The document outlines the steps to draft a double page spread profile/interview for a magazine. It includes formulating an idea to profile an up-and-coming R&B record producer, giving the idea an angle by highlighting the producer's young age and success, creating an outline for sections on their background, career progression, recent work, and questions from other producers. It also provides examples for a headline like "16 and taking over the music world" and a stand-first paragraph to grab readers' attention. An example body of text is drafted telling the story of a young producer's journey from their childhood in Birmingham to working with major artists and winning a Grammy at age 16.

1. Georgia Fielding
Drafting The Double Page Spread
1) Formulate and Idea
I am going to write a profile/interview with an upcoming record producer
who produces R’n’B music, I am going to write about their past and
childhood, how they got into music, what they did to get noticed, people they
have worked with and their future plans. I will promote their new album that
they are releasing with a famous artist in the industry. My interview/profile
will be informal and I will use informal fonts.
2) Give your idea an angle
I will give my idea an angle by highlighting how young the record producer is
and how it is amazing how they are working with big R’n’B stars regardless of
their age. I will also make my profile/interview different by asking a few
questions from anonymous upcoming record producers who want to ask
questions about how they can succeed in the industry.
3) Create an outline
An outline for my interview/profile will be starting with an introduction of
the person I am going to feature; this will include their name, stage name (if
they have one) age and brief background information. After the introduction I
am going begin talking about where the record producer has came from, their
childhood, their family and school experiences. I will then move onto a new
section talking about how they got into music and producing, where they
practiced, developed their skills and how they got noticed. After this section I
am going to write about recent projects that the producer is involved in and
popular artists that they are working with. The final section will include
questions from anonymous producers who want guidance and help with
succeeding. In addition, at the bottom of my interview/profile I will have
small text to indirect advertise their latest single/album. All the way
throughout the profile/interview I am going to include several quotes that
refer back to a recent interview that I have done with the producer for the
block quote section. Examples of subheadings could be, ‘Where it all
began…’, ‘Who made it happen?’ and ‘What happens next?’.
4) Create a headline
An idea for a headline could be ‘16 and taking over the music world’, ‘16 with
a Grammy’, ‘9 GCSE’s and a Grammy Award’. Finally, ‘9 GCSE’s and 9 Million
records sold’. I want to include a fact about the record producer featured on
my magazine because I think that this makes it more serious and not that the
person is a joke. It will also attract the readers because it will surprise them
with the success. The target audience is also quite a serious target to write for
because they are going to be a bit older and less looking for gossip or funny
interviews like you would see featured in a pop genre magazine. Talking
about success in the headline will also attract them because the target
audience is stereotypically aspirers.
5) Grab the reader’s attention with a dynamic stand-first paragraph
16 and a GRAMMY? ………………… talks his childhood, how he got into the
industry and how Kanye West is asking about him!!!!!
6) Proceed with writing the body of text
An idea for my main body of text will be:

2. Georgia Fielding
It all started with a dream. ……………………. Was a young boy living in
Birmingham City Centre. Walking past the Aston Villa ground every
daydreaming of a career in football. As a young boy he said he “wanted to
play football to fit in”. It wasn’t until …………….. reached the age of 12 that he
considered music to be a fun thing to try. “ I was approached by a street
campaigner on the way to school who told me about a new youth center
music studio being opened”. After hard consideration………………………. tried
something new and decided to attend with 3 of his friends. His friends slowly
dropped out but he continued to go as he thought it was a good experience
and was gradually becoming better at producing. ………………………….. says
“being in the studio gives off a certain buzz”. It had been over a year and every
day he had been to the youth center studio without hesitation. “It became a
common thing for me. I made friends I can now call family and I enjoyed being
creative”. One day in the studio the youth team had planned Benny Blanco
(popular record producer in the states) a trip to visit the community set-up.
Benny had noticed a special spark in ………………. and decided to invite him to
his own London based studio in the summer. “I was delighted and couldn’t
believe that this had happened. I was also shocked because there were older
people who had been working on their craft for years on years and Benny
decided to choose me”. A suspected success in Benny’s London studio and
…………………. was on the list of names of that everyone wanted to work with.
Whilst in the studio ………………….. worked closely with hot producers. “We
produced over 300 songs that summer, we were working on the last one
when Pharrell walked in”. ……………………. continues to explain Pharrell’s
reaction to what he was hearing. “He nodded. Smiled and said wait there.”
After Pharrell had been on a long phone call to an anonymous friend
……………………. woke up the next day to a number 1 hit on iTunes and 500
Million Views on his Youtube channel. Not only was this a shock but the hit
track “Feel my love ft. John Legend” had been nominated for a GRAMMY
Award after 2 weeks of being released and ………………….. was jetting off for an
unexpected dream holiday to LA. Stars like Kanye West approached
………………….. at the awards to congratulate him . “I didn’t know whether to
laugh or cry at the surrealness” laughs ………………………… He carries on to
explain that Kanye wanted to invite him to his studio to help produce his new
album ‘YEEZUS’. After winning the GRAMMY Award for best Producer of
2014 ……………… continues to work in the studio with artists like Chris
Brown, Lauryn Hill and Beyonce.
7) Compose a Conclusion
All of ………………… tracks can be purchased fromhis website
…………………..com/Songs and His new book ‘16 and a GRAMMY’ is released on the
15th of February from all book stores.