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All Time High- How’d They Get This Far?

When All Time High released their new album Panic!, you all went mental about it! That meant only one thing; the American trio was forced to do a headline gig at the Emirates Stadium. We decided to ask them how they made it and give you some more information on the tour.

Hey guys! Compared to your other album, Limitless, Panic! is quite different, what made you decide to change?

Beth: Compared to before, we were just starting out on an indie label. When you’re working for an indie label you have no idea what you’re doing. Limitless was just mainly working on making an album. We didn’t really think of anyone else and how we’d do anything, it was just mainly arrogance and saying, “Look, we’ve got an album.”

Zac: Somewhere in the middle of all that, Reprise (Their current label) thought we were decent!

We always thought Limitless was great! Did you think Panic! was risky to begin with?

Beth: We knew it was different, but I wouldn’t say risky. We haven’t changed our morals, but we’re less of an indie band in a sense that we’ve found a style that suits us.

Zac: We just went for it and it felt great!

Would you say that’s affected your fanbase?

Cicely: I’d say our fanbase has grown, when an American band makes it into England, they know they’ve really made it. That’s exactly what it feels like for us, especially with doing a headline in London.

Zac: When you’re playing London, you know you’ve done something to impress the masses.

Cicely: But you’ve also got to think of your more intimate fans, I think we’ll have lost a lot of those, and they’re the ones who started this all off. It’s strange to think that, our starting fans won’t like us anymore because we’re sellouts.

What’s the song you most enjoy on the new album?

Beth: Personally I really like “Kill the Party”, it was the first song written for the album and I think it just sums us up.

Didn’t you write that one?

Beth: Well, I wrote most of it-

Zac: (Cuts in) But we all had our input!

Do you think you’ll open with that for the Emirates?

Beth: Possibly! There’s too much to think about at this stage.

Cicely: Yeah, the conventional thing to do would be to open with Panic! (Title song) though…

So you haven’t thought about a set list yet?

Zac: Not really, we’ve never really written one before…

Cicely: Most of the shows were intimate, so you could still ask the audience what they wanted you to play, obviously that won’t work with a stadium show.

But are you looking forward to playing a stadium show?

Zac: Definitely! It’s going to be absolutely awesome!

Beth: Yeah, we’re just going to own that stage, no doubt about it! No rules, no expectations!

What do you think will make it different to the smaller shows?

Beth: The turnout! And we have nothing to keep to and nothing to hold us back from doing what we want to do.

Cicely: It’s just going to be a great experience in general.

Nervous?

Beth: We will be right before it! We always are, but once you get through the first few chords, you’re more excited than anything else.

Thanks guys! Check out their new album Panic! and you can buy tickets for their show at www.loud.co.uk/features. 

Article Planning

Main focus of article: All Time High, album/tour.
Style of article: Interview.

Feature Writing Research- Language and Structure

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This planning is important because I can appeal to my reader and develop my ideas for my own article. This will also allow me to make my magazine look more professional to the reader.

Font Research

Masthead Options:

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This is another font I may use for my masthead. This would be a good font to use as it is more eroded and unpredictable as the first font I looked at which could connote an uneven edge to pop-punk, but also shows a fun tone. This makes it in keeping with my genre. This font follows a mixture of the Kerrang masthead and Rock Sound masthead as it is quite small, but follows Kerrang's broken up font. An issue with the font is that it is fairly small so I will consider some other fonts before making a final decision.

A third option for my masthead is this font as it connotes the punk genre. The letters are split up to have this effect. This would be a good masthead to use as connoting the right genre, showing that it is pop-punk and not confusing the target audience. However this masthead is more punk than a split between pop-punk, so I would have to make my layout and images clear what genre the music magazine is.



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Sell Line Options:

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Body Text Options:

This would be an option for the body text. This font looks quite modern which I would need to appeal the audience with, however it does look more like a newspaper font which wouldn't be appealing to my audience. I will need to look at different fonts before coming to a decision.

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A final option I would choose for my main body text would be this font. This is because it is more rounded and looks for friendly and inviting than the other two fonts. I feel that this font could engage with the reader as it seems more user friendly and would therefore aid in creating a reader/writer relationship.

Organising Costume and Props

Costume and Props

Costume and props are important as they can tell the audience more about the characters, storyline and genre. They can use signifiers to connote the genre and feelings of the characters, these are important for the target audience. Costume and props will represent the characters and can tell the audience their social status, occupation ethnicity, emotion of the character and setting. The colour of costume and props can also influence the audience's feeling and emotion by giving depth to the character. 

What will I need to consider when organising costume and props?

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How many models do I need and who are the characters?

Overall I will need five models to use for my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I plan to use three on my front cover and double page spread and the rest for my contents page to make my magazine more varied to appeal to my target audience. They will be aged at 16-17 as this is part of my target audience so it will relate to my target audience.

The costumes of these characters will likely be made up of skinny jeans and t-shirts as in my genre research I have found that is what pop-punk artists usually wear.

Examples of costume:

These pop punk artists are generally wearing shirts and t-shirts with jeans making their costumes look not out of the ordinary. They also have wristbands, necklaces, hats and tattoos which I will consider to use in my own magazine.

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In depth look at my costumes:

Location Recce

What is a recce?

A recce is a pre-filming visit to a location to check its suitability for shooting. This enables film makers to access necessary facilities and potential issues. This is useful so the filmmakers can see both the pros and cons before the professional shoot.

What do I need to assess for my recce?

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This is my location recce: