AS Media Coursework Main Task - Planning and evaluation of the article

Here are the 2 articles i looked at:

ROCKSOUND ARTICLE:
It's a profile of the band 'Green Day'.
It starts by setting the scene, by describing where they are and what they are doing.
The sentence 'Tre Cool is posing for the camera, attempting to spurt water from his mouth "kinda like Moby Dick"', shows that the article is not very serious and is humorous. The fact that they use the word 'kinda' instead of 'kind of' shows the article is more informal. This would appeal to the target audience because that is the way they would write/speak. I will be writing my magazine in this way.


KERRANG:
This article is an interview with 'The All-American Rejects'. I'm not doing an interview but I wanted to look at the language used in a similar genre of magazine.
The magazine asks a question and the band members then respond to that question. This makes the article more informal.
The title of the article is a pun. They have a song called 'Dirty Little Secret' and the name of the article is 'Dirty Little Secrets'. This will appeal to fans of the band.
The article is humorous and will keep the reader interested.

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From researching the 2 double page spreads, I have chosen to write my article as a 'profile' as the article is under the section 'SPOTLIGHT' which is to give the reader more of an insight on the band. It will be from the view of the writer, but some parts are from the bands point-of-view. This is because the reader will enjoy reading something that the band has said, similar to an interview. The language will be informal using slang words which relate to the target audience.

When I looked at the 2 articles from other magazines, I notice they used pull-quotes. I decided to have a pull-quote from the article at the top of the article to try and grab the readers attention and hopefully making them want to read more.

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MY DRAFT:

One Day Over have just finished recording two new songs, due for release in early 2010. “It was a huge rush trying to record two whole songs in one day,” says Marcus. “I only had time to record vocals for one song that day and recorded the vocals for the other song in my living room a few days later.” Despite the short time to record, they did manage to record the instruments for each track.
“I could only stay at the studio for about an hour because i had to leave early for bloody work,” said Elliott. “I had time to record my bass parts for each song before having to rush off, but it was a bit mental. I was meant to be having an hour lunch break from work to record, but ended up staying for almost three hours! My boss let me off... luckily!”
Despite all their trouble over the years, they are back on track and ready to rock harder than ever! One Day Over will be heading back to the studio in the near future to record a new EP that will blow your mind and make your ears bleed (in a good way.) You can expect lots of heavy riffs, catchy sing-along choruses and beefy brutal breakdowns.