Georgiana Angus

My first question was related to the name of the magazine. As my magazine has a fictional aspect to it, along with a light futuristic theme, I decided to base my name around something space related that also might be related to music or fiction.

I had a choice of three names the candidate could pick from 

APOLLO

PANDORA 

AULETE 

APOLLO is the greek god of music, so I feel like I had the music and fiction aspect down. In addition it is a name heavily related to space exploration and travel. I feel like APOLLO fits all the criteria I wanted the name to fit. 

PANDORA is also a Greek name related to space and greek mythology, so it checks the space and fictional theme. However PANDORA is not related to music but instead to gifts as PANDORA literally means "Gifts for all". That is probably why the popular jewellery brand is also called PANDORA.

AULETE is the one that checks the least of the boxes. AULETE does not relate to ancient greek mythology but rather the ancient culture as an AULOS is actually a greek flute and an AULETE is someone who plays that instrument. So it definitely targets the music category however it does not relate to fiction or to space so it fits my genre the least. 

According to my questionnaire most people liked the name APOLLO over the other two. APOLLO was voted for 54% of the time, with PANDORA taking 33% and AULETE with 13%

This makes it very clear to me that APOLLO is my best bet. Which is convenient as out of the three, it matches all my pre set criteria and is actually my favourite too. 

In my second question I asked if they would prefer to see a band on the cover, or an artistically pleasing cover. This was so I could evaluate what kind of photograph should I aim towards and If I had to organise a band photo shoot for the main image. It turns out most people would prefer to see and artistic cover over an actual band or artist on the cover. Just under 70% said that they would prefer things like album art over the 30% that said they would prefer a band. This again is useful as I was going to go for a more artistic cover in the first place and now that I know will be more well received than a band on the cover reassures me that it is the right choice. 

In my third question I asked what type of font people preferred out of SERIF, SANS SERIF and HANDWRITING. 

Surprisingly the one I liked the most and was leaning more towards , sans serif, was actually the least popular, pulling in a percentage of 8%. The other two SERIF and HANDWRITING had the same amount votes at 46% each. This has lead me to do some serious thinking as now I will need to evaluate if I want to appeal more to what the audience wants or If i go against what they said and still continue to use SANS SERIF. I will have to consider this and try out multiple font faces for my final magazine and who knows, maybe the audience was right on which one will look better. 

My final question was related to the colour scheme of the magazine. I predesigned three different colour palettes that I thought portrayed my main themes of fiction, space and music. 

The top one of just Blue was designed to look like space and have futuristic element to it, this fits into the theme of space I have. In addition blue is said to heighten people creativity and intellect and I want my magazine to portray those virtues. This was the least favourite with on 13%

I had one which was purple-blue as I tried to make it look like the night sky and sunrise. This one was the favourite with a percentage of 59%. I wanted the colours to feel much like a dream and fantasy as this would tie in idea of fiction. 

My last on was Pink-Orange. Again following the theme of sky I made a colour palette that looked like a warm sunset. This pulled in a vote of 27% ranking second best. It again has the elements of fantasy and fiction.