Evaluation question 5

 The image you see above is the last piece of written audience feedback I have received. This feedback was targeting mistakes in my magazine and just giving me general feedback on my finished product. They spotted a few errors, which I corrected, and then they gave some good feedback on things such as the colour scheme.

This feedback was very good as I could see the obvious strengths of my magazine in my target audience’s opinion. Also it ensure no mistakes were left in my final finished product.

Also I held another focus group to gain some more knowledge on what my target audience thinks of my finished product they gave the following responses to these questions:

What draws your attention to the product?

·     - Original title

·      -Colour scheme

·     - Big rap names (drake, Eminem)

How do you know the genre?

·     -The title contains ‘Rap’ in it making it apparent

·      -The names mentioned on the front cover all rappers

·       -The costume of the front page model

Strengths of the product?

·      -Original stand out masthead

·      -Stand out colour scheme

·      -Well set out

·      -Stand out front page (model, fonts)

Would you purchase the product why?

·      -Yes as it’s a rap magazine with appealing rap content

·      -It’s an overall good magazine with a good price, yes I would buy it

·      -No as it doesn’t contain enough content.

·      -No as it is more of a hip hop genre than rap.

How would you improve the product?

·      -Add more content, fill the blank space

·      -Use more colours within the magazine

·      -Better quality images

I am comparing my magazine to this issue of VIBE. The pose Eminem is using in the VIBE magazine is one I decided to use in my own magazine however my model has a slight smile and shows more of his legs, the reason for the smile is too show the magazine isn’t as serious and is more relaxed and appeals to a younger audience, showing more of the legs shows more of the fashion of the younger rappers which will also appeal to my target audience, the VIBE magazine targets Rap and rap only, however my magazine leans towards the hip hop genre also as this is becoming very popular with my target audience they like a balance of hip hop and rap.

Also I have noticed that the size difference in the two mastheads is apparent however I have had positive feedback on my masthead from most people and no one has challenged this from my target audience which makes me think its not an issue.

Another difference from my magazine and VIBE is that VIBE uses darker colours such as black and grey which may not attract the audience, whereas my magazine has a colour scheme of blue, yellow and white which are quite positive, bright colours which is more likely to attract my audience however VIBE magazine will still gain more customers as they have an iconic rapper on the front cover.

From past audience feedback when I was making my magazine  I changed a lot of things which my audience suggested such as the whole colour scheme, the type of front cover image and the image positioning on my contents page this feedback and the changes made have meant my finished product is now of a much higher standard and appeals more to my target audience.