Qualitative Data - Focus Group

I gave questions to a group of teenage students aged between 11 and 16. I asked them questions about their favourite colours and favourite bands to see what type of things they would like to see in a magazine. I then showed them the templates (front page, contents page and double page spread) for my magazine and asked for their opinion.

Template 1

I colleceted information from a focus group about the template I have done for my music magazine. They liked the bright, watered down colours becuase most of the focus groups favourite colour is pink. They also liked the structure and how it is not too clustered with other stories which might over cloud the main story. However, they would have prefered it if the main story heading went over the picture so they look inter-linked. Also, they would have prefered it if the stars and hearts in the background were smaller so it doesn't look too childish. Their favourite aspect of this was the pale colours and how all the colours blended in together. They also found that the smilie face in the corner looked out of place becuase of the colour.

Template 1

I then moved to the contents page and showed them both of the content page templates. They immediately prefered template 1 becuase of the stucture and colour theme. They called it 'cute' and 'fun'. They liked the way it was contructured with the different sections for different parts of the magazine and also the website link as it is noticeable by the way it goes across square of one of the parts.

Template 1

Finally, I gave them the templates for the double page spread. They prefered template 1 over template 2 however not by far. They liked how the image would go over both pages so it would show that the main focus is the artist. They also said the boxes on the side made it look more compete as there would be more content to look at as well as the aticle. However, they did suggest the the 'title of the magazine' was too bright and didn't go with the thme of the double page spread. They liked the heart becuase it was assosicating them with the heart.