Planning My Article

Article
My Article will be a story into the band 'Skies Don't Lie' rise to the top and it will be a story and insight into what they have done to be successful and how they have made it to where they are. But this article also at the end of the piece feature an interview with the group and their insight into what they've done to be successful and what they plan to do next to continue on the success. This will give the fans access to the group. So this is a story and review of the band with a small feature at the end of an interview with the band of them saying their views.

Style
My narrative voice will be initially third person as the article is a piece about the bands rapid escalation to the top, so i will be reviewing their journey to where they are so using first or second person is unnecessary on this occasion as i am writing about them and i am not a part of the band. The article will also include an interview with band and they will speak in first or second person as they will be speaking about themselves and what they did to reach where they are now, but they may also use some second person so that can create Synthetic personalisation with the audience and create and understanding between the two so that the audience can feel like they are interacting with band. As my group are a dance and upbeat type of group they bring across a sort of buzz and energy and vibrancy, so they will use words that will engage their audience and remain upbeat. They aren't going to be a negative group or written in the style of a magazine like Kerrang, they will use words which will engage and encourage the audience into remaining interested. The group are quite young and informal and want to be fun so words that i use are not going to be highly intellectual and they will be short and snappy and engaging. Words i may use could be things like: Buzz, Joy, Banter, all words which associate with fun like the style of group they are. In this article as it is a story about the actual music industry side of the bands success some specific words will have to be used like promoting, production, influence, indie labels E.C.T. This would be used in the story to add formality and add professionalism to the article.

Beginning
My Begging will be A summary/descriptive piece of what the article will be about and what the reader can expect to see in the article. How i will encourage the readers to read on is by giving them little snippets of information which will make them want to read on and find out more about what has been said. Also i would use words which may exaggerate or escalate the context so that the audiences sees it as a must read and be intrigued by the text and want to found out more. So in a way an enigma could be used. I might also gradually build the introduction up and end it on a sort of cliffhanger leaving the audience on the edge of their seats desperate to find out more of what the band did next. And i would also mention about the interview which fans will want to find out about and read on to see as they would want to feel like they had a connection with the band and create a link between the two.

Extra Text on the page
As my article ends with an interview with the band, the readers may not find out everything or something in particular they were expecting or may be intrigued to get to know the band better. So i could set up a webchat with the group via the magazines website, which would encourage more visitors to the sight and raise its profile. I may also do a Q and A section where the band will follow up the article and do a question and answer section with its fans and they will be published in the magazine the following issue which will encourage more purchasers.