Audience Feedback Survey

To take survey please click here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QVQ9LTR

I designed a survey on SurveyMonkey to get feedback on my magazine. I asked set of questions which cover all aspects of my magazine including the colour, layout and font of each page. I included some open and closed questions in order to get a variety of responses. The open questions will produce qualitative data which ensures that I will get detailed responses to help me improve my magazine.

Chosen Images

I picked out some of the photos from all of the photos I took in the photoshoot which I thought were good and I would possibly use in my magazine. I chose some which I thought would be suitable for the front cover and also chose some other interesting ones for the double page spread. I also selected some which I thought would be appropriate for the contents page.

I did the same thing for my outdoor shoot, picking some photos which I thought is suitable to use in my magazine. I picked 11 photos from the 124 photos I took.

FINAL CHOSEN IMAGES: I then further cut it down and ended up with a total of 8 images which I used in my magazine for the front cover, contents page and double page spreads.

Photoshoot Behind The Scenes

When I did my studio photoshoot, I used my phone to take some images and videos for the behind-the-scenes.
I then transferred these onto the computer and selected the images and videos I wanted to use. I created this short clip on Windows Movie Maker. I found it very easy to use but produces a video which looks good such as the transitions and effects.
As my magazine is based on the pop-rock music genre, I decided to use an instrumental version of Avril Lavigne's Smile for the background music. Even though it is an instrumental, it still has strong features of pop-rock music with the guitar and drums used in the track and so I thought it would be suitable.

Contact Sheet

Media - Contact Sheet

I took some photos outside for my magazine. In this outdoor shoot I took a total of 124 photos of my model Geeta. I then made a contact sheet using Photoshop.

Production Diary 16 - Evaluation, audience feedback survey and processes

24th December 2013

In the Christmas holidays I finished the rest of the evaluation I draft form. I did questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 as I did questions 3 and 4 already for homework before. In order to answer these questions I had to constantly refer to my magazine and also look back at some of my work on my blog about the audience.

I also created a survey on SurveyMonkey to get feedback from my audience for my magazine. I created a variety of questions, some with options for the respondents to choose from and some where they had to type in their own answer. This made sure that I had both quantitative and qualitative data.

Another thing I did was the processes; this is where we had to show what we did before and after as well as showing how we did certain things. For example I showed the different stages of my work from the sketches to the actual product on In Design. I also created short videos which demonstrated how I did certain things for my magazine such as the drop cap and paragraph rule.

Magazine Final Draft

Production Diary 15 - Finishing front cover for final draft

16th and 17th December 2013

 

I made several changes to my front cover. Firstly the biggest change I made was I added in the front cover image which fills the background. I then changed the style of the 'top 20 downloads of the month' sell line and also changed the one in the banner. I also added in the name of my magazine and changed it to the colour teal to match the rest of the magazine. I also changed the echo awards sell line so that it was all in black as I though it would look better for my magazine.

                                 

Production Diary 14 - Continuing to work on front cover and chosen images

10th December 2013
 

After doing the photoshoot, I had several images that I had taken. I started selecting the images I like and perhaps would use in my magazine. I made a folder to keep all these images together so I could make a contact sheet. After I had chosen all the images, I made a contact sheet on Photoshop. I divided it up so I had two 36-image sheets.

I continued to work on my front cover. I started to change the colours of it with the colour teal I decided to have as my main colour. I made the circle of the plug, the quote for the main sell line and some words of other sell lines the colour teal. This made a consistent colour scheme of teal and black. I also added other details such as the barcode, date and issue number.

Next week I will carry on doing my front cover and put in the images I had taken to test out which ones look good for my front cover.

Model release

In order to take photos of my models and use the photos in my magazine I had to get their consent through a model release form. This form clearly states the conditions they have to agree to in order for me to take and use photos of them for my magazine and they had to sign it to confirm that they allow me to do this.



Production Diary 13 - Creating the front cover, photoshoot and behind the scenes and starting evaluation

3rd December 2013
 

This week I started creating the front cover of my magazine.

I first put in all the sell lines I had come up with before. I altered the size, font and colour for some of them. I chose to use different two fonts for the sell lines so that it doesn’t seem too diverse. I used a different font for the main sell line so that it is clear that it’s the main article. I also added in the name of the artist that is on the front cover which is Ava. I made the size of this text relatively large so that the readers know the name of the artist is Ava. I downloaded some new fonts and added it into the set of fonts in NexuxFont. I made the font of ‘Ava’ a handwriting type of font and also added in a star next to it which indicates that her music is pop related.

For homework I started to work on the evaluation. I first off wrote about the distribution of my magazine. I talked about the institution which may distribute my magazine (IPC Media) and why I think it is suitable as well as why they may choose to distribute my magazine.
 

I also did the photoshoot on Friday 6^th December. I took 465 photos in total with two models –one for the front cover and another for the contents page. I took a variety of shots mainly including close ups and mid shots so I can use it for the main image on the front cover. I also used different props such as a microphone and bubbles to demonstrate the music genre of the artist.

In addition to the photos I took for my magazine I also took some photos and short videos on my phone for behind the scenes.
 

Next week I will select the photos I want to use for my magazine. I will make a contact sheet to display all the photos I took. I will also start to create and edit the behind the scenes video.

Equipment