Will's Magazine Article- First Draft

After recently falling out with the well-known rock band swallow their pride, a Jack stripe is taking his career to the next level.

We get all the facts on his new album and debut UK tour.

Jack was bought up in Hackney. He was a poor attender of school and didn’t receive any GCSE’s. The only thing he felt he succeeded in was playing his guitar. “It was a break from everyday life”

He often felt pressured into doing drugs. After realising his problem with drugs and alcohol he decided that enough was enough and began to turn his life around. “I found music helped take my mind off everyday life”

Jacks career started in 2008 when his rock group got together after being friends for some time. They toured around pubs and bars gaining in popularity and skill. “we were so happy that people excepted us in the music industry”  After 2 years they were spotted and signed by a well-known independent record label Domino who helped them in their quest to become a well-known rock band. The band often had problems “conflict and arguments were common amongst the band stated Jack.” After constant problems the band decided that it would be for the best if they went their separate ways, however this did not put jack of on his conquest to make it big. “The thought of going solo really appealed to Jack. I wanted to try and see how successful I would be.” He already had the advantage that the band was well-known. Since his new career Jack told us that “life has taken a turn for the better” and problems with alcohol are not as bad. He also does small venues in his local area of Hackney in London. Jack is amazed by the positive feedback he gets when seeing his fans and believes that without a one to one basis his career would not be half as good. He wants people to appreciate others for who they are and is trying preventing people having the same problems as him. I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of Jack Stripes in the future and we wish him luck in his new solo career.

Lucy's Magazine Article- First Draft

They’ve just completed their very first UK arena tour, had the biggest selling album of 2011 and are nominated for a whopping 4 Brits. It’s safe to say He said she said are doing pretty well for themselves. Especially considering they all grew up on council estates in north London. As soon as they enter our studio for the exclusive shoot its easy to see why they are so popular. They’re likeable. They all still have their cockney accents, the first thing they do is ask how we are and it’s clear that they’d much rather be in a recording studio than posing this way and that for our camera. That said their naturals; however the minute the cameras turned off, Jessie kicks off her heels and curls up on the sofa. The guys, Ben and Tay soon follow suit and it’s not long before were asking them for all the juicy gossip on the showbiz world. “We don’t do anything remotely cool” Jessie bemoans when we ask her how many showbiz parties the band gets to go to. “We’d all rather stay at home in front of the TV, boring I know but our day-to-day lives have become so crazy it’s nice to have that normality.” So does that mean they won’t be celebrating at next month’s Brits if they manage to bag an award? “Well come on. It’s the Brits. How many North-Londoners do you know that can say they’ve been to the Brit awards? But we don’t expect to win. The people in our categories are amazing, just to be nominated with them is an honour” laughs Ben, flashing us that cheeky smile that makes thousands of teenage girls go weak at the knees. Speaking of Ben, what about those rumours about him dating Pop Princess Amelia James? “Nah, Amelia’s cool but were just friends, when you do a job like ours, you don’t really have time for relationships.” And that’s not really a surprise. After finishing a 32-date UK tour just before Christmas the guys would be forgiven for taking some time off. “There’s no chance of that, we’ve been straight back into the studio to record the second album” divulges Tay.  So are they going to give anything away about the much-anticipated second album? “It’s the same rocky sound as the first one” explains Jessie. “That’s what we do and it’s what the fans like, but there are some softer bits here and there, the tracks really show off our vocals.” So with a new album in the pipeline it looks like 2012 is going to be just as busy as 2011 for the band, especially as they’ve just become the new faces of the ‘Star Dreams Campaign’ a campaign which helps teenagers to reach their full potential. “Star Dreams is an amazing charity, we’ve met some great teenagers who really deserve a shot.” According to Ben, something like this could have really helped the band when they first got together. “If we had something like this when we were just starting out then all the auditioning and rejections might not have happened. Every time they told us no it really made us doubt ourselves, we were so close to giving up before we got our break.” And that break came in the form of music mogul Geoffrey Hind. He spotted the band playing a gig in a Camden pub and signed the guys just a week later. “That was just a whirlwind” explains Tay. “One minute we were gigging just trying to make ends meet and the next thing we know were sat in Geoffrey Hinds office discussing record deals. It really was the stuff of dreams.” And there can be no doubt that they really are living their dreams. They may claim that they don’t think they will win at the Brit awards but I wouldn’t be so sure. With offers for work flying in from all directions you can count on one thing. You’ll be seeing a lot more of He Said She Said in the future.

I found it quite hard to write my article as i had to make it up and had no previous experience in writing articles. Howeverm i did find it quite fun making up band members and stories. I think that my article is a little long and i will prehaps have to cut it down when i put it on to my final double page.

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The Wilting Rose is a new upcoming band that everyone is excited to hear about, band members Georgia and Hannah are very excited to be finally breaking into the industry after three and a half years of work of running small gigs and auditions, and time after time they kept having the door slammed in their face. But after being noticed in the annual competition that is known as “Battle of the Bands” and going through to the final and winning the competition and having the prize of a life changing recording contract with some of the industry’s top producers. Kaleidoscope magazine reporters were lucky enough to have the chance to sit with the girls for fifteen minutes and have a chat about life before the show, during the show and after the show. We asked the duo how each day was like for them before the competition, Hannah replied “We just did what people our age would do, we went to college each day, I had a part time job at the local Chinese waitressing and Georgia had a part time job waitressing at a local café. It was very normal.” Georgia then added “Our lives were not horrible before the competition we did other things like going out with friends, parties, college life we enjoyed it all but we have always wanted this so much more.” During the competition the girls were noticed first due to their thrilling audition piece, performing one of the most well-known rock songs “Don’t Stop Me Now” from the hit musical ‘We Will Rock You’ which got the audience raising the roof when they had finished, after that the pressure was on the girls to always deliver after such a mind blowing audition but that did not pull them back, the girls soared through the rest of the stages and reached the finals within no time at all. With their final song being ‘Autumn Love’ they stole the winning prize by a many number of votes and seized the recording contract of a life time. The day after their victory they described as “dreamlike” “the press, the interviews, the photo-shoots, the publicity was just incredible, there were fans waiting everywhere we went and we just appreciate it so much and it makes us so happy that people appreciate our music and what we do” Says Georgia. We then asked the girls what is next for them, “Well, we have an album on the way but we can’t reveal names of songs or anything like that, but after that we hope to have a very successful future and hopefully you will see us soon!” Overall the girls have a promising future and seemed very professional when we interviewed them which lead us to believe that they will do well within the industry and we will be expecting big things from The Wilted Rose.

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Will's Double Page Spread Mock Up

I like the way my main image takes up a lot of the double page, it is clear to see what the article is on. the title will be clear and bold to help make it stand out. The main text will small however clear enough to read easily. I want it to be bright and colourful and make sure it catches the audience attention.

Fran's Double Page Spread Mockup

For the double page we wanted to make the image the main focus of the page. The title is also clear to show who we are interviewing and that it catches the audiences eye. The aritle will take up less of the page so people focus more on what the bands looks like. We are also surronding the interview with quotes to make it more proffesional.  

Lucy's Double Page Spread Mock Up

After researching into various double page spreads we have decided that we will have our main image on one page, with our article on another. We will then have text going across the pages in order to link the two together. We will also have small quotes from within the article around the page as we found this was a common feature in many magazines. Although this mock-up looks quite simple and boring when the actual double page spread is made it will hopefully look eye-catching and exciting. We also need to be aware about where the centre line fold will go as it we cant have text going over this line as you would be unable to read it.