Audience Feedback

I have asked three different members of my family to critic my print coursework. The first comments is from my mother. I did not ask her any questions just what she liked and didn't like about it. My mum was only commenting on my magazine front cover when it looked like this:

My mum here is W magazine's target audience she is of similar age and also of similar wealth. I noticed that my mum did not pick up on the genre of the film or the film for that matter. I thought this is a problem seen as the whole point of the coursework is about the film trailer I am producing currently. She also mentions that the content on the front was unsuitable and implies its a bit too immature and young. I took this into account and have changed the content. However she did say that the cover was eye catching which means I have improved since my Peer Evaluation. She also said that the magazines styling was classy and similar to Vogue and Cosmo magazines which is W magazines rivals. All in all I am pleased with this feedback but concerned about genre being conveyed.

The next two audience feedback's are from the younger side of the target audience. I had changed the magazine front cover since and these two were also looking at the film poster. At the time they both looked like this:

I had given these two questions to answer. These questions were; Does the product look professional? If yes why and if no what can be done? What appeals to you? and finally Did you understand the genre?

Curt here is my target audience for the film poster only. The magazine cover is aimed at women but his opinion is valued about genre and about if it looks professional. In summary Curt's opinions of the film poster was that it looked professional, this means that I have followed the conventions of a film poster effectively, however he did not pick up well on the genre so my codes need to be reviewed. Curt's opinion on the magazine front cover was fairly positive he liked the content and the image was eye catching he also picked up on the genre of the film. The only criticism was that the magazine front cover was too empty however W magazines covers are fairly empty in comparison to others, but I will take this into account as I too agree that the magazine cover is a little too "simple" and extra detail needs to be added.

Here is Dee's opinion:

Dee is my target audience for both pieces of media, therefore her opinion is quite important. She said very similar things to Curt about the film poster, she didn't like the chosen image and thought it was a little "too young". One positive is that she did get the genre unprompted but believed it would be more dominant with a different image. Her thoughts on the magazine cover were all positive, she said it was eye catching and was even branding the image she also liked the content down the side. 

In conclusion of my audience feedback my update of the magazine was successful but could do with some refining such as little details to make the front cover stand out and seem more "alive". However my poster needs a new main image and needs more work.  The bottom half of the poster and stay untouched and this follows the codes and conventions of film posters. I will also revise the slogan at the top of the page in order to make it less young like Deeana said.