Audience Survey

I have asked a few people I know what their opinions on magazines are? What they think of a regional magazine? What their favourite type of magazine is? and if they don't buy magazines, why they don't buy the magazines?

 I have went and collected feedback on y front cover draft from people I know who are my age.The first sticky note reads "Good quality pictures, good face emotion, Like how the back ground is blurred" mainly all positive feed back the second sticky note read "Spelling mistakes, focus doesn't stand out, like the natural pose of the model and can tell it is aimed at the youth". This tells me I need to go back to check the spelling and try and make focus stand out more maybe i can change the size or the colour.

The first sticky note says "Good mix of photos like the colour of the headlines as they match color in photos" mainly positive and this tells me what I am doing correctly. "colours matching as looks odd" I am not quite sure as to what the reviewer is saying as some one else said the colours went well but this person is saying they don't match? the final note says "good range of pictures, good amount of info and good quality pictures" By having my contents page reviewed it has helped me see what other people think of it and has helped me see if and where i need to improve"

The double page spread notes read "spelling/punctuation" I am guessing this means I need to check my spelling and punctuation how ever it is a bit vague, "more pics and captive title" I can see that this person ants more pictures on the page and by doing so I may need to re do the layout a bit. The other note says "Maybe a mix of smaller paragraphs and start do new page should have a new capital. Not sure what is happening in the first photo? like the colours" I am not sure if I was able to explain clearly to the people taking notes that the pictures used are screen shots from the movie or maybe it isn't clear enough.

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Insperations from pennyslidenshare

I have decided to look at Empire film magazine as it is one of the most successful film magazines out there and the most recognizable. When looking for the magazine I discovered how over priced it was in my opinion one issue was £4. Going back to my audience survey Abbie states one of the reasons she does not buy magazine is because of the price.
My analysis of the front cover. I have selected a few different front covers by Empire and I have noticed all the people have Practical or Catalogue facial expressions this shows seriousness and confidence, the main reason I think the expressions are like this is because of the genre the film is. Inception, X-men and Star Wars all have serious aspects to them they are all action based. To link in with Empire I will ask my models to look serious. I took some pictures of a Empire magazine on sale at ASDA, The contents page has a very long wordy editors not a full bleed image with no sub images. a black and red colour scheme.
the clothes the characters have on are all clean and fit them well they don't look cheaply made and aren't hanging off them this makes the cover look more professional. The characters will obviously be wearing foundation so the camera doesn't pick up any imperfections but it looks very unnoticeable and natural.
The background/ setting is CGI I can just tell as it would be cheaper to edit a background in rather than build a set of go to a destination for a photoshoot.

I have collated a collage of regional magazines to help inspire me and collect research for my regional magazine, looking at Empire was helpful to see what "Film" magazines look like but I also looked at regional marines as they are my focus. I notice that regional magazines don't have celebrity on the front as they are normally dedicated to one specific area and they focus on what goes on in that area.