1. AS Media Research-Front Covers Survey
Which of the covers below are you most likely to buy and give a reason why?
Which of the covers below do you think will be most successful to launch my music
magazine?

2. Results
Name Magazine
Choice
Why? Magazine for
me
Why?
Beth 5 Very dramatic. 5 The artist is
the main piece.
Leanne 3 She stands out
on the page.
2 Very
conventional.
Brad 1 Liked the pun. 6 Long shot which
shows a sense
of power.
Charl 5 Celebrity on
the cover.
3 Everything you
need is there
and a good
clean layout.
Charl B 5 Celebrity on
the cover.
3 Looks cool.
Amy 1 Eye catching. 2 Not to
complicated.
Jazz 2 Splash is very
effective.
5 I like the big
cover shot.
Sarah 3 Celebrity on
the cover.
6 Clear layout.
Adele 3 Eye catching. 6 Clear layout.
Steph 6 I like the
animals used on
the cover.
3 Clear layout.
What have I found?
From the results above I have found many key pieces of information that can help
in the development of my music magazine and making it a great success. The table
below shows the results of what magazine was most eye catching to the people I
surveyed.

3. Magazine choice. Number of people who found it most
appealing.
Magazine one 2
Magazine two 1
Magazine three 3
Magazine four 0
Magazine five 5
Magazine six 1
From the table above it is clear that a well known celebrity on a cover shot makes
a magazine more eye catching. Also on the two most popular cover (3&5) the cover
shot is no more than a medium shot, meaning the audience would find a larger
more dramatic image more eye catching than a less detailed long shot. From the
results, you can see that cover four was not seen as eye catching to anyone. I
believe this could have been because the shot was too busy for people to take in
all and therefore found it more overwhelming than eye catching.
So there for I have gained from this research for a magazine to be eye catching
then the cover shot must be dramatic and bold. And that it is vital not to make
the cover shot to busy as readers find this too overwhelming.
Another part of my research within this piece is finding out what layout people
find is most appealing and most effective for a launch of a new music magazine.
The table below shows which magazine layout people found most effective for my
music magazine.
Magazine Choice. Number of people that found layout

4. most effective.
Magazine one. 0
Magazine two. 2
Magazine three. 3
Magazine four. 0
Magazine five. 2
Magazine six. 3
From the table above it is clear that people thought that for a first magazine
then a clear layout was key.