Music magazine contents page audience feedback

After completing the production of my contents page, I presented the finished design to three volunteers that fit into my target audience. I thought it was important to ask my target audience for their opinions and feedback so that I was able to make changes to my magazine and make it appeal to them more therefore potentially making my magazine more successful. I asked the volunteers certain questions so that I was able to get accurate and useful feedback that I could use to make changfes to my magazine.

I firstly asked the three volunteers for their first impressions of my magazine contents page. One volunteer, Harriet, said she thought the magazine was very effective because it didnt have too much stuff on the page which makes it easy to read and follow. The other volunteers agreed with this however, Becky, said she thought the page seemed a little bit bare in some places which could be changed to make it look more like a real magazine contents page. Vicky said she thought it was a good idea splitting the contents page into seperate sections because it highlighted the magazines features, inticing the reader.

After this, I asked the volunteers what they thoght of the contents page layout. Vicky reinforced her comment about the contents page being split into different sections making it easy to follow and drawing attention to the most important features of the magazine. Similarly, Harriet said she thought the contents page worked well in unison with the front cover because she colours were carried on as well as the same organised layout. Becky agreed with both volunteers but added again that she thought the contents page would look more professional if there wasn't so much white space.

To follow, I asked the volunteers if they would be drawn to the magazine and drawn to the features of the magazine if they were flicking through it in a shop. Each of the volunteers said they thought the contents page looked professional because of the continuous colour scheme carried through from the front cover and because certain features that would appeal to the target audience are made obvious and the most eye catching.

Feedback summary

To sum up the good and bad aspects of the magazine I asked each volunteer separately to list three good points and three bad points of the contents page.

Becky

• The page looks professional because it has the same style as the front cover.
• The pages are organised which makes it easy to follow and see whats inside.
• The right side page are all features that would appeal to the target audience.

• There is quite a lot of empty space which makes the page look a bit unprofessional.
•  The section highlighting the main feature is quite hard to read
• The band index changes size as it goes down the list which looks a bit messy

Vicky

• The contents page has a good layout which makes all of the content really clear which is especially good if the reader is just skimming the contents.
• The sections on the left side of the page make it easy to find a certain article, if you were looking for something specific.
• The pictures that show the special features on the right side of the page could interest the reader and encourage them to read the articles that go with them.

• There could be more on the contents page to fill some of the white spaces.
• There could be a picture to go with the suscription details to draw attention to the box.
•  The overall look i quite plain and could be made more interesting and unique to interest new readers when they flick through the magazine in a shop.

Harriet

• The page looks really professional because the style has been carried on from the front cover.
• The layout is very neat, organised and not messy which could put the reader off.
• The pictures for the more important features are clear and could potentially encourage the reader to look at the article.

• The picture illustrating the main story could be bigger to show its the most important feature.
• Band index is a it hard to read in places.
• The band index changes size further down the list which looks a bit messy.