Interview / Questions

I asked a range of people who would be interested in buying the magazine a range of questions.
Firstly I asked about how much they would want / expect to spend on the magazine. Although there were some varied answers, the majority agreed that they'd pay around £1.50.

Next I asked how frequently they would buy the magazine, which the options of: weekly, monthly or other. Most said weekly, with a few saying other. Those that said other also said it depends on the contence of the magazines, and whether they enjoyed the them.

I then asked about what article they'd like to see in the magaine, with an open choice of answers. The results were very varied, some asking for a story about the growth of the artist(s) and others asking about their first song. Many agreed though, that the article shouldn't be overly long. When asking what they considered to be too long, most said a page should be the maximum.

These results show that images would take precdence over text, thus the article shouldn't be any more than a page- else it may but readers off. Also that the article should be intreseting enough to bring the audience back to the following magazines (to keep up to date with the artist/artists) and that the magazine should be priced around £1.50.

Images Used

When gathering images to use for my magazine, I considered the way the people were portrayed. For example, one of the images used was of a stereotypical 'punk' dressed in dark clothing showing an aggressive attitude.  Although the other images weren't to the same level as this, they were all clearly relevant- this was shown directly through a guitar been visible or the clothing worn.

If I was to re-take images for the magazine, I'd get ones in which the person was looking directly into the camera- creating a more direct connection with the reader. I stand by the decision of using a medium shot, showing the face and body of the person in the images, but could have tried placing the image on the cover over the top of the mast head; which would emphasise the importance of the person in this image.