Article - A Chewy Grittish' Society

Article Plan – ‘Chewy Grittish’ Society’

Article target audience: 18 – 24 years of age, Male.

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	Realism. This gritty article looks at the past events of the London riots. The purpose is to educate our growing generation on the happenings of youth culture today. It does this by asking questions on governmental issues that have affected people at the time as it uses the lack of education and respect lost due to political and police related actions.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	3rd person. This is an informative article which suggests many different opinions about recorded actions from the past. 3rd person helps me to talk about the different ways politics has affected our youth culture of today by therefore helping the reader choose naturally what they think about the opinion being stated.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The article holds a formal underlining that says the topic is serious, yet sarcasm and taboo words give the writer a sense of an informal attitude. The lexis is fairly intelligent yet colloquial terms will crop up from time to time depending on the way I want to engage with my audience through the characteristics of my writing.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	The title ‘Chewy Grittish Society’ is metaphorical in a sense as it is a knock off from the profound sentence ‘A Truly British Society’. This sets the tone almost immediately and works well when connecting with my audience. I will be using long complex sentences from time to time with a fast paced rhythm; this helps me get my point across to my audience. There will be more verbs rather than adjectives due to the nature of the article, adjectives in my case could quite easily offend those I am writing about. This is a problem when taking the PCC author rights into consideration; on the contrary adjectives aren’t in the style of my writing.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The article will use a very strong sarcastic tone of voice, almost to a style of arrogance suggesting the writer thinks in a very biased way. Hectoring may be used when considering the people are being subjective to a personal opinion.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure breaks the article into two parts. One is factually based which gives the reader numbers, figures and dated accounts of the riot based events making it quite logical. The other is entertained on a rather different writing style that talk about the actual matters that encouraged so called events. Bother will hold conclusions and paragraphs with many connectives in to produce longer, more complex sentences.

Reaching into our pockets Britain solely stands on a sloppy economy making it hard for every Joe Blogs to make a living, this goes without saying the pressure it is building upon the shoulders of young adults today. Was this relevant to the escalade of events that occurred on the 6^th of August 2011? Many people believe the riots were an act of opportunism yet I want to delve further into the reasons and opinions of many students that attended the riots whilst considering the government’s established police as well as the almighty Nick Clegg. The more I researched into the riots the more I found it was of antipathy towards the police, this is understandable for any rough time Londoner looking for something to do, but what does this say about those attending College and University courses striving for a better life. I feel that the policing attitude towards younger Britain prior to the build-up of events could of caused the extreme action that was arson, theft, public abuse and most scarring; violence. I do not use policing actions in terms of justifying what happened that week yet strangely feel that if we were to develop Britain’s youth in other ways than conflict and blame we could move ahead a lot further.

A study took place to find out the meaning of the riots, a vast majority of the 270 people that had been interviewed claimed that it was to gain ‘free stuff’. This gives fact that the riots were made up of opportunists yet do delve further into England’s socialisms and communities, how have teenagers been bought up to believe its okay to be somebody else’s misfortune. For the riots to then spread further through the country it shows that we in fact have issues now and will most likely have more to deal with in the future with the up and coming generations. Our peers have slowly pushed us through peer pressure and bad representations of what is right and what is wrong. Teenagers as young as 13 had been involved, this is isn’t a responsible mind but one that has been mislead by others.  I feel this alone should of helped the government realise that actually they require to take a stand a create a mutual relationship with teenagers to show support, especially when tuition fees and educational courses are being cut further.

Over half of the people interviewed mentioned the increase of student tuition fees and the scrapping of EMA. This is a fine example of the government action that isn’t supporting our youth and causing problems within the younger culture. For this to cause a huge expression of riotous anger it must be a main concern of the younger public.  There are so many complaints against the way police treat people within society; this especially is a cause for concern as they are empowered over the public. They may be taking it too far yet understanding why they have such a physical attachment to the public is probably enough for another story. Mark Duggan’s death was a main cause to the conflict, but the whole situation was a bigger mess than it should have been. This was most probably due to the separation of passionists and ‘arseholes’, as many would put it.  A lot of people were angry but a lot of people were joining in because they didn’t have anything better to do. This links in with many riots of the modern age, especially when relating this to the London tuition fee protests.  50,000 people had reason to move on and bid for a better trial against cutting University money, yet even to the most peaceful of protests with such level headed young adults more idiots spoiled it by storming the ‘Tory’ building. Whilst chanting “DIE TORY SCUM” the protests had then peaked into what could have been classed as rioting.  Those who were pushing violence over protest had been classed as activist, people who masked their faces and scarved’ their necks to hide identities as they traded punches with police. Because of these people young adults get labelled in society, students through London called concern as the protests ran from under their fingers as they lost control of the true meaning behind what they wanted. As soon as the Conservatives came into power educational costs was a main priority and a first hand action that demonstrated their power as a government. So as the peaceful protests commenced deranged yobs withdrew meaning and ruined it for the thousands that took part AND the generations yet to come who have University courses in speculation as an option to their future careers.

The riots seemed as an annual celebratory aftermath of violence producing the real grit to London. It separated the gangs from the people with passion that wanted to highlight their futures amongst their older peers. As generations renew, culture becomes stronger. Mr Cameron promised to do “whatever it takes” to restore order across the country, yet does it seem ethical to suggest using military control over police when incurring an attack over youthful Britain?  I understand that police should have control in retaining balaclavas, scarves and hoods IF used in a disorderly manor, but to push high-armed powers onto those with a point of view is just bizarre.  So how will this be resolved? We’re still here, still standing, still defiant. Will the youth of Britain ever really get a say?

YOUNG ADULTS ARE MISCONCIEVED BY OLDER GENERATIONS.

THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RECREATE PUBLIC RELATIONS

YET ACTIONS HAVE SPOKEN LOUDER THAN WORDS

Article - Subliminal Band

Article Plan – The Subliminal Band

Article target audience: 16 – 24 years of age, Male & Female.

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	Music and society. This article is driven on the past life events of lead singer Keiran Wilson from the band ‘Oceans Avenue’. The Darlington born song writer made his career through the club circuit in York yet not everything ran so smoothly. The article is to connect with the North Eastern audience by talking about the ups and downs of Keiran’s career in the area. It uses the band to show the highs of music yet it pulls in politics to formally talk about the lows of their career. All in all it is a good read, one for our audience to get their teeth sunk into. It produces a lighter feel to the magazine and an off-topic link from governmental issues to music itself.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	The article will be of two parts, the first being an interview that’s written to be read in 1st person narrative. 1st person being the two people talking in the interview. The second part of the article will be in 3rd person which indulges into the story itself explaining the band.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	This article will be a lot more informal when compared to the previous and first article seen in the magazine. It shows off any taboo words that may be added to bring out any characteristics and personalities of the interview, it does this with a positive nature. The language of the interview will be rather colloquial as it would have taken place in a relaxed environment; this will surely rub off on my audience as I feel my audience shall pick up on this chatty vibe.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	The rhythm of the article will show a strong understanding of what Keiran is trying to say in the interview. It won’t be fast paced nor will it drag either. The story itself will be over-run by adjectives describing Keiran’s overall laid back persona and the situations he’s dealt with. Verbs will be used in the interview to pick up on Keiran’s actions along with similes that make up an image in the readers mind of what he may or may not be doing.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The interview will hold bits of slang every now and then. This shows off the friendly relationship Keiran and I have together helping relax readers and relating them into the interview. There will be signs of sarcasm when referring to governmental effects on the band yet a positive feel will surround the whole story. I aim for this article to show a silver lining at the end, something rather heart-warming.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure will start with a small paragraph opening the scene to the band and the article. It will pull the audience in and push them straight into the article. Paragraphing will be a main way of helping break down the interview and entertaining my audience. I will conclude the article with a talk about the bands progress, characteristics, personalities and relationships in the band bringing the story of Keiran’s success into a full glimmer of light.

Shabby brick walls and narrow alleyways show off the raw background to York’s music scene. In a mid 70’s looking estate we find ourselves at the heart of raw productivity that oozes sound, The Jam Factory. This is a small crook of a house forged into a hybrid of rehearsal rooms, recording suits and Mac technology galore. With multi coloured walls and corridors only big enough for a half stack this hub for music situates the best of the British and furthermore the best of the Northeast - Keiran being one of them, cannot hold his passion for music. The more we talk to him the more he speaks of how thrilled he is to be releasing the first EP within his career, and he’s more than ready for it. “I’m so proud of our work, and it hasn’t been easy. It’s like it doesn’t seem real. We’ve got gigs in Fibbers, York. Leeds! I mean I’m actually moving to Bradford man’, it’s just crazy.” The moment Kei’ found out he was off to carry his career into Leeds he let us know, constantly on the ball he’s all about keeping friends and family close and his band closer. “I’m with the lads more than I am my mum, this aint’ a bad thing but they do my head in. Yet we’ve got something to work for and I’m closer to them than I am with most people.”

Due In February, Ocean Avenues first EP launch follows their newly released sing, ‘Call Out My Name,’ a song that feeds the soul and throws out a growling chorus with every meaning that you could relate to under the sun. The music talks gracefully with passionate underlying messages, with a shot of rocky riffs and quirky bass lines.  The band loves it just as much as their exceedingly growing fan base, all whom are ready to settle in with their established EP. York loved it so much they introduced it through their local BBC Radio station which pronounced them as the next up and coming band to look out for, ultimately they’re overall drive keeps pushing them forward. Their interview will be released on the 26^th of February. Constantly in contact Kei has taken every opportunity to get his product out there, upon showing me I was in disbelief. From growing up with him it’s a sound thought to know he’s creating something he’s always strived for, a dream of being a truly respected musician. You can’t ask for less at this stage because the tracks sound more than ready, not a force to be reckoned with. The whole EP has a range of sounds, a future punk sound combined with an alternative rock melodies the music brings out Kei’s alter ego, an open page to written on as a great rocking musician.

We took a look into their set through a live performance. This is real, a feeling of raw passion colliding with the only thing you’ve ever wanted to succeed in. This is how I felt upon walking to York’s best-known venue, Fibbers. It’s a mystery how a young Keiran managed to turn a dim light flashing MUSIC into a heavy loaded rock band travelling the venue circuit in and around York. It’s become his culture, wide eyed and open to any event that could reason with the popularity of Ocean’s Avenue’s success, but as you can imagine it isn’t the simplistic lifestyle that’s taken a hold of the bands newly established career. Fans wait, the performance they’re about to receive will be one worth of a king’s entertainment. Opening with ‘Call Out My Name’ the set spirals into a heavy mix of emotive ballads, every member enjoying the ride. Each musician has enough experience to push the set into any direction they may choose. Toby being under the spotlight spurs on the creation of his riffs which shine through the music. He has established guitar parts influenced from bands such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Band of Horses, this gives their music taste. Lyrics are good, but they can’t achieve if there isn’t a catchy undertone to set the mood…

The early days held hope for a great future in his eyes. Tough enough now to hold his own he’s been knocked down more than enough times to recall. From school Keiran could only ever try his hardest to stay out of trouble let alone think about how his future will unfold, at this point in life being the ‘hard man’ meant more than thinking about your future. Only his confidence would test him in the end. Taking Music ended up being a decision made upon cocky wit and an easy way through school, arrogance pushed Keiran to prove himself better than the rest, and it did. A voice crept out that could be compared to Caleb Followill and even the greatest Michael Lee Aday.