So it is the moment we have all been waiting for, below you will see a strapping video of my focus group. I found everything that they said in the session really rather helpful and I am already pleased with the changes I have made in which the focus group suggested and something even better is that the feedback seemed to be generally positive - now that's what we like to hear.
Feedback Time
I am rather proud of my magazine cover so far, I think it's time to show it to a focus group and get some feedback. With other people's (in the target age group) comments, I will be able to shuffle and edit my magazine cover to the exact (or close enough) taste of the age group. To kick things off, I wrote out an individual invitation to my members of my focus group.. It went a little like this:
Dear Ann Example,
I would love for you to be a part of my focus group and give me feedback on a Music Magazine front cover I produced for AS Media Studies. The focus group will take place on Wednesday the 29th of February in Mrs Lovett’s classroom at break time.
Thank you for your co-operation,
Amy Thompson
At the focus group meeting, I hope to give each member a copy of my 'Whistling Dawg' front cover in which they can analyse and either praise, but most probably degrade. Well, whatever they say, the feedback will be helpful, so I am going to film the focus
group session- then there will be no forgetting what they have said.
Dear Ann Example,
I would love for you to be a part of my focus group and give me feedback on a Music Magazine front cover I produced for AS Media Studies. The focus group will take place on Wednesday the 29th of February in Mrs Lovett’s classroom at break time.
Thank you for your co-operation,
Amy Thompson
At the focus group meeting, I hope to give each member a copy of my 'Whistling Dawg' front cover in which they can analyse and either praise, but most probably degrade. Well, whatever they say, the feedback will be helpful, so I am going to film the focus
group session- then there will be no forgetting what they have said.
Typography of Whistling Dawg
I came across the typography of my subheadings ( 'Buttons The Bear') on the internet. I think it is rather jolly and a simple font and I love the way it looks a bit like handwriting, (although not at all like mine) as you can easily tell the difference from an F to an A. I thought it fit very nicely on my magazine cover, adding to the childlike style.
However, when the text is required to be smaller, Buttons The Bear font didn't look so clear and not to easy to read, so I thought a much clearer text, such as Georgia would work well. The text seems a little bit boring and plain compared to the rest of the front cover however, but hopefully my focus group will give me some ideas on how to improve that bit.
Another quick thing to mention, is that what I thought would be really beautiful is to change the font when typing the names of the different artists, almost making there own logo. For both my main artist, Ginger, and for Whippet Skip, the two fonts are clearly unique, as you can see in the picture of my magazine cover so far on the previous blog post.
However, when the text is required to be smaller, Buttons The Bear font didn't look so clear and not to easy to read, so I thought a much clearer text, such as Georgia would work well. The text seems a little bit boring and plain compared to the rest of the front cover however, but hopefully my focus group will give me some ideas on how to improve that bit.
Another quick thing to mention, is that what I thought would be really beautiful is to change the font when typing the names of the different artists, almost making there own logo. For both my main artist, Ginger, and for Whippet Skip, the two fonts are clearly unique, as you can see in the picture of my magazine cover so far on the previous blog post.
Whistling Dawg Magazine Cover
So this is the magazine front cover which I showed my focus group, feedback is on it's way, hurrah:
Double Page Spread Photographs
The headline that accompanies my artist (who I have decided to call 'Ginger'- Creative) is going to be something about her new Winter album is going to be realeased. So some pictures of Ginger frolicking in the snow should fit perfectly. Here I have chosen 3 of what I believe to be the best pictures of the bunch I took of Ginger, as well as a beautiful picture of icicles which I hope to squeeze in somewhere, perhaps as a background.
Photographs for 'Whistling Dawg'
After looking at many music magazine front covers, I have decided I am rather fond of this particular front cover of NME as the main picture is only of the music artists head. To me, this looks effective and stands out among other magazines that may show the artists full body for example.
I think it would be a good idea for my 'Whistling Dawg' magazine to have a similar sort of style. Good plan stan.
Here is a plan on what I would love my Whistling Dawg front cover to look like:
I think it would be a good idea for my 'Whistling Dawg' magazine to have a similar sort of style. Good plan stan.
Here is a plan on what I would love my Whistling Dawg front cover to look like:
Main Photograph (Edit)
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Chosen Main Photograph
As soon as I knew what I sort of picture I fancied for my main 'Whistling Dawg' magazine front cover, I got this splendid picture of my friend. It was taken inside and I really like the way the light naturally makes her eyes stand out. It's simply charming. So here is the picture below, have a looky. It also fits beautifully with my genre of magazine, indie/alternative, much like the NME front cover a couple of posts below
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Music Magazine - Masthead
I am rather excited about the chosen title for my Music Magazine, 'Whistling Dawg' so I have set to work to find the perfect font for my masthead. Yesterday I came across this beauty, a font called 'Jangly Walk', and I think it will fit very nicely with my front cover.
Soon after that, the thought of drawing a speech bubble around the text coming from a whistling dog's head sounded quite appealing, so that's what I did.
This makes a beautiful masthead as well as a dashing logo to perhaps use again on my double page spread.
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