We presented the first draft of our magazine cover to a group of teenagers aged 17-19. The people in this sample group were all males, as this is the demographic of our target audience. Below is a photo of the notes that we took whilst the sample analysed the cover and discussed what they liked and what they felt could be improved about it.
As well as this, a few people said they likes the "couple of the year" caption. They said it resembles something that would actually be put on the front of a magazine for a new upcoming film.
Another favoured trait was the way the characters were a different colour to the red background, because it makes them stand out because they play important roles in the film.
The group also thought that the black banner on the top right corner of the magazine cover was good because it looked professional.
On the other hand, many of the group did not like the 007 caption, as it did not look professional and looked somewhat out of place on the magazine cover. However, they also criticised our placement of the other captions such as the "their most in-depth interview" caption.
The sample also could not see the date of the magazine, nor could they read the caption on the banner on the top right corner.
Overall, the sample really liked out magazine cover, as the image colours, images and fonts we used suited the action genre. The main things we must change are the sizes and content of the captions.
