STACS A-LEVEL MEDIA
STUDENT WORK
G321 FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO IN MEDIA Students create a front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All photography and text must be original. Students are free to choose the style, content and genre of magazine. Research and planning is done via an online blog. Turn the pages to see examples of students’ magazines
STILL NAMELESS Tours, Albums and Creative Breaks
NOVEMBER 2010 £4.00
TRAVEY
GOOD INTENTIONS NO DIRECTION
JESSIE MAC
BOOM, BLAST & RUIN RAISE HELL
ABSOLUTE
CATCH FIRE
ZAK ATTAK
TIGER TEETH
SALT SKIN ENEMY AMONG US PILLOW TALK MORE!
Cover and Contents image by Hannah Maxwell
NO DIRECTION November 2010
RAISE HELL 04 Travey takes over NOISE radio! RIP PETE GRITT 06 Tiger Teeth’s massive loss — drummer Pete Never fear! The November NOISE is here! This issue will surely give you that fix of planet rock you need. We’ve got 3 album reviews—YES 3! Tiger Teeth speak out about their huge loss, and No Direction spill all on why they became a band. Still Nameless have been with us reeking havoc in the studio and Jessie Mac just keeps making hits you love! Enjoy your posters people, and stick with NOISE!
Laura Editor
08 Your feedback on Enemy Among Us, Jessie Mac and Pillow Talk
CATCH FIRE Getting rowdy in the UK! UPCOMING GIGS
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BOOM, BLAST & RUIN
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46
Does exactly what is says on the tin! RAISE HELL 38 The Aussie riff monsters celebrate their biggest gig yet, right here in the UK!
JESSIE MAC 18 The new blonde bombshell herself speaks out STILL NAMELESS 24 Exclusive tour-talk! NO DIRECTION 28 F**k Simon and his mass manufactured, music-killing industry. No Direction tell NOISE all about why they loathe Simon so much ZAK ATTAK 30
A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA TO 11 RECORD AND ALBUM Calling all unsigned bands to enter, you’d be foolish to miss this!
START SOMETHING 42 These metal mashers have released yet another diamond! GOOD INTENTIONS 43
Call 01858 765 897 Now quoting to disclaim your account
DAVE 53 Dave drops his guitar to answer our questions. Will he beat last weeks Josh Franceschi?
„WE LOVE BEING UP HERE
Photos courtesy of Hannah Maxwell
PERFORMING!’ ADAM ZAMAN
Jake: We actually played a secret show last week in the UK that fans were told about the day before via email and it was a small acoustic set which was really cool. Adam: Yeah that‟s when you fell over getting on stage wasn't it? Jake: Thanks for telling everyone... Adam: You're welcome!
Jake: Adam, the most sarcastic human being on the planet Adam: Jakes mom Jake: (laughs, then gives dirty look) Twilight much??
Safe to say, Jake is the annoying one Adam: Can we say us? Jake: Obviously Adam: In that case Us, Paramore, You Me At Six, White Stripes, Vampire weekend Jake: At the moment it's got to be, Paramore, Mumford and Sons, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park and that really handsome band, Still Nameless?
Touring is always hard on a lot of bands, but Jake insists they still love it, s we sat backstage at their Birming„Sure, it gets hard, and there are nights when all you want to do is sleep. But the ham LG arena gig, Still Nameless looked thrill of being encored after a knock-out back on their year so far. Guitarist and gig, and the buzz backstage afterwards lead vocalist Adam said, “It‟s been so wild, will never get old! It‟s my motivation to I can‟t believe we‟ve had this much sucget on stage and play my best.‟ cess! Fans really seem to love our music Not many of you will know about and we love being out there performing!” the bands history before they were faDespite rumours of the band‟s mous, but NOISE can exclusively reveal spilt in 2009, Still Nameless drummer that there were two more members beJake assured NOISE that was nonsense, fore they were signed by FueledByRamen. “We have had so much left we want to do, Adam told NOISE, „They lost faith in the and we‟re not about to give up on everyband so they left. There isn‟t any hard thing we‟ve worked so damn hard for!” feelings at all—they still help us out on Having been off the scene for a tour! They‟re with us in the UK tour right while following the release of the 2006 now.‟ album „Whorses‟, NOISE wanted to know This album has successfully capwhat they did in their break. Jake said, tured our ears, hearts and the “Well, we didn‟t really know what to do alternative rock movement. with ourselves. We‟d had so much fun in With influences like Blink the spotlight on tour we lost sight of why 182 it‟s not hard to see we started Still Nameless. It became more why this new album is so of a job instead of something we did befun. cause we love it, so we took a „creative So far they‟ve toured break‟ and the came up whole of with Europe, the Logical States, and NonSouth sense”. America.
Adam: It's been pretty crazy. One fan came up to me and asked me to sign her boob! Awkward times....Of course, I did it...she asked me so nicely! (laughs) My mom‟s coming to see us too in London, and she‟s never seen us play a proper gig in a proper venue, and she‟s really excited! It hasn‟t really sunk in just how well we‟ve done. We've played places we didn't know existed which is pretty cool. Jake: Well, I knew they existed, you're just an idiot, but yeah it's been amazing, some of the things we've seen and done I wouldn't have imagined of doing in a million years. And it‟s not just Adam with crazy fans! I‟ve now been sent knickers in the post of all shapes and sizes, and this one lad thrust a guitar in my face and asked me to sign it and play on it! We‟ve got good Christmas stories this year, ennit Adam. Adam: (laughs) well yeah, although, I‟m not sure my Nan wants to hear about the boob signing....
“Music is our Life” Jake Mason
For those of you that are familiar with the whole album [released 29/10/2010] you will know the album is just as fun as their current single ‘Genius in the making’. Adam told NOISE, “ We wanted to put more fun into the new album, because Whorses was really slow and frankly, depressing. We wanted this album to be more upbeat in a Tom DeLonge sort of way”. Jake jumped in with, “ Yeah, we had a jamming session in the studio and came up with 5 songs! It‟s crazy! I don‟t think any band has ever done that.” Adam reckons that the bands newfound work ethic is the reason this album has become such a hit, „We really want this, we want to make music for the fans not just to say thanks for their constant support, but because we love doing it!‟ Jake, counting his lucky stars said, „Music really is our life, however stupidly cliché that is — we never want this to end!‟ And NOISE can see why, could you ever imagine these boys in an office job?!
They‟re now finishing up their tour back home in the UK with huge venues like Brum‟s LG arena and London‟s Wembley arena. When asked about their sell out Wembley gig, Adam told NOISE, “ We‟re really excited about it! We‟ve always wanted to play somewhere like that, and it‟s such a great achievement. We‟re planning on filming the gig in London and releasing a live album/DVD—but that‟ll take a few months to complete, so check out our website for news!” [stillnameless.net] With a year like this, it can safely be said we expect great things from Still Nameless and when asked, Jake said, “ We‟re gonna concentrate on the live album for now, but we‟re not ruling anything out. So— who knows?!”
A full gig review of the Wembley gig will feature in next months Christmas special, but for more information on tour dates, see page 46.
Still Nameless and Still Posers...
‘WE DON’T EVEN LIKE THEM!’ JUNKIES SCRAP WITH THE MECHANICS
GIRLS AND BOYS COUNTDOWN WEMBLEY ALONG WITH: JAKE MCDONALD, TRAVIE, THE PEPPERMENTS, HANNAH AND THE HATS AND MANY MORE
ROCK, GLAMOUR, BOYS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE PRETTY SUICIDES ‘WE HAVE COME FROM SITTING OUR GCSE EXAMAS TO LIVING THE URBAN CHICK LIFESTYLE’
FREE POSTERS OF THE PRETTY SUICIDES INSIDE!
WHAT’S UP? NOVEMBER 2010
BAND INDEX HANNAH AND THE HATS 9
GIRLS AND BOYS 45 JUNKIE 56 PICKALO 14 THE PEPPERMINTS 54 AFTER EIGHT 42 GEM GEMS 23 TRAVIE 15 BUNGIE 34 THE KNICKER ELASTICS 78 THE PLIMSOLES 60 JAKE MCDONALD 76 EGO 46 JACK IN A BOX 90 THE ELECTRONIC VAMPIRES 89 THE MEGASKETCHERS 56 TOLAND 67 KIT KAT FUNKY 71 BUSINESS FIRST 74 THE BANGLES 76 THE FRANKLINS 85 THE XX 98 MORNING GLORY 76 THE JOLLY FRYERS 70 ELTON AND THE BOMBS 65 BLACK BOOKS 76 FOUL MOUTHS 72 MANY WORDS 86 ANTZ 89 THE DIRTY PICTURES 76 HEY PHIL! 12 JENNY AND THE MACHINE 98 PAPER DREAMS 74 COMPUTER CHIPS 05 THE MARSHALLS 84 LADY MADONNA 76 FONTZ 75 THE PICK UPS 92 THE SPACEDOCKERS 45 HIGHRISE 26 OLD SPORTS 77 THE URBANS 71 WET DREAMS 43 PINK 88 THE GOOD GUYS 91 THE SPARROWS 50 NOTHINGS CHANGED 71 LIQUORICE 87 THE WHEREABOUTS 68 STANLEY TRICKS 65 NOWHERE BOY 22 STEVIE STEVE 81 BABES IN TOYLAND 05 3OH!3 08 JESSIE J 100 LAURA SMOKES! 88 SLEEZY 13 BLAH BLAH GIRLS 77 KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 64 TING TINGS 11 HELLO GOODBYE 02 PUNK GIRLS 09 THE JUMPSUITS 06 BAD BOYS 56
LIVE REVIEWS ALL THE LASEST REVIEWS FROM RECENT TOURS AND FESTIVALS TRAVIE, THE URBANS, HANNAH AND THE HATS, LADY MADONNA AND NOWHERE BOY. PAGES 15, 9, 76, 22
FEATURES ARTIST FEATURES FROM HOT NEW BANDS AND ARTISTS THAT HAVE SMASHED THE MAINSTREAM PINK, BABES IN TOYLAND, JAKE MCDONALD, HIGHRISE AND THE PEPPERMINTS PAGES 102-110
ALBUM REVIEWS ALL THE LATEST CHART TOPPING ALBUMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND CHARTS: YOUR OPINIONS THE GOOD GUYS, BAD BOYS, THE MARSHALLS, THE XX, HEY PHIL! AND THE DIRTY PICTURES PAGES 91, 56, 84, 98, 12, 76
WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN TICKETS TO SEE YOUR FAVOURITE UNDERGROUND ARTISTS AND BANDS INCLUDING: THE SPARROWS, HELLO GOODBYE, THE BANGLES, JACK IN A BOX AND GIRLS AND BOYS PAGE 114
Hello, thank you for buying this month’s UNDERGROUND magazine! I can assure you that this month we have all the latest gossip and information from your favourite UNDERGROUND artists and bands. Including free posters by the new band that everyone is talking about ‘The Pretty Suicides’ who have smashed the mainstream this month being number one in the album chart all month, also a special Q&A inside by the two girls. A big shout out to all the people who helped produce this magazine! Enjoy UNDERGROUND readers.
Jessie x
G324 ADVANCED PORTFOLIO IN MEDIA Students create a media product and two ancillary texts from a choice of set briefs; including a film trailer and a pop music video. All filming and photography must be original. Students are free to choose the style, content and genre of the media product. Research and planning is done via an online blog. Turn the pages to see student examples of: • Film teaser trailer • Film trailer • Pop music video
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MEDIA PRODUCTION BRIEF Unit-3 is where students create a media product: film or print. Film Shoot, edit and using post-production techniques, create a short (5-10 minutes) film that addresses the exam board brief* Print Produce a magazine front cover, contents page and single page article (including original photography) that addresses the exam board brief*
*Each year, Edexcel release the topic (or set brief) that students follow in order to create their product. The set brief allows for a wide range of interpretations. Last year’s brief was: IDENTITY THEFT
Turn the pages to see examples of students’ magazines and films
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- Slang dictionary - Top Ten Tongue Twisters - Graffiti
ID
THEFT
Mega Music - Dubstep - R&B classics - VOIDS tunes - Top 10 May songs
IDentity theft In 2010 it has been estimated 15 million people where affected by identity theft, either stolen, or misused. Elliot was amongst these victims. Aged 20, Elliot is a full time fitness model, and fitness star for VOID magazine. He, like millions around the UK has underestimated identity fraud. Elliot was affected by a common type of identity theft; Bin raiding. Elliot’s email address was stolen, and used to retrieve previous photographs for VOID magazine. These photographs were soon seized by hackers and VOID’s best model was quickly stripped of his identity. Still unaware, Elliot’s photos appeared in local fashion and health magazines 3 weeks later, until the owner of the VOID spotted the model on other unknown magazines. The hacker sold the photographs as his own to small publishers and companies. This type of fraud is very common in the UK 79% of households in the UK have more than two documents with important information in one single bin bag. However it was double trouble for Elliot, as his credit card details were also discovered from his email. Elliot said “I wasn't aware the risks I was putting myself into” Simple, Stupid, Slip ups can cause you a lot of problems. Don’t be loose with your identity, keep it safe, because it is who you are. Every year in the UK identity fraud costs more than £2.7billion and this figure is rising. Don’t be part of something you don’t need to, keep your identity safe. without
How does it affect you?
Bin raiding is very dangerous, it takes seconds to throw away important documents, but you may deal with the consequences for years. Depending on the document, the raider could access your bank account, email account, social networks and your national insurance number. Allowing them to illegally misuse your information. To solve this issue you need to follow Elliot’s Top Ten Tips, to help on bin raiding and more.
Eliot’s Top Ten Tips 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Fight “phishing” – Don’t take the bait. Shred all important documents before disposal. Shield your computer from viruses and spies. Check your bills and bank statements. Close credit card accounts you don't use on a regular basis. Watching your Wallet Prevents People from stealing your identity. Keep all passwords hidden. Uses caution everywhere you use your card. Don’t share personal information on social networks. Be careful what you sign up for.
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MEDIA PRODUCTION PROJECT
Unit-5 is where students plan and project-manage a radio drama; individually and collectively. The radio drama is recorded in the STACS recording studio using the SONAR sound software programme and the students are responsible for: • Recording of voices in the sound-booth • Downloading/creating sound FX • Layering of sound • Editing
Click on the Soundcloud link below to listen to the student radio dramas from 2012