Audience interview

Interview

I have interviewed a random person within the targeted criteria and feel this information is going to help me in making a magazine cover which reaches out to the target audience i intended to reach out to at the start of my research. This will give me the knowledge I need to follow the typical answers given from the people I interviewed

My interviewee's will be a 17 year old male who is known to love this sort of genre

The questions I will ask are as follows;

1. What attracts you to Indie music?
2. What would you expect typically on a music magazine?
3. What sort of information do you expect inside one of these magazines?
4. What layout would you expect on the front?
5. What colours would you expect on the front cover of a music magazine?
6. How much would you be willing to pay for a magazine?
7. Would you be more tempted to buy a magazine if a big name was on the front?
8. If their was special offers inside the magazine would you be more tempted to buy it?
9. What do you like to see on a magazine cover?
10. Have you got any tips for me to making a good product?


The answers to the questions stated above are displayed below

1. Because its different, its not the same as other styles of music it a mixture between heavy rock and pop and it just works especially if you find the right band then you just begin to appreciate it more.

2. Definitely a lead singer of someone in a band who sort of makes the band and without him in it the band wouldn't be the same and their usually quite iconic people on the front and its always people you will recognise.

3.Usually information about tours and promotions for the tours because that is usually why the band or singer are in the magazine, something about their personal life and their background information  then usually there will be the same sort of thing for different bands.


4.A big headline near the person on the front always the name of the magazine as the top at the very forefront you would expect a picture of the lead singer of a band usually or someone iconic and then little small headlines about other news.

5.You'd expect black, grey and white normally.

6. Between about 2-5 pound.

7. Definitely I think thats what attracts a lot of people to buying magazines in the first place because without the big names i dont think many people would buy this magazine.

8. Maybe depends what type of special offers if its free tickets for something then yes.

9. You want it to stand out really bright colours and all the information on the front.

10. Just try and put a range of different information in their because not everyone will want to read about the same thing throughout the magazine and to use bright colours really.

This information is useful because it allows me to look at peoples opinions on indie music and what the target audience would expect to see typically on the front of a music magazine therefore I can use this information to create my product and include the typical things expected to be seen on one of these covers. Therefore i am going to include the things that my interviewee expected to see throughout the magazine.