initial conclusions.

From my research including the magazine analysis, questionnaire and focus group I was able to come to a conclusion on my final product. The research that I have collated has enabled me to have a vast knowledge on both what the target audience will want to read in terms of content and how they would like to read it in terms of layout.
By using the results of my questionnaire, as well as the views of my focus group, I will be able to involve a content that will be appreciated by my target audience. My target audience tend to read weekly gossip/celebrity based magazines so I came to the conclusion that my magazine could not solely be about school as this would lose the interest of the reader.
I have decided to call the magazine The Forum as I feel the magazine is for students so should therefore include their views and have room for their discussion, thus interesting the demographic more as they will feel they have more involvement in what they read about.
I feel the research and response that I have gained throughout this process has helped me to understand what areas of school need to be included and those of which can be avoided to involve other aspects of life instead such as;interviews, fashion, socialising, events, politics and global news.
To make sure that the demographic find the magazine aesthetically pleasing and that the magazine itself challenges general school magazine stereotypes I will divert from using any school related colours as I feel this will lose the interest of the students. I also feel that the magazine should be personal to the target audience so for the front cover I shall use an image of a student instead of the school building which is commonly seen among school magazines.