charlie powell as coursework: Draft Article

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Draft Article

DRAFT ARTICLE

Now then Steph is a 19 year old, home grown singer/songwriter from Leicester, She has had to work hard for her rising success, she started by uploading videos of herself onto YouTube and Facebook, just generally getting people to listen to her music, she then went on to performing in the local pubs and small gigs for free so people could recognise her talents. She inspires to be a producer of all her own work. She is an interesting character to talk to and her music is a delight to listen to. She arrived as if from nowhere with her amazing single ‘Era’ supporting the likes of the Jamie T, and XX.

With one single out already called ‘Era’ and in the process of forming another, she has a busy schedule to stick to, as she wants to have her album produced by later on this year. She is hoping to get into gigs and festivals like reading, O2 and even go on tour. She inspires to perform with her favourite artists like Jamie T, The wombats etc. Due to her intense passion for her music and music in general this sure shows us that there’s still a lot more talent to come from this young star.

Entering the room Steph looks very excited and calm. She pulls her arm out for a hand shake and says hello while in the process. This shows that she has good manners and was a well brought up.

We are going onto ask Steph some questions for her fans to get an insight on her life style and music today.

It’s been a great start for you musically Steph. Straight the way you have reached our 2012 list of artists to catch a quick chat with BURST, for this month’s issue. So why are things going so well?

Well I’ve been trying my hardest to get noticed and it all has just happened in a click, I’ve been working hard on my new music, and its been a busy few months as I've been working on my album day and night! [Laughs]

Your first single ‘Era’ is becoming quite a hit sensation, what can we expect from you in the future?

I never thought my first real single would get this kind of response, at the minute I’m working on producing my next single, the same style but different, but I’m sure my fans will still love it!

Have you decided if you want to tour to spread your music?

Yes I’ve thought many times about it and I’m looking forward to getting more songs together so that I have an album to advertise.

Where did your interest in music come from?

As a child my mum used to always play lots of old time indie classics from her generation and she used to dance around to them. Then for my 13th birthday she bought me a guitar, something I could put all of my energy into she used to say, [laughs]

what is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you whilst performing?

When I was performing at my local club recently I tripped over my microphone stand and fell into the crowd. It was a total accident but they all cheered and seemed to love it! [Laughs]

If you weren’t a singer/songwriter, what would be your dream job?

I’m really into producing my music at the minute so I would probably want to be a producer for some really famous bands, but if I can’t choose that I think I would be a Lifeguard.

If you could headline one festival which one would it be?

Well I've been going to the Leeds festival since I was little with my mum, and that’s what got me into this sort of music, you know the indie genre. So if I could only choose one, I would choose that one. But I would also like to have the honour to headline a massive festival such as Glastonbury because that would be awesome!

There have been quite a few rumours about yourself and upcoming festivals this summer, can you give us any clues at all to if you’re taking part in any or supporting?

“I’m a new artist so would love to get out there and play as many festivals and gigs as possible! This will help me promote my music and what I do in general fast, and get me noticed. I always dream about Glastonbury and reading though, being up on their stage! And I have had a lot of good feedback from a lot of great artists, and to me this is an achievement in itself! ”

You described walking onto a stage ‘phenomenal’, how do you prepare yourself for the rush?

“Oh, I don’t really have a set routine but I normally just chill out in the back rooms before with friends, and as soon as I get on stage I’m in the zone”

You risked a lot just dropping out of school to become a performer and producer; do you look back and regret this?

“Well I guess it was a massive thing now, but I just really feel that I am good enough to do this and become a great artist and producer. I wouldn’t have dropped out of school it I didn’t think I could make it that would be stupid!”

What’s the best thing about ‘being famous’ if you like?

“haha, I wouldn’t say famous! But I really am pretty partial to free stuff! I get all sorts, as soon as I mention I like that thing or food, I get loads delivered to me on set, it’s wicked!”

What’s the worst thing about ‘being famous’?

Well I get told a lot about me, that even I didn’t know! Haha, I do a lot without even knowing, and apparently my love life is kind of great! But I'm telling you now, it’s really not! Haha “

Do you worry about other artists and the competition between you all?

”There’s nothing to worry about? It’s great to be compared to other artists in the music industry, for someone who's successful it’s such a compliment! It does put pressure on me to be the best and live up to peoples standards yes, but that’s what I'm here to do.”

We would like to thank you Steph for coming in and telling us all about your new career we really do wish you well for the future and hope to see you popping up somewhere soon! The BURST crew.

“I tripped over my microphone stand and fell into the crowd”

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Alley: the space between columns within a page. Not to be confused with the gutter, which is the combination of the inside margins of two facing pages.

Ascender: in typography, the parts of lowercase letters that rise above the x-height of the font, e.g. b, d, f, h, k, I, and t. See descender for headline implications of these

Angle - The approach or focus of a story. This is sometimes known as the peg.

Banner: The title of a periodical, which appears on the cover of the magazine and on the first page of the newsletter. It contains the name of the publication and serial information, date, volume, number. Bleed: when the image is printed to the very edge of the page.

Block quote: A long quotation - four or more lines - within body text that is set apart in order to clearly distinguish the author’s words from the words that the author is quoting.

Body or body copy: (typesetting) the main text of the work but not including headlines.

Boost: picture boost (usually front page) pic promoting a feature or story in later pages
Strap boost: as above, but with a strapline, not a picture

Buried lede – when the main point of the story is hidden away deep in the text. It should come first.

Byline - A journalist's name at the beginning of a story.

Callout: An explanatory label for an illustration, often drawn with a leader line pointing to a part of the illustration.

Caption: An identification (title) for an illustration, usually a brief phrase. The caption should also support the other content.

Centre of visual interest (CVI) - The prominent item on a page usually a headline, picture or graphic.

Column - A regular feature often on a specific topic, written by the same person who is known as a columnist.

Column gutter: The space between columns of type.

Copy - Main text of a story.

Cropping: the elimination of parts of a photograph or other original that are not required to be printed. Cropping allows the remaining parts of the image to be enlarged to fill the space.

Cross head: a heading set in the body of the text used to break it into easily readable sections.

Cross head - A few words used to break up large amounts of text, normally taken from the main text. Typically used in interviews.

Cutlines: Explanatory text, usually full sentences, that provides information about illustrations. Cutlines are sometimes called captions or legends.

Deck - Part of the headline which summarises the story. Also known as deck copy or bank.

Deck: a headline is made up of decks, each set in the same style and size of type.
A multi deck heading is one with several headings each different from the next and should not be confused with the number of lines a heading has. A four line heading is not the same as a four deck heading.

Descender: letters that descend below a line (q,p,g, j) Ascenders and descenders can create unused space in large headlines.... that is one reason why tabloid front page headlines use capitals... there are no ascenders or descenders in caps, so the lines can be crammed more closely together by adjusting the leading and therefore make better use of the space and add to the impact)

Discretionary hyphen: A hyphen that will occur only if the word appears at the end of a line, not if the word appears in the middle of a line.

Double page spread: magazine design layout that spans across two pages. Usually, the design editor will arrange to spread the layout across the centre pages of the magazine, so as to ensure that the design lines up properly.

Drop cap: a large initial letter at the start of the text that drops into the line or lines of text below.

Drop shadow: Drop shadows are those shadows dropping below text or images which gives the illusion of shadows from lighting and gives a 3D effect to the object.

Editorialise - To write in an opinionated way.

Feature - A longer, more in-depth article.

Facing pages: In a double-sided document, the two pages that appear as a spread when the publication is opened.

Filler: extra material used to complete a column or page, usually of little importance.

Flatplan - A page plan that shows where the articles and adverts are laid out.

Flush left: copy aligned along the left margin.

Flush right: copy aligned along the right margin.

Golden ratio: the rule devised to give proportions of height to width when laying out text and illustrations to produce the most optically pleasing result. Traditionally a ratio of 1 to 1.6.

Grid:A layout grid is the non-printing set of guidlines that designers use to align images and text in a document layout.

Grip-and-grin - A photograph of no inherent interest in which a notable and an obscure person shake hands at an occasion of supposed significance.

Headline - The main title of the article. Should be in present or future tense to add to urgency. Must fit the space provided. If it doesn’t, you are using the wrong words.

House style - A publication's guide to style, spelling and use of grammar, designed to help journalists write and present in a consistent way for their target audience.

Justify: (typesetting) the alignment of text along a margin or both margins. This is achieved by adjusting the spacing between the words and characters as necessary so that each line of text finishes at the same point.

Kerning - Adjustment of horizontal space between two written characters.

Kicker - The first sentence or first few words of a story's lead, set in a font size larger than the body text of the story.

Lead or Leading: (typesetting) Space added between lines of type to space out text and provide visual separation of the lines. Measured in points or fractions thereof. Named after the strips of lead that used to be inserted between lines of metal type.

Leader - An article that shows the opinion of a newspaper.

Leader: A line of dots or dashes to lead the eye across the page to separated copy.

Leading - Adjustment of vertical space between two lines.

lede - The phonetic spelling of lead, the beginning, usually the first paragraph, of an article. The importance of getting the main point of the story in the first sentence is regularly stressed to young journalists by editors. Don’t bury the lede. When we were taught to write stories at school we were urged to save the best for the climax. In journalism, get the climax in first, then give the context.

Masthead - Main title section and name at the front of a publication.

Masthead: Magazine term referring to the printed list, usually on the editorial page of a newspaper or magazine, that lists the contributors. Typically this would include the owners, publishers, editors, designers and production team. The masthead is often mistakenly used in reference to the flag or nameplate, which actually refers to the designed logo of the publication.

Negative space (or white space) the area of page without text, image or other elements

Noise: A noisy image or noisy scan is one where there are random or extra pixels that have degraded the image quality. Noise in a graphics image can be generated at the scanning stage, by artificially enlarging an image by interpolating the pixels, or by over-sharpening a digital photograph. Noise can sometimes also be found in photographs taken by some cheaper digital cameras.

Orphan - First line of a paragraph appearing on the last line of a column of text. Normally avoided.

Overline: introductory headline in smaller text size above the main headline

Pull quote: A brief phrase (not necessarily an actual quotation) from the body text, enlarged and set off from the text with rules, a box, and/or a screen. It is from a part of the text set previously, and is set in the middle of a paragraph, to add emphasis and interest.
A quote or exerpt from an article that is used as display text on the same page to entice the reader, highlight a topic or break up linearity
Pull-out quote - Selected quote from a story highlighted next to the main text. Often used in interviews.

Puff piece - A news story with editorialised, complimentary statements.

Recto - Right-hand page.

Rivers:A river is a typographic term for the ugly white gaps that can occur in justified columns of type, when there is too much space between words on concurrent lines of text. Rivers are especially common in narrow columns of text, where the type size is relatively large. Rivers are best avoided by either setting the type as ragged, increasing the width of the columns, decreasing the point size of the text, or by using a condensed typeface. An often overlooked method of avoiding rivers, is the careful use of hyphenation and justification settings in page layout programs such as QuarkXpress or InDesign.

Running head:A title or heading that runs along the top of a printed publication, usually a magazine.

Sell - Short sentence promoting an article, often pulling out a quote or a interesting sentence.

Serif and Sans serif - Plain font type with or without (sans) lines perpendicular to the ends of characters.

Set flush: text set at the full width of the column with no indentation

Splash – Main front page story.

Standfirst - Lines of text after the headline that gives more information about the article, or about the author.

Standfirst: will usually be written by the sub-editor and is normally around 40-50 words in length. Any longer and it defeats its purpose, any shorter and it becomes difficult to get the necessary information in. Its purpose is to give some background information about the writer of the article, or to give some context to the contents of the article. Usually, it is presented in typesize larger than the story text, but much smaller than the headline.

Strapline - Similar to a subhead or standfirst, but used more as a marketing term.

Subhead - A smaller one-line headline for a story.

Subhead: A secondary phrase usually following a headline. Display line(s) of lesser size and importance than the main headline(s).

Talkie headline: a quote from one of the people in the story used as a headline

Tag line: a short memorable line of cover text that sums up the tone of the publication (Loaded Mag has :For men who should know better)

Tombstoning - In page layout, to put articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.

Top heads - Headlines at the top of a column.

Widow - Last line of paragraph appearing on the first line of a column of text.

Widow: In a page layout, short last lines of paragraphs - usually unacceptable when separated from the rest of the paragraph by a column break, and always unacceptable when separated by a page break.

Wob - White text on a black or other coloured background.

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