Questionnaire: Analysis

ANALYSIS:
I gathered the data from my questionnaire and I then imported this information into a bar-chart. I explained the reasons why I choose these specific questions also, how it would help me create and better my own music magazine.

What attacts you to a music magazine?
¬Freebies 2   ¬Front page 15    ¬Cover-lines 20   ¬Top downloads  13

This shows what the targeted audiences get attracted to the most, out of the four; front page, top music downloads, freebies and cover-lines. A huge total of 20 people thought that the cover-lines attract them the most this therefore suggests that I should really think carefully when designing the cover-lines, it is very crucial as a huge 40% of people found the cover-line more attractive. Furthermore, I should still think about the front page very carefully as it was the second most voted and, the cover-lines are within the front page which matters a lot. Also, If I never took the front page into deep consideration then the magazine wouldn’t be very successful as the front page wasn’t thought about carefully. Finally, I will also take the ‘TOP MUSIC DOWNLOADS’ into consideration however, will not ably it on the front page as it wasn’t voted by many therefore, I will put the top downloads in the contents page as a fair about of people voted for it.

How often is the music magazine you read issued?
¬Daily 0   ¬Weekly 2   ¬Fortnightly 18    ¬Monthly  30

This shows how often people follow the music magazine and how many times is the magazine issued. This therefore suggests that a huge number of 30 people read magazines that publish monthly rather than the other options. Furthermore, this gives me an idea that I should publish my magazine ‘tune’ monthly as it was the greatest voted with 60% of people. Also, many music R&B magazines publish their magazines monthly. I have never come across a music magazine which publishes their magazine daily, weekly or fortnightly however, this was just to give me a vague idea of what my potential readers read.

What camera shots would attract you the most, on a front page?
¬Low angle 0     ¬Mid shot  25    ¬Close-up  25  

The camera angle of the front cover is very crucial as it is the very first thing the readers see. Also, it has to fit the magazine in a whole like for example; the surroundings of the front cover like the cover-lines. Therefore, I would want the cover-line to be a border for the model in the front cover, as it creates this professional look about the magazine. The reason I asked this question was to vaguely get an understand from my potential readers of what shot would they like to see on the front page, these results show that 50% of the people I asked chose Close-up shot, the other 50% would rather see a Mid shot and no one thought that it would be appealing to have a low shot placed on the front cover. Finally, I have come to a conclusion that It would be more efficient and relevant if I used a Mid shot as the camera shot for the front cover, this is because; it Is used my many R&B magazines, such as VIBE. Therefore, this conforms to the R&B music magazine look.

Do you read the content within a magazine or just look at the pictures? 
¬Low angle 0 ¬Mid shot 25 ¬Close-up 25 

This gives me a range of ideas of how to think about certain things within my magazine, the greatest voted is the ‘Content’. This therefore suggests that I have to carefully think about what I put on my cover-lines and all the other content within the front cover, as well as the contents page and double-paged article. Furthermore, I have to decide upon catchy and efficient cover-lines for the front cover that I will be designing. Also, the information within the double-paged article has to be very interesting in order to draw in the potential readers to therefore make this magazine very successful. Finally, I have to think about the pictures as well because, that does matter in a magazine as people look at the images within the content, by thinking carefully about the pictures, the clothing really matters as the model cannot be wearing the same outfit for the contents as the front cover. Therefore, I will then pick out different outfits for my model instead of having only one outfit for her, this makes the magazine automatically look very professional.