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Evaluation

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My article

I am using new models in my article and this means a change in the style of text and language used within the article.

The photos i were going to use originally

I had an issue with these pictures and how they would suit the image of the band. Their is hardly any variety as the photos were done in the studio and i feel the photos could be improved by introducing new models to the frame and changing the image of the magazine to suit a new mix of audience.

The equipment i will be using

Stand alone Camera
Photoshop
InDesign
Studio Lighting
Apple Computers

The Planned Photoshoot

The people which i am going to use for my photo shoot are going to be Ronan Fitzpatrick and Callum Phelan. These are going to be the two artists used to model Andrew and Clarke from my band "Poor boyz". Ronan Fitzpatrick who is pretending to be Andrew will be main focal point of the band as he is the lead singer and song writer. He will be the main act i will be making the most attention on, this act will be wearing a shirt and jeans while holding a pack of cards with the king of ace at the front of the pack. The connotations between these is that Andrew is the lead singer and this suggests he is the most wanted meterial like the king in packs of cards.

 The other part of the band is Clarke. He will be acted out by Callum Phelan and he is the lead singers best mate and at the back of the pack. He will be wearing a cap, jeans and shirt whilst holding a guitar and looking like he is playing the instrument. This will be used to connotate and make sure the audience keep to its focal point of an indie/rock band.

On the feature page will show Andrew holding a guitar trying to fight out a note and start singing a song with Clarke trying to fight the guitar off him. Andrew will be sat down on a chair trying to reminsise a note out of nothing and Clarke will  be trying to pull it away from him. This picture will be used to tell the audience that the "Poor Boyz" are only a young band and that they like to muck around time and time again.

Draft of article

Time of our lives

Exclusive “Poor Boyz” interview with Aaron Phelan

Today is Tuesday 10^th January and “Poor Boyz” have just arrived in the studio. Lead singers from the band Andrew and Clarke are thriving from the success of the party which they held to celebrate their new album release “Time of our lives”. This new album is very different compared to their first album and has a much broader appeal whilst still keeping their original up-beat and enjoyable style of music. The mix of rock and love songs will hopefully see them win even more Brits and various awards which came with their first album.

Q. Do you feel you guys can live up to the success of your album “The Debut” with your new album “Time of our lives”?

A. Hell yeah. I’m surprised with how much recognition we won with “The Debut” album. We were shitting ourselves when we heard our names in the best newcomers and best album categories at the Brits. I was also surprised when we beat artists who’ve earned recognition from years of success and novices like our band who only got together 8 years ago and got that elusive record deal only 2 years ago.

Q. We’ve heard that you’re taking your first album “The debut” over the pond and that you’ve earned a contract from Simon Cowell, is this true or is it one of those rumours over twitter?

C. No, No Aaron lad, its true. He approached us after the Brit awards and asked us if we want to spend a year over in America to publicise ourselves. We said yeah but we wanted to be nearer home until we’ve advertised this album but after that we’re gonna be the next big thing over there you know.

Q. Do you feel your Northern routes will make you successful and make your band big over there?

C. Yeah mate, we hope our music appeals to the audience in America. This is because we feel we could mix genres to appeal to the audience, just like what we’ve done with “Time of our lives”

Q. Will you be going Glastonbury this year, despite all of your commitments?

A. Fuck yeah, hopefully we can give the all exclusive single “The rock” which is going to be released just before Glasto. We’ve played there for the last 5 years and we decided to release our music when we were there whilst we were at Glastonbury as they were many music fans who were inspired by our music and that was the inspiration behind the song “Glasto” from “The Debut” album.

C. We all remember that night 5^th April 2008 very well and as we were wasted on booze, we knew our time was coming  and we decided to release our debut single 6 months later.

Q. It took you guys almost a year to release “the debut” album. What was the complication behind this?

A. We had a lot of trouble thinking about the material we were going to place on the album. Me, Clarke and the record company were stuck in heated discussions on how much music we were placing in the album.

C. Our initial plan was to put the music we were intending to release all into one album and have it as a downloadable album which you had to buy a card with a code placed into it. However the record company said this was going to be too expensive and inconvenient which meant we had to release a CD because some of our potential audience may be unable to download the music.

A. Fair enough that, but we have to keep to the general publics requirements of releasing an album aswell as a downloadable one.

Q. The first single “Bodies” from your new album was released about two weeks ago and it has risen from 33^rd up to 3^rd in the charts within two weeks. Are you pleased with the success so far and do you feel it is your best single to date because many radio presenters and members of the public have it down as your best?

A. Well, we felt we could wow the audience further and due to the expectance levels from the music industry because of the amount of awards which we won with the debut album, Me and Clarke feel this could become the one of the most amazing tracks of the year.

Q. And finally, you guys are playing your new single at half time during the Burnley VS Blackburn Rovers League game next week. What was the importance about this game into why you had to perform at Turf Moor?

A. Well, we’ve always wanted to perform at half time during a football match and we feel this was the perfect game to perform our  new single at.

C. Well, I’m a Burnley FC fan and Andrew is a Blackburn fan and we feel this could help fire up the fans and have the inspiration for a Burnley win hopefully, but Andrew will have a different opinion and that opinion is not what I really give a shit about.

A. Do you want to start this discussion about football again Clarke, because I know and you will surely have understood by now that its 33 years and waiting till you have last beat us in the league.

Only time will tell if Andrew, Clarke and the lads manage to pull off another masterpiece like they did with “The debut”. Will they make it Stateside with “Time of our lives or will they be back to scratching up plans for new material in their Lancashire pad like they did with their last album? Our bet is that they will gain even more accolades with the new album and earn enough recognition from America making them the next big thing imported from Britain. Good Luck Lads!

The Band for my magazine

The Band will be called "Poor boyz" who are a young up and coming indie band who are about to release their second album "Time of our lives". The interview will be a feature spread with a large picture in the background and have guitars and other instruments whilst looking like they are about to perform a song. The interview will be a mix of an introductory paragraph and a feature question & answer interview which people will like to read aswell as looking at the eye-catching images which will be used on the feature page. The language used will be informative and creative among the general audience and this will hopefully keep the audience interested.