Plan B Interviews

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/living/men/plan-b-interview

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/07/plan-b-love-directing-art-lives

http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/10/plan_b_ill_manors_was_a_risk_i.html

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/plan-b-my-songs-are-all-about-real-life

Why is this platform being used?

The platform being used is Print media, the reason why this platform is being used is because it is convenient people that travel by tube or bus on the way to work can easily pick it and read it. Men's health magazine isn't expensive to busy and can be bought from various places such as the local newsagents, WHS and a store located near the bus stop or train station. For each of these interviews the same time of platform is being used which is print adverts. Newspapers are usually cheaper/free than magazines when consuming.

Does the articles do more than entertain? How?

Yes, this article informs people as well as entertain. During the article Plan B talks about how he lost weight and due to what reasons. Plan B talks about motivation and change which gave him the confidence to become someone else. As well as inform, this article educates as well, there are a lot of over-weight people in the country and Plan B talks about his regime on loosing weight which could educate those who aren't aware of how to loose body fat. During the end of the interview Plan B talks about passing his lovely suits down to a fat friend which gives the audience a chance for a little laugh which comes under entertaining your audience. In the short-list interview the article doesn't do any more than just inform because me reading the print advert as an audience I didn't feel entertained. The guardian interview was slightly longer for a different audience compared to the men's health magazine the audience for this newspaper is B, C1 and C2 audiences. This interview was more detailed and informing about the film rather than the other interviews, this one included a picture and the character Riz Ahmed.

Does the platform allow the audience to participate/contribute?

No, the platform does not allow the audiences to contribute in any way. This is due to the magazine not having any sort of quiz or competition for the audiences to get involved in. Due to it being a Print media magazine it also does not give the audiences a chance to leave their comments. The newspaper interviews did have any sort of contribution for the audiences to get involved in.

What codes and conventions of print interviews are apparent in the interview?

The codes and conventions used in the print interviews are quotes and realism, the shortlist advert and the men's health interview use quotes from Plan B himself. In the Guardian interview which was the longest interview, images of Riz Ahmed was used.

Is narrative is used to tell a story?

In the men's health interview obviously as it is a magazine to do with men the narrative is used to sort of persuade men to become like Plan B and getting into shape especially as he is a famous person and could sort of be a role model to the readers of the magazine. With Plan B saying it was easy for him this may be used to persuade the readers of the magazine. In the Q interview to help the story he talks about his albums and music and sort of talks in slang which readers of Q may relate to and may understand his message as he is not speaking in a serious tone. In the shortlist interview it has more of a like chilled atmosphere to it as some of the questions aren't the most of serious questions and this narrative may helped tell the story as it like an interview with one of his friends. In the Plan B interview with the Guardian the narrative is used to tell a story in which he talks about his life and growing up and how hard it was for him which is sort of like a story itself. Relating this to the theory of Vladmir Propp Plan B is sort of like a hero and the princess at the same time as when he was younger he needed saving from the hard life that he lived and then became a hero as he saved himself from the hard life and became someone famous, also the villains would be the people that didn't treat him as equals when he was younger and before he became famous. Also relating it to another theory most of his life was disequilibrium up until he started making music and was his equilibrium in which he then became famous.