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Talking to my members of my target audience - Video

Speaking to members of my target audience.

I decided to talk to members of my target audience, Holly and Katie. The two girls are both 13 and fit in my target audience age range. I asked them some questions about what they liked about Pop magazine and what their favorite part about the magazine was and how often they read. Like the stereo-typical teenage girl, both Holly and Katie love to read about boys and makeup. From talking to members of my target audience, I now know what to include more of and what my target audience enjoys.

My finished contents page.

This is my finished contents page, to create my contents i was inspired by Top of the Pops magazine. Especially the contents page, i loved the scattered and cluttered look with the contents boxes and i thought it looked very funky. I decided i wanted a few images on my contents page to make it look full and bursting with excitement. I wanted to focus more on the images than the text, i wanted the images to real the reader in and want them to read the magazine. The colors are again very vibrant as i swapped my house style around (still using the same colors as the cover) but i used a blue background to change things around. I am very pleased with the finished contents page and i think it fits the 'POP' theme perfectly.

My finished Magazine Cover.

This is my finished Magazine Cover, i took inspiration from other Pop magazines whilst designing and creating my own magazine. Other Pop magazines like 'Top Of The Pops' or 'Pop magazine'. My magazine is very vibrant and funky. I used the same house style throughout the magazine which consists of the colors Yellow,Pink and Blue. I chose these colors as they are very youthful and fit the theme amazingly.

Acting on feedback from my target audience.

After talking to members of my target audience, they didn't like the title of my magazine.They thought it looked too much and didn't look very 'POP'. Acting on this, i found a new font to replace my old title with and asked members of my target audience if they preferred it to the old title and they said yes. 

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Adding shapes onto my images

To make my magazine fit the pop theme more, i added some animated shapes onto them. I think this gives a funky vibe and makes the images more fun.