Questionnaire Results

For my questionnaire I created on my blog via using a poll, which has been answered on the right hand side in a Colum format on my blog profile. I roughly got 20 people to vote.

The Questions:

1. Which age group are you? 19 members of the public answered this question.

10-13- 0 votes
14-17- 6 votes
17-21- 13 votes
22+- 0 votes

These results already show me that my magazine should be based on teenagers due to I got no adults voted for reading the magazines. The biggest category being 17-21 showing the older teenagers voted. My second biggest category being 14-17 votes. I have decided I’m aiming my magazine on for older teenagers, so my magazine is going to have to target that audience by being bright bolding, attracting the reader, catchy words.

2. What is your favourite music Genre? 20 members of the public answered this question.

Hip Hop/ Rap- 4 votes
Indie- 9 votes
Rock- 6 votes
Metal- 1 vote
Electronica- 0 votes

By these results I am shown that there are a lot of different types of genre people are into, Indie being the most popular with 9 votes and Rock following after by 6 votes. I was originally going to do Indie as my genre for my magazine, but with rock following short after I’ve decided to have a mixture of Indie/Rock.

3. What colour scheme do you prefer? 19 members of the public answered this question.

Purple, Black and White- 10 votes
Red, White and Black- 3 votes
Blue, Purple and white- 1 vote
Silver, Red and Black- 5 votes

This has shown that most of the audience liked the idea of using purple, black and white as my colour scheme with a number of 10 votes, this is by far the most popular scheme. Second running is silver, red and black with 5 votes. By these results I have decided to use the most popular one, this is because it would stand out and it wouldn’t be a contrast with all the other magazines. It also goes well with my music genre.

4. How often do you listen to music in a week? 18 members of the public answered this question.

0-2 hours- 1 vote
3-4 hours- 2 votes
5-6 hours- 3 votes
7-8 hours- 1 vote
8+ hours- 11 votes

This shows the audience listen to music a lot, and are very into there music. Showing I need to make my magazine based on the audience who know a lot about there music. As a whole 11 votes listen to music 8+ hours a week, so if buying the magazine there going to know a lot.

5. How much are you willing to pay for the magazine? 18 members of the public answered this question.

Less than £1- 1 vote
£1-2- 6 votes
£2-3- 8-votes
£3-4- 1 vote
£4+- 1 vote

These results are showing that the readers will spend £2-3, which is mid range market. I am going to price my magazine at the same sort of price due to it being targeted at teenagers, they need to be able to afford it without it being way over priced. The price of my magazine will be £2.99 instead of £3 this is because when the reader sees the price says “£2.99” they would be more interested than if it said £3.00” this is because the price starts off with a lower price grabbing the readers attention.

6. Which shot would you prefer to see on a front cover? 15 members of the public answered this question.

Close up- 4 votes
Extreme close up shot- 0 votes
Mid shot- 9 votes
Long shot- 1 vote
Mid-Long shot- 1 vote

By these results, Mid shot has been most voted by 9 votes which is the image I was going to use for my front cover because it can show face expressions and certain make up for example, if I wanted someone to have dark make up, this image would be able to show this effect. This effect is also good because if I choose to have just one person or a band it will still work just as well unlike a close up, you couldn’t have a band on a close up, as it would be just of there face. That was the second most common vote but 4 votes.

7. What masthead do you prefer for my magazine? 7 members of the public answered this question.

Smash- 1 vote
TIU (turn it up)- 3 votes
Kraze- 1 vote
RTR (raise the roof)- 0 votes
M Extreme (music extreme)- 2 votes

The public that voted thought “TIU” was the best masthead with 3 votes, and M Extreme with 2 votes, I have agreed with the public and though TIU was the best name this is because it has been abbreviated so something small and simple like NME- New music edition, its eye catching and memorable. It also appeals to the younger audience because they use abbreviated words a lot so its similar.