Price of Magazine Questionnaire

I asked a group of 20 teenage girls aged within my target audience as to how much they would be willing to pay for a weekly magazine. I placed the words "realistically" in the question as most people would love a magazine for free, I needed a realistic response as to how much they would expect to pay and how much they would be happy to pay for the magazine each week. Below are my findings:

As you can see, the majority of the young girls in question said that for a magazine they would buy weekly, they would be willing to pay between £1.01 and £2. I believe this to be a reasonable price and from this feedback, I will ensure that the price I label my magazine with reflects the opinions of my target audience.

Facebook Research

I asked the question "Do you like the name Teen Beat for a pop magazine?" in my focus/research group on Facebook. The feedback that I received was very positive, with all 8 responses voting for "yes"- they liked it. Only one person voted for it's ok, but also voted for yes, suggesting that they were not overly excited by the name, yet liked it nevertheless. As I decided on this name myself, it was important to get feedback so that I could be sure that the name was going to be well received by my audience. With this feedback, I can now continue to develop my product under the name of "Teen Beat".

The Maverick Rejects

This is some evidence of organising actors for my photoshoot. I asked friend Tom Condon, lead guitarist of local band, The Maverick Rejects if he would be interested in getting some band photos that I could use for my magazine. This was the email that I sent him, with details of where/when, what to wear and what to bring so that everything was organised and could be ready for the photoshoot.

Here was the response. The contact was immediate and a positive reaction was given. As the band had such good communication on this point, I am confident that they will continue this when last minute arrangements are settled. They seem reliable people which gives me confidence that we will be able to work together in a calm, efficient and relaxed environment whilst getting the best images possible. 

This is a promotional video created by The Maverick Rejects and gives you an insight into the type of band that I am photographing. To me, they have a slight resemblance to the band, McFly,  which I feel would make them appropriate for my target audience.

Photoshoot Planning

Here is a planning document on how I am going to go about preparing for my photoshoot for my magazine. I have prepared these elements but I am aware that some of these things may change once I get into the studio and review my photos.

Here is further evidence of organising props and costume from my models, The Maverick Rejects

http://laurenwainemedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-maverick-rejects.html

Research Group

Here is more evidence from my Facebook research group which helps me to produce a product that is appropriate and would be welcomed by my target audience.

Here, research shows that the vast majority of the audience would buy a magazine for the model/figure on the front cover. Hence, if a celebrity was used as a front cover main image they might be more inclined to buy it more so than if they didn't recognise the figure. Also, it suggests that the quality of the image and the pose used by the model is just as important in their decision to buy the magazine and they need to be attracted by the model.This means that I need my front cover image to be of the highest quality possible and make it obvious that the model is a big "star" that would attract the audience. Also, I must ensure that the other sell-lines are of interest to my audience and I will discover what their interests are in later questionnaires.

This question was interesting and one I found a very interesting response to. This shows that most teenage girls rely on getting the most topical 'gossip' from teen magazine and especially if they wanted to know the 'gossip' first, which often teenage girls do! All votes decided that they rely on magazines to be filled with talk and gossip. Therefore, I now know that I must include celebrity gossip in my magazine as an additional sell-line as most teenage music magazines feature gossip in addition to the main feature of music.

This question was to check that I had made the right decision in choosing my genre of Teen Pop. With only one vote for heavy metal, most teenage girls from my research would much prefer to listen to teen pop than anything else. Teen pop covers most chart music and has a wide audience.

Preliminary Task Review

Photo Shoot Planning- Kevin Ho

Here is a document listing certain things that I need to be aware of when shooting my photographs with Kevin.

Kevin Ho Recce

This is a video of me running through the Recce questions that I need to consider when shooting my photographs with Kevin Ho.

Simpsons Photoshop Task

In class, I completed a a timed photoshop task in which I had to make a promotional poster for The Simpsons Movie. Criteria involved featuring an image of Homer Simpson, including the release date and the title of 'The Simpsons Movie'. Here was my final product and the feedback I was given.

Jarvis Cocker Photoshop Task

I spent an entire two hours getting to grips with Adobe Photoshop today on a Mac. Having only briefly used the program before, this experience was daunting and challenging! At first, I found the task extremely hard! With little experience on a Mac too, I found it very difficult to navigate myself around the system. However, once I followed the workbook (Jarvis Cocker) and listened to my lecturer, I found things became not so difficult. Although the situation still remained stressful due to the 2 hour time limit that we had to complete the task. I also found making a mistake on Photoshop to be very stressful and aggrivating as I struggled to put it right. However, I now feel that I have gained some basic Photoshop knowledge that will help me when I come to create my own product in Photoshop. I have learnt how to zoom an image, add a layer, select different colours and basic editing of an image.
Here is my Jarvis Cocker magazine.

The feedback that I was given was that my chosen image was very successful in setting the tone for my magazine immediately. Also, I had used eye catching colour palettes successfully as they were simple yet successful in catching the reader's attention. All necessary conventions were featured and I used a variety of styles and sizes with these.

However, the areas for improvement that I was given was mainly that the positioning of my main sell line. The sell line over looks an important message in the image and distracts from the main image. Also, I needed to have made my bar code slightly smaller as it was too large. I will use this feedback when creating my final product and try to incorporate the areas of improvement, having improved upon them.

PhotoShop Evidence

Here is some further evidence of my knowledge of Photoshop. This was completed in my Simpson's workbook and gives clear detail as to how to do certain things on the program.

Survey

I went into Monkwearmouth School and asked 20 teenage girls from the age of 13-16 years old, if they would be more inclined to buy a magazine that attached a free gift. Here was my findings.

After doing this research, I have learnt how much including a "freebie" or free gift in my magazine can influence the decision of a teenage girl when deciding to buy the magazine. The vast majority of the audience in question said that they would be more inclined to buy the magazine if it included a gift. This has taught me that I need to include a free giveaway that is listed in either my contents page or more so on my front cover to attract the target audience.