Article Planning - The Man Behind The Mic

Article: The Man Behind The Mic

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	This article will be an interview with Andrew Backhouse. It will be a relaxed chat with him about his future career in the music industry. I want it to be slightly comical and light- hearted.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	For the article, I will use both 1st and 2nd person narrative. This will mean that I am talking directly to Andrew and asking him questions but that I can also refer to ‘us’ and ‘we’ at Rave magazine. I think this sounds more friendly and welcoming than just asking questions – it makes it more relaxed and informal e.g. “We loved your DJ set at Latitude last year! Did you enjoy doing it?”
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	I want the interview to be relaxed and informal so that it does just come across as a ‘chat’. I may therefore use slang and youth-orientated and colloquial language. Also, the aim of this article is to be quite a community-focussed article. It shouldn’t therefore have too much taboo language in it (if any).
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	Because the article isn’t supposed to be an excited and adventurous piece of writing the rhythm shouldn’t be too fast-paced. Also because it’s a non-fiction article and it’s supposed to be quite a natural conversation, I won’t be using alliteration or any type of language that sounds to constructed.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of this article will be jokey, chatty and not too serious. I think this will make it more appealing to a teenage/student audience. Sometimes, I may use a sarcastic tone of voice but I think that my target audience will respond well to this. Because it’s an interview I can’t really say what tone Andrew will speak in.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	Because it’s an interview, there’s no real logical order to write things in apart from the order the questions were asked. Like many celebrity interviews, towards the end of the interview the focus will turn to the future and their next project. I will also do this and ask questions about Andrew’s future plans in his progressing music career.