Target Audience mood board

This is my mood board for my target audience. There is a picture of gigs because most of the people who read about metal and rock in a magazine also enjoy seeing it live. Download festival is on there because it is one of the main festivals that people go to.
Because the target audience is lower middle class teenagers and below, there is a picture of what the average teenager would look like. There are also some pictures of different bands playing who would most likely be in the magazine.

Advertiser mood board

The advertiser on this mood board tie in with the target audience of lower middle class and below teenagers. HMV would advertise because they sell music. Most people of that age regularly visit KFC. Ipods are also advertised due to them playing music. There would also be albums and new video games advertised because people of that age are interested in those

Colours mood board

These are a few of the colours that can be used in a magazine. Obviously not all of these can be used at the same time or it would contrast too much. A few of these paired together however would work quite well such as black and white, yellow and blue or red and white.

Font mood board

Here are lots of fonts that can be used in a magazine in order to give it a bit of style or to stop the readers from getting bored. There are many simple or complicated fonts that can be used in different situations and in titles or the writing of articles

Questionnaire analysis

We conducted a student questionnaire before attempting to produce a college magazine. We did this so that we could find out what sort of things people wanted in the magazine. The results we got were that 50% of the people we questioned were male and 50% were female.

90% of the people that we asked do not read the current college magazine

The main things that people wanted to be included in the magazine are fashion, music, job advice and sport

60% of people said that the magazine should be released every month and this was the majority of people

60% of the people who were asked would not pay for the magazine

40% of people would contribute to the magazine In order to be a part of it

The main things that people would want on a front cover are images, bright colours, bold title and arty

The most popular choice of colours for a front cover are red, blue, purple, pink and white

Survey Questions

1.       Are you male or female?

2.       Do you read the college magazine?

3.       List three things you would like to see in a college magazine

4.       How often would you like the magazine published?

5.       Would you be willing to pay for a college magazine?

6.       Would you be prepared to contribute to the magazine?

7.       What features on the front cover would attract you to the article?

8.       What colours do you think would attract students to read the magazine?

College magazine cover

LAYOUT

 There is a lot of space between the different pieces of text which makes it look less professional. Some of the text also goes over the image which makes it hard to read

MASTHEAD

The masthead is easy to read and stands out from far away

IMAGE

The image fills up most of the page and does its job of filling up space

COLOURS

The magazine uses 3 colours in all of the text