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2. Question Ideas
I previously mentioned that I was going to ask the ‘Super Fan’ 11 questions
roughly that would be based on her love for Blink 182. The questions I picked
were:
-How long have you devoted your life to Blink 182?
-Have you ever met any members?
-Roughly, how much would you say you have spent on this band?
-What is your favourite piece of memorabilia and why?
-When was the first time you say the boys live?
-How did you feel when you first saw them?
-Have the band ever done anything that upset you?
-If you could meet Blink 182 right now, what would you say?
-How have this band inspired you on the music front?
-Do you have any other favourite bands?
-How do your family and friends feel about your obsession?
I asked Beth these questions and I got back some very detailed answers and I
think they will be perfect for my article.

3. Interview Answers #1
How long have you devoted your life to Blink 182?
Erm, since I was a kid really, and I first heard them when ‘All The Small Things’
was on the music channel, I saw Tom Delonge and said that I wanted to marry
him, I was six. I didn’t start collecting until my early teens, I started off basic
you know with just the cds and shirts, but it all kind of went skew whiff after
that.
Have you ever met them?
Unfortunately not but it is my dream to meet them; I will stop at nothing until
I have done so.
Roughly, how much would you say you have spent on the band?
I would say well over a thousand pounds, they are worth every penny and I
don’t regret a thing. I always joke to my parents and say that at least I am
spending the money on Blink and not drugs.
What is your favourite piece of merch and why?
I would say one of my two UK Blink flags that I got from Leeds Festival
because I had to run through thousands of people in order to get them and
it was a great achievement, they also sold out in ten minutes so that makes
it better. I also caught Tom Delonge’s pick at a show and I treasure that on
a special part on my shelf.

4. Interview Answers #2
When was the first time you saw the boys live?
August 6th Wednesday 2014 at London Brixton Academy. It was a special
one off show before Leeds Festival and I travelled six and a half hours just
to be there. We queued from 5AM in the morning also.
How did you feel when you first saw them?
A feeling that I have never quite felt before in my life. It was a very surreal
feeling to have in my opinion, the world’s most talented drummer
smashing it on his drums before my very eyes and to witness the infamous
toilet humour between Mark Hoppus and Tom Delonge in real life was
quite amazing. The feeling of the lights shining in my eyes and nearly
blinding me was more than worth it and I was smothered by people’s
sweaty bodies but I did not mind at all, I felt at home.
Have the band ever done anything to upset you?
Yes very much so, they hardly tour the UK so it is difficult to see them live
in action and the low balance in my bank account makes me feel sick every
time I check it. I was also very upset when the band announced that they
were going into an indefinite hiatus, I still have nightmares about that day.

5. Interview Answers #3
If you could meet Blink 182 right now, what would you say?
I would firstly thank them for giving kids who felt like outcasts a reason to shout
every single swear words there is out loud and not be afraid to do so, I would also
thank them for giving me a beautiful reason to spend all of my money, I would
thank each member for inspiring me to be a better person and I would
congratulate them on inspiring so many people because without them, half of the
bands would exist.
How have the band inspired you on the music front?
Mark Hoppus once said in an interview that ‘I play bass because it is the easiest
thing to play’ and that made me pick up my first bass and start a band.
Do you have any other favourite bands?
Yes I do, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, Joy Division, Neck Deep, Greenday,
Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce the Veil, All Time Low, My Chemical Romance (cry), A
Day To Remember, The Story So Far, New Found Glory, The Wonder Years, The
1975 and Of Mice And Men, but Blink will always have the number one spot.
How do your family and friends feel about your obsession?
My mam is very unsupportive as she doesn’t feel I am spending my time or money
accordingly and not to mention that she can’t stand the band, my dad just laughs
at me and asks where I’m travelling to next week and my sister is forced to pay her
way to join me. I have no friends but that doesn’t matter to me because I have
music and music doesn’t have end in like friends does.

6. Introduction - Plan
For the simple purpose to introduce the reader to my article and give them a
more better idea of what the story is about, I am wanting to include a small
introduction to set the scene that will go just before the interview starts. I am
wanting to simply state who is involved, what they are involved for, where they
are from, when this all started, why this is happening and how this is happening.
WHO Beth Moorby, 18
WHAT Super Fan of Blink 182, got involved
through a blog post (asking for fans)
WHERE England, UK
WHEN Since early teens
WHY She loves the band
HOW Earning money then spending it
straight away
My story line is that Crowd Surf Magazine posted on their blog asking for super
fans of bands to contact them for a feature in the next issue, and Beth is the fan
who was selected to be put in the magazine and interviewed.

7. Introduction - Draft
So then, back in March us at Crowd Surf were on the hunt for fans out there who
went to crazy extremes in order to show their dedication to bands within the
Rock Music Genre. After endless days of searching for the one, we hit the jackpot,
we found eighteen year old Beth from Hartlepool who has spent not only years
devoting her life to Punk Rock Legends Blink 182, but she has also spent
thousands of pounds on everything from limited edition flags to pointless crap
like pin badges and stickers. Here’s what Beth told us when we asked her a few
questions about her Instrument Shredding Heroes..
I have used several informal elements in order to make my text appeal to my
target audience and age range which are in Red. I also think that I have said
enough about the story in order to not give much away but keep the reader
interested. It also isn’t too long so the reader will not get bored before the reader
has even got to the main part of the article and I have covered all of the areas
briefly that I wanted to. I am really happy with this draft and I will be using it in my
article as the introduction to the text.

8. Headline and Brief Description
After initially coming up with several ideas
for my main headline, I have decided to go
with ‘Watching, Waiting, Crying and
Fainting’ which is a slightly adapted lyric
from the Blink 182 song ‘All The Small
Things’. This is probably the most well known
Blink song so if any fans were to read the
magazine, this would stick out to them and
would attract them possibly into wanting to
read the magazine more. It also sums up my
story quite well, because Beth speaks about
how Blink never tour the UK very much and
she portrays her passion for the band and
gets quite emotional at times about the
subject. I would still like to use the
Photoshop technique of adding an image to
text also. I want the Brief Description to be
very short, so I am wanting to use something
like ‘Blink 182 Die Hard Speaks Out For The
First Time ‘ as this doesn’t give too much
away.

9. Quotes
To provide the reader with more information,
I would like to add a quote into my article
that will in in bold letters amongst the text in
order to stand out to the reader. Most
magazines just take a quote from the text
and use that, but to give the reader a more
open view on Beth’s situation, I am going to
put in a very meaningful thing that is not in
the interview, but Beth did say. The quote is:
‘When you love a band so much,
they become more than just
people who perform and play
instruments to you, they become
part of your every day life’.
I think that this is a good quote to use
because it proves to the reader just how
much Beth loves this band, and you can
genuinely see that they mean a lot to her
with what she says.

10. Extra Information Column
For my Extra Information column, I will be
tallying up roughly how much Beth has
spent on the band over the years. The main
areas of spending come from:
-Clothing Lines (Macbeth – Tom Delonge)
-Merch Websites
-Travelling
-Gig Tickets
-Buying Music
In this column, I want it to look like
someone has written it down because of
the nature of the content; we are adding
up how much someone has spent using
traditional Mathematics methods such as
Column Addition. I would also like to
include a small picture of the area of
spending, so for example, for Macbeth, I
would place a small photo of their logo.

11. Background
As I am wanting my magazine to
be quite scrapbook like, I am really
interested in doodle style
backgrounds. I have found some
examples online and I would really
like to incorporate this idea into
my magazine. I think that the more
detail that there is, the more the
reader will be distracted however,
so I am wanting to keep the
doodles to a minimum, but I would
like the effect to look good so
some detail will be added. The
doodles will be following the Rock
Music Theme, so I could include
guitars, music notes, band
acronyms, guitar picks and more. I
will be using Pink, Yellow and Blue
pens as these are the colours from
my colour scheme and I want it all
to suit.

12. Background
I have come up with a background
design that I created using fine liner
pens and lined paper. I really like
how I have stuck with my colour
scheme and I think that it has just
enough detail for the background as
not to much is on the paper but
there is enough for it to look
effective. Because I haven't used a
Black pen, the writing on top of this
background will stand out against
the light colours which will make it
easier for the reader to see. Also, I
will be editing this in Photoshop to
lighten the image in order for
whatever is placed on top of it to
stand out more. This is not the final
design, but thanks to this practice, I
now know how to make a doodle
style background look better.