Genre Conventions of Punk

The task I piss been vex is to firstly, produce a CD front and back bosom for the band/artist I wee-wee chosen, this part is c bothed pre-production. Then I acquire to produce a magazine double page spread, advert my band/artist, this part is Production. Then lastly I exit lead to produce a report where I will be evaluating my production, and to a fault comparing it to real singles and commenting on the weakness and strengths mine has.The Genre I erecter chosen is lump shake up/pop goon, It is non actualize when the term pop punk was first used, alone pop-influenced punk rock had been around since the 1970s, perform by bands such(prenominal) as the Ram unitarys, Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Clash, The Undertones, and Descendents. Bad Religion, who started in 1980, was other early band to play the genre, and some consider them godfathers of pop punk. In the mid- nineties, S fall outhern California-based pop punk bands achieved worldwide commercial success, and the genres association with that field of study has led some to the term social sound.As pop punk at that time was not commercially viable, no major reputation chase would sign a pop punk band until viridity Days breakthrough in 1994. Both these factors contributed to the emergence of a few nonsymbiotic record labels. Some of the most famous were, Lookout Records which was formed by Larry Liver much of the band the Lookouts, Fat Wreck Chords formed by Fat mike of NOFX, and Epitaph Records formed by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, but technically Lookout and Epitaph were formed in the late 80s but becoming increasingly popular in the 90s.Pop punk had various degrees of commercial success since the late 1970s, all the same it has had a massive international commercial success in the 1990s and 2000s, with hit bands such as Fall out boy, Hellogoodbye, New plant glory, Sum 41 and instant 182. Genre conventions included in a typical punk rock band was instrumentation includes one or two ele ctric guitars, an electric mystifying, and a drum kit, along with vocals. Vocals sometimes sound nasal and lyrics are often shouted instead of birdsong in a conventional sense, particularly in hardcore styles. roughneck rock lyrics are typically frank and confrontational compared to the lyrics of other popular melody genres, they frequently comment on social and political issues. Trend-setting songs such as The Clashs Career Opportunities and Chelseas Right to Work deal with unemployment and the grim realities of urban life. Especially in early British punk, a central endeavor was to outrage and shock the mainstream. The conventions of punk pop are similar to those of punk rock as the music has emerged from that genre.The punk bands dress code is real dressed down and more casual wear. Over time, tattoos, piercings, and metal-studded and -spiked accessories became increasingly general elements of punk fashion among both musicians and fans. The typical male punk haircut was in the first place short and choppy the Mohawk later emerged as a symptomatic style. Baggy jeans, bright t-shirts and cuffs/sweat bands were also part of their rebellious look. tinny bands normally have a circularize of tattoos, either sleeves running up their arm or stars on their body.Album elevations for Punk bands are normally bright and eye catching, with iconic art work on the front, e. g. Blink 182. They tend to then have a run into of the band on the back even off to give tongue to authenticity, and also get an image crosswise to the audience, a track list is also included and the record label the band is with. The target audience for my band will be youthful males ranging from 13-25 years of age, but there would also be a smaller target audience for teenage girls.The target audience would have a rebellious dress sense with piercings and enjoy going to gigs of their favourite bands. They will not be too intelligent as the makeup in magazines such as Kerrang is not for clayey reading and includes a lot of slang and abbreviations, and this is the type of magazine my target audience would buy. With the ratio of pictures to textual matter in these magazines and the elbow room of address it suggests that they do not require a high reading age, if they did they would alienate most lectors.The research I have found out will influence my designs for pre-production and production as I have found out numerous aspects that are included in magazines and CD covers, some that need to be included such as bar code, record label, band produce, album title etc, and others to help cover it interchangeable how I will represent the punk culture in my pictures, colours, and writing style I use. There are also many techniques that are used to attract the audiences attention which will need to be used.The layout of my CD is one that most bands use with a picture on the front along with band name and album title, and then on the back the track list and another p icture, of the band. I also rigid parental advisory sticker in the bottom corner, this is because it needs to have the label on it to warn the great unwashed, it is in the corner as it is not the main focus point of the CD, and this was also the case for the album name as the main selling points are the picture and band name.From aspect at my two page spread and existing magazine articles, such as Q, Uncut and Kerrang, I can notice the strengths and weaknesses in my work. The opthalmic codes involved in my article include the use of columns as in most magazines, with the format of a big picture of the band at the top to show the reader who is world interviewed, and a large comportment to grasp the readers attention. There is also an opening paragraph to the article and one to end it, firstly to explain about the band and then to ruin an over view of the interview.I have also included a little fact charge so its not all heavy reading, this technique is used in many magazines such as Kerrang. The mode of address is informal and casual using colloquial language, They rip up the stage like a tornado. I done this because the readers of my magazine wont be ones of great intelligence also using more slang flatters the reader and makes them feel better as they know what youre talking about and people who arent in to that music wont.I have included in the writing a few names of other more famous bands and music names such as kerrang, this is called name dropping, which again flatters the reader as they know who youre on about while others might not, an example of this would be, Im crazy to hang out with Rise Against. I also noticed in other magazines they have the name of the photographer below or on top of the pictures so I have used this on my pictures. The orbit signal of the pages is a guitar and amp I used this so the exsanguinous background wouldnt be to plain.The pictures used are one of the band together presentation unity, all wearing similar cl othing of baggy jeans which has a connotation of being related to skaters and the punk scene, they are all wearing skater place which also is related to the punk scene and the hair styles are all messed to perfection to give the rebellious look punk rockers go for. The fact they dress down in the pictures show they care more about the music than their look which many punk bands go for, screening their authenticity.The picture has been edited to give a psychedelic look to the picture as punk bands are also related to the drug scene. The television camera angle on both pictures is a low one to show the bands dominance and status. The other picture I used is one, of the bass thespian on stage with amps in the background, this picture is in black and white making the main image of the bass player stand out to the dull background. I used this picture as the interview is with the bass player and I have noticed in other magazines that they have a single picture of the person they are interviewing to show their importance.If I had to re-do this task I would revision a number of things, firstly I would like to include more pictures of the band with a more themed improvement to it as they do in most music magazines. Another line I found was the writing lacked interest in the way it was set out in a Q&A style I would change this so the answers to the questions are worked in to the writing which would give it more of a flow while reading. Also I find my fact file is not as exciting, or looks as good as one in a real magazine.So to improve this I approximate I would look at more techniques in other magazines to see what else I could place there instead. Another problem I found was it doesnt look as professional as it should do, the layout of it seems too structured and not like in a magazine for this category and the colours I feel dont suit the style of the band as I would like them too. It also seems colourless and plain which may put the reader off, but too muc h colour is also off putting being too in your face. I have also get I would need a spine on my CD cover if I wanted it to be a proper CD cover in a case.