LO2: Questions for Interview Responses

 LO2: Questions for Interview - Responses

Q: What other bands or artists inspired your genre of music?

A: "A band that inspired me personally would be the Beatles and The Who but the current band inspiring me at the moment is Red Hot Chili Peppers."

Q: What first got you into music?

A: "I think it was my brother. He got a guitar when we went to America (I think it was Disney we went there for) and he knew how to play it straight away and I was terrible. It took me a few years to get used to it but it was that drive to be better than my brother, which is terrible really."

Q: If you could collaborate with any other Artist, who would it be?

A: "Simply Red, I'd like to collaborate with Mick Hucknall or Shaun Ward from Simply Red... Paul McCartney, either of them."

Q: How do you feel the internet has affected the music industry?

A: "It's great in one way, not so great in another. You've got to think that Spotify; every time someone streams a song that artist gets 0.0005 pence every time. They're not getting all the money are they? Back in the day there used to be singles that used to be £1.99 and a lot of the profits used to go to the artists themselves but it's a lot harder now to be a musician, it's a nightmare!"

Q: Are there any pre-existing songs you wish you had written?

A: "Any pre-existing songs that I'd written? I'd say... Ed Sheeran's Photograph. It's so obvious. I don't really like the song particularly but it's so obvious. Writing a song about a photograph. Everybody's had a photograph, they've got it on their keychains. When I listened to it on the radio I thought 'that's gonna be a number one hit'."

Q: What's your favourite gig you've performed at and why?

A: "We did a charity event in Frecheville, The Fairways (a pub). We were in the back of a lorry and it was amazing. We did a full two hours. Actually the electric went halfway through (*laughs) because a generator had gone down but it was amazing; It felt like we were playing at a festival. We do a lot of pubs; we do a lot of working men's clubs so it was a bit different."

Q: What made you and your fellow members want to start The Midnight Train?

A: "Actually the others, Richard was part of a famous band back in the 90's. Rocket 88 I think it was called. These guys have been in many bands: Pete, the guitarist, he's in three bands including ours. They love it that much they'll play wherever whenever. I had to audition to this band, I think there was about twenty people; did my first audition and was straight in, straight giggin'."

Follow-up Question: What made you stand out from the other twenty who auditioned?

A: "What made me stand out? I'd say my voice but it's not that great (*laughs). Probably my personality I suppose. I think as I was leaving I said 'does anyone want a hand, I can move some stuff out for you?' Then they messaged me about five minutes later saying I got the part. I'd say my voice, it has to be my voice."

Q: Do you have any advice for other people want to start their own band?

A: "Make sure you have a variety of different songs. Don't just have your Blink-182. Easy power chord songs just to push yourself a bit. Try and do stuff from the 80's and other eras. This pub tonight, there's a variety of people here; you've got to try and get at least one person so if you do a wide variety of songs in your gigs, you're going to at least hit one person."

Q: Do you feel nervous before every gig or does it start to feel more natural?

A: "No, I feel nervous all the time. I feel nervous now doing this. I'm a nervous person altogether but when I'm on stage it's different. I'm, what do you call it... introverted. I keep myself to myself but when I'm on stage it's like playing a character. You're a band member. You're a rockstar. It's easier. I find singing easier than talking... most of the time." 

Q: What's next for you?

A: "What are my next gigs? We have one, I think It's in Rotherham, Sitwell Arms. In the next three weeks we've got four more gigs. We do constantly get them but from doing them we've got more regulars. we've got more places wanting us which is great because a lot of landlords come to places like these and say 'oh we'll have you as well'. We sometimes have a month where we only do two but depending on if someone says 'are you free next Saturday?' we usually say yes. Sometimes we've got a full month of gigs, around 6. Tiring.

LO2: Questions for Interview Justification

 LO2: Questions for Interview

What other bands or artists Inspired your genre of music? 

This question allows for the audience to relate further to the band as they may share something else in common and therefore, feel a greater ideal self.

What first got you into music?

Gives insider knowledge that audiences may relate to, furthering artist background and therefore, audience attachment; creates verisimilitude in a grounded, relatable and real artist.

If you could collaborate with any other artist who would it be?

Gives insider knowledge that audiences may relate to.

How do you feel the internet has affected the music industry, for better or worse?

Relates to target audience who are digital natives and therefore, grew up with the internet and likely use it to listen to music.

Are there any pre-existing songs that you wish you'd have written?

Gives insider, exclusive knowledge that audiences may relate to.

What’s your favourite gig that you’ve performed at and why? 

Gives insider knowledge with a detailed response; allows for the feature/band's background to be made aware to the audience which they may find further relatability.

What made you and your fellow members want to start The Midnight Train? 

Furthers exclusive insider knowledge unique to the magazine which the audience can be inspired by to understand where another (featured) band came from, originating from the same Sheffield background.

Do you have any advice for those who want to start their own band? 

This gives educational value through educating those who see an ideal self in the feature how to be like them and appeal to the younger audience who may just be starting up or want to start their own band.

How do you like to unwind, do you get together with the other members? 

Furthers relatability and unique, exclusive, insider knowledge to the band's background therefore, characterizing them further through seeing something relatable in a colloquial setting juxtaposing the high energy conventions of the music/rock genre.

Did anything outside of music, like film, inspire you at all (e.g. Whiplash)?

This reaches a wider audience of those also interested in film or other media to relate to the artist and possibly feel inspired allowing for a wider influence of ideal self amongst the audience.

Do you feel nervous before every gig or does it feel natural now? 

This allows for further relatability in challenging the conventions of music/rock and male stereotypes through giving an emotion like fear to someone who's presented as careless and dominant.

What's next for you?

Informs audiences who are interested in the feature where they can see them therefore, giving further exclusive insider knowledge.

LO2: Production Schedules

 

LO2: Photoshoot Plans

 LO2: Photoshoot Plans

Front Cover Photos

The model for my main cover image will be Matt Lewin, main singer of The Midnight Train, who will be posed to hold their jacket over their shoulder which will create connotations of carelessness in the colloquial body language of holding formal clothing in a casual manner with their costume loose to further careless connotations that are conventional of rock. The costume uses a white shirt, pink tie and green jacket that each fit the house style colours; the effect of this is the denotations of business wear which is being slung over the model's shoulder and worn loosely to challenge the manner these items of clothing are worn to fit the rebellious conventions of rock and appeal to the younger demographic which are likely students which dress the same for school. Furthermore, the pink tie has feminine connotations which challenges male stereotypes and allows for further representation of feminine male readers that can create an ideal self from this aspect of the model's costume. The location will be Kimberworth Park in a low-key lighting environment which will be furthered by a medium close up, low angle to signify dominance in a low-key area which furthers conventions of rock with a careless attitude, dominant despite the dangerous connotations of darker lighting. This will be in a shallow depth of field to allow the artist to stand out from the low-key background, especially with the vibrant/high-key coloured costume they're wearing. I will need a camera with an SD card and no props will be required. 

The model will be Richard Grayson, bass guitarist, who will be using his guitar as a prop to lean on which will create connotations the motif of carelessness that is conventional of rock. He will be wearing black jeans, a black waistcoat and a red shirt to fit the house style colours present on the main cover image; this costume will also fit conventions of the rock genre and will therefore, appeal further to the target audience and to create an ideal self in relatable clothing. The location will also be Kimberworth Park which will include low-key lighting due to the night time of day in which the casual costume and pose will juxtapose the oppressive dark. Furthermore, the depth of field will be deep so that the background with the amp will be easily seen to further rock denotations. This will be in conjunction with a medium full shot to see the guitarist (almost) fully so the reader can create an easier ideal self in seeing more of the player; this will be in a slight low angle to further dominant connotations. I will need a camera with an SD card.

Contents Photos

My model for this photo will be Matt Lewin who will require no props as they sit posed in high-key lighting at Kimberworth park within a shallow depth of field to allow the member to stand out from the background  in a low angle which in culmination with the nonchalant pose connotes the dominant carelessness of rock. The shot type will be a full-shot to denote the full extent of the model's pose to further ideal self in representing a cool, dominant male musician. The costume will be the same as the main cover image to maintain consistency with the white shirt, pink tie, green jacket and brown trousers which business connotations can juxtapose the sneakers (vans) which the model will wear to signify the rebellious conventions of rock.   

My model will be Richard Greyson who will keep the same costume and guitar used from the previous photo to remain consistent in representations throughout the magazine in low-key lighting with neon lights (the same as the house style colours/pinks, purples,  blues). Richard will be posed with his back toward the camera to further rebellious connotations which appeal to the younger (also rebellious) target audience. The location will be Kimberworth park where I will require a camera and SD card to take photos in a low angle, shallow depth of field, medium full shot that highlights the musician and furthers dominant male connotations.  

Double Page Spread Photos

LO2: Gantt Chart

LO2: Gantt Chart

LO2: Legal and Ethical

LO2: Legal and Ethical

Legal (Laws)

Obscene Publications Act - Prevents the publication of inappropriate content that may negatively influence readers. This is to prevent content from being offensive and appropriate for the audience (especially that which it's targeting). 

The audience for Casbah Clash are 16-25 males who have an interest of music (from an ABC1 background) and they could be influenced by the music representations they see in magazines such as with the male gaze as a common stereotype in rock music therefore, signifying a patriarchal dominance and readership within rock magazines that could be offensive. 

I would adhere to this law through challenging representations that would entice the male gaze theory in instead using male representations in feminine connotations through costume which challenge the mass patriarchal dominance in male magazines and avoids stereotypical representations of females as provocative. I would also adhere to this law through my male representations not being offensive by way of their body language, stereotypically in rock, body language is crude and offensive. Instead using poses that can create an ideal self in relaxed, careless connotations through poses like holding a jacket over the shoulder. This challenges rock stereotypes in denoting relaxed and contempt male representations rather than obscene ones with profanity in both the images and surrounding text (not using profanity in the articles or cover lines to adhere to the law). In the event of profanity in my magazine, I would censor but not remove the content to make everything still a true representation. 

Libel Law - Illegal to publish defamatory content about a person or publish misinformation.

I will adhere to this law as my magazine is based on real world people; including a real interview which contains the words of one of the artists from a band therefore, what is being written is not fictional and lead to misinformation. Furthermore, I will adhere to this law through not spreading misinformation relating to the featured band; not writing anything defamatory regarding other magazines or artists within my magazine either. 

Copyright Law - The intellectual Property Rights are what someone holds over their own creation for a limited time exclusively to sell or adapt their product how they like.

This law can be adhered to through producing my own assets as well as taking my own photos. However, an issue with intellectual property rights would be in taking photos of an existing band in which I have accounted for through a release and consent form which has been signed and agreed to by the band as a whole. 

Laws of Contempt - The contempt of court includes influencing  legal cases taken in court whether it be in court through introducing bias, disobeying court order, refusing court questions as a witness or taking photos or shouting out in a court. 

The relevance towards media and magazines would include 'publicly commenting on a court case' and this is inclusive of social media or a news article such as those included in magazines. This would include writing names of those kept anonymous by a judge, discussing previously convicted crimes, use of names for under 18's involved in court or give bias towards whether someone's guilty or not. Breaching this could lead to 2 years of prison, a fine or both. 

I would adhere to this in the relevance of the Travis Scott case in which 10 people died and 300 were injured in a mosh pit during one of his concerts. This is a precedented event in mosh pits in the case of the death of nine during a Pearl Jam concert in 2000 however, the singer ceased the concert due to the event. The controversy of Travis Scott within this similar situation is that the concert continued on, causing more deaths and injuries therefore, holding him potentially accountable for manslaughter. I would not comment on this case not only due to the controversy caused by it but also because of my younger teen audience who may be be affected by it. 

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Ethical (Morality)

To avoid creating offensive stereotypes:

Male representations which are created to be stereotypical are not made to insult either gender either through offensive masculine stereotypes or creating misogynistic connotations. This is avoided through these representations, while stereotypical of a male, to be empowering to a male audience through an ideal self (accomplished through low angles).

Moral panics created by the rock genre pose a potential risk through the link which rock music has to rebellion and subsequent indecent or inappropriate material. Therefore, to avoid this, in photography the content can be orchestrated to not contain any offensive material such as gang signs, indecent exposure or swearing (also applicable to cover-lines and articles). 

Representation of models has to be considered as to not convey them in an offensive manner during the magazine's production. Examples of risks could include libel within articles and cover-lines as well as how the models are edited in the magazine to appear. This can be avoided through reflecting the models positively and making positive representation decisions during editing.

Interview transcription needs to be faithful to what was quoted during the actual interview; not editing the speaker's words with malicious intent to create offensive content which is directed to tarnish their reputation. 

 

LO2: Gaining Permissions - Consent Forms

 RELEASE AND CONSENT AGREEMENT

Production Title: Casbah Clash Magazine

Our agreement is as follows:

a) You hereby grant the producers the sole and exclusive rights to record, edit and distribute your participation in Casbah Clash Magazine on the 16th March 2024 at Kimberworth Park. You consent to the use of your name likeness, voice and biographical material in connection with publicity and exploitation of such a sequence forever.

b) All right and benefits hereby granted by you to the producers.

c) You hereby relinquish any right that you may have to examine or approve the completed product or products or the advertising copy or printed matter that may be used in conjunction therewith or the use to which it may be applied.

d) This agreement will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and Scotland and the Copyright Design and Patents Act of 1988.

e) I hereby affirm that I am over the age of majority and have the right to contract in my own name.

Kindly indicate your acceptance of the above by signing and returning to the producers and signed agreement.

Yours faithfully - Oliver Clements

Read, understood and agreed by

Sign:……………………………… Print:…………………………… Date:……………………………