Audience Feedback and Evaluation.

Audience feedback and Evaluation – Charlotte Hemsworth.

Audience feedback.
Rebecca Linford – Business and Accounting student: “I would read this magazine as the colour scheme looks suitable for any student, it looks professional by the way it is set out and the images and the text are set out very clear.”

Georgia Roe – Theatre studies and English language student: “The magazine is very professional looking and I would read it because it isn’t gender associated, it looks suitable for all types of students and looks relatable.”

Louise Smith – Media studies and Psychology student: “You have used Photoshop very well by editing the photograph and text in order to make the magazine cover look professional. The colour scheme is good and the ideology of the magazine will relate to many of the students at the college, therefore I would read this magazine.”

Evaluation.
In what ways does your college magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- I have used many features to challenge forms and conventions of real media products, to make my college magazine seem more professional. For example, on the main cover of my magazine I have used a barcode, which represents the realism used in real media products and this is what I wanted to achieve when creating my magazine. I have also developed the idea of challenging real media products, by using all images put together and edited myself which gives the magazine a college type theme, which is what the magazine is all about. I have kept the colour scheme and the text/font constant throughout the front cover, and the layout is similar to those of real magazines, which makes the magazine seem more professional and carefully constructed.

In what ways does your college magazine represent particular social groups – students and/or teachers?
- I feel I have included many features in my magazine which will relate to and represent particular social groups at the college. I have included a section in which the students can talk about the college parties, get involved in competitions to win prizes, and also a chance to ask questions and discuss any questions the students may have, by emailing the college or writing to the magazine itself. Therefore, I feel this represents the social side of the college very well, and this is the ideology I was aiming for when thinking of ideas for my magazine to be based on. I also included images of students from the college, to attract people into reading the magazine as well as making it look more professional.

Who would be the audience of your college magazine?
- The audience of my college magazine would most definitely be students at the college, due to many features I have used relating to them. The tone of text I have used is as if the writer is having a conversation with the reader, and this I feel is important in attracting college students to buy and read the magazine. With me including many relatable features in my magazine, such as the college parties and competitions in which the students can get involved in, I feel that the biggest reader of this magazine is obviously students from the college itself.

How did you attract your audience?
- I have used many different features within the front cover of my magazine to attract my audience into reading the magazine. For example, the front cover is an image of a student at the college, and the students could relate to this very well. Also, the tone of text is quite chatty, which represents the tone students always use. The images and colour scheme used are similar/constant throughout which makes the magazine look professional, and therefore I feel the features on the magazine in which I used help to attract the target audience (students) very well.

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this college magazine?
- I have learnt many features and technologies from creating this magazine. I used Photoshop to construct most of my magazine, and edited most of my images using the tools provided on the programme. These tools came in useful as they allowed me to finish my final design to the standard I required and made the magazine as professional looking as I required. I was able to use tools to help me cut out the background of images, play around with the colours to see which colour would suit the magazine best, and also which text/font style suited the ideology of the magazine the best. I have learnt lots of technologies and skills from the programmes used to help me create my magazine, and it has helped me to achieve the best possible results for my final design.