Plan for lesson

Today I will be further reflecting and improving on my research and planning section so it is completed for its deadline of Friday 23 September.

*UPDATE - REFLECTION*

I will continue doing this in Thursdays lesson.

Plan for lesson

My plan for todays lesson is to look over my blog and complete work I have missed out and make any improvements where possible.

*UPDATE - REFLECTION*

I will continue with this task during next weeks lessons so that I am finished with my research and Planning section, and ready to start the Construction stage after half-term.

Audience Profiles

This research helps me as it gives me an idea of who the target audience are, what they do, what they like etc. From this I can put content into my ancillary tasks that I think they would enjoy/be interested in, for example if someone is interested in charity work I can promote charity events/work the magazine does for charity through my products.

Plan for lesson

My plan for todays lesson is to complete my audience profiles. Once I have done this I am going to go back over my blog to see if there is anything I have missed out and finish them off. 

*UPDATE - REFLECTION*

I have completed my target audience profiles which was my main aim for the lesson. I have been looking back over my blog and completing any research/planning posts that were missing.

Reader Profile

The reader profile is very useful as it allows me to see the target audiences hobbies, likes, dislikes, interests, general statistics etc. Once I have this information I can tailor my magazine to suit their needs through the use of colours, layout, price, content etc. 

Plan for lesson

Today my aim is to complete my reader profile and upload it to my blog. I am also going to begin on my target audience profiles.

Target Audience Interview

                             

I have found my target audience interview very useful as it has helped me to see the magazine from the readers perspective and understand what they are interested in. Along with my target audience surveys, I will use the information I have gathered from this to create a reader profile.

Plan for lesson

Today I am going to film my target audience interview and upload it to my blog. Once I finish this I will move on to collating my target audience data to create a reader profile.

*UPDATE - REFLECTION*
I have filmed my target audience interview, which I edited on iMovie then uploaded to my blog as a Youtube video. I am currently working on my reader profile which I will finish at home/next lesson.

Generic Conventions of Magazines, Billboards and Website

Target Audience Survey

Here I have uploaded my original questionnaire and some examples of the feedback I received after handing it out to members of my target audience. 
I have found that using questionnaires has been an effective way of finding out more about my target audience and has given me ideas to make my magazine appealing to them. From my results almost all would be happy to pay the £1.50 price I have proposed - one person thought it should be less as it is a regional magazine, however as this opinion was only in the minority I have decided to keep it the same. The majority of the target audience thought that the best way to portray regionality would be by featuring regional-based articles. This would support my views that features should be based around events and people in the cities of the region. That said, I would still want to include an element of slang/informal language in my magazine, as I feel it would create a sense of friendship and familiarity with the target audience.

The results have been interesting as they have showed a pattern of behaviour within genders. The majority of females asked said that they would fully read a magazine, whereas most of the males answered that they would skim read. This indicates I should try to interest females with the article content, while focusing on attractive imagery and eye-catching colours to appeal to males. In terms of magazine content, there was quite a range of answers as to what features should be included. It is difficult to find a definitive answer as to what I should include to to the range of answers, so I have decided to include all of the options to attract all parts of the target audience. The most popular answers as to what attracts the audience to a magazine is an attractive cover and a celebrity feature. This tells me I need to combine eye-catching features, attractive fonts and interesting sell lines with my cover image to create interest in my celebrity cover model and the magazine itself.

Besides giving me information as to what I should include in the magazine, I have found out more about the target audience which will help me to create a reader profile. I asked favourite food, music and hobby because I wanted the question to interest both females and males, as opposed to fashion, which is stereotypically a female interest, or sport, a stereotypically male interest.                          

Plan for lesson

My plan for todays lesson is to create and distribute my target audience surveys. These will help me get an idea of what my target audience really likes and what they will want to see in my magazine.

*UPDATE - REFLECTION*
I have created and distributed my target audience. I am analyzing the results and will finish this at home and upload it to my blog.

Calendar for October