Audience feedback for a front cover image

Before making my magazine, I wanted to be prepared in a way that I took a sample of shots with a couple of different people in ad then I asked 20 people to tell me which one they liked the most. I was not sure if I wanted a girl or a boy on my front cover and I wanted to find out which gender would fit my genre of indie pop more. As well as this, I decided to only take images of a younger age in order to appeal to my target audience of 15-20 year olds. By doing this take I was hoping to make a clear decision of which picture to use for my front page.

From doing this, I have made my decision as to which picture I am going to use for my front page of my magazine cover. I came to a conclusion that I will use image number seven. One of the reasons is because this particular image got the most votes as being the best and I like to listen to the audiences feedback as that is how people achieve the best results possible. As well as this, when I spoke to the audience about why they liked it so much, they said the hair of the girl stood out and makes the picture seem more "indie." As this was the look I was going for all along, it reinforced my reasoning to choose this picture over the others. I asked a source why image 1 only got one vote and they said it was because it did not fit the individual genre as much as the others. Also, when I researched indie music magazines, all their front covers involve a mid-shot of the artist(s). I decided that the safest aspect to do was to go with a close-up/ mid-shot of a girl. I have learnt that audiences normally have a liking towards different things and that one must choose the correct images for the majority of the people who like it the most. I will remember this and take it on board when doing my contents and double page spread also.