicity..? Are these representations positive, negative, mixed?

My models for cover page was punk/retro/ubran artist.  There is no social class definition for my magazine. The gender which is represented on my front cover is male so the audience might assume that the magazine is targeted for female mainly listeners. 

Audience feedback:   

Naomi : Teenagers who are most likely to be female are represented in your magazine. You should have used more  of a varitey than one ethnicity so it is appeal to a bigger audience.I think they are represented as carefree teenagers which can come across as a positive thing.

Laylah : I think your magazine represents care free male audience, you have used not only one ethnicity so this will target any male audience between the ages of 16-20.

·         Which elements of the magazine does the audience like?

Naomi: I like the colour scheme of your front cover because it is very vibrant and bold. Your photography is good as well as the layout of your DPS. I like how you have contrasted the colours well with eachother.

Laylah: I think your colour scheme as it goes very well with your genre. You writting stands out very well. And the photography looks really good.

·         What could be improved?

Naomi: Your contents page looks like you could add a bit more to it such as text and the layout of it should be changed around a bit.

Laylah: I think you should have added more colour to your contents page as it looks to plain also the contents pages seems as it don’t have enough writing.

 

·         Looking back at feedback you received from the college magazine, how do you feel your technical and creative skills have developed?

I personally think that my skills have improved and develop using Photoshop and InDesign. When i started of i didn't know much  about some of the software’s I used to create my college  magazine, now I feel more confident about what I am doing and can achieve my target idea.