The language in each production piece can indicate who I chose to write for

   Because Production Piece One is a monologue, to be read aloud, graphology is not a consideration. Instead, to set the scene and create some imagery, I have added stage directions. Production piece two is for a magazine, therefore making the graphology very important. It is not an entirely conventional layout, as the article is not set out in columns on a plain background. Instead, I have adapted it to the style of a magazine which I have read, Rock Sound. I have laid out the text in boxes and each box is coloured brightly as bright, fluorescent colours can be associated with the punk genre. So the readers can recognise the bands with more ease, I have put a picture of each next to the corresponding text box. This is a convention of magazines, to have pictures associated with topics next to text. I have also followed the conventions of having one typeface and including a title and standfirst to my article. Using some magazine layout conventions make the form identifiable.

  In the monologue, phonology assists the entertainment factor. Alliteration such as “Grillin’ Grant”, along with assonance “rusk sucking Robbie”, can make the insults more humorous and also assist conveying emotion. In the magazine article, the phonology gives the writing some rhythm and makes it interesting. I used alliteration and assonance such as “royal punk rockers” and “Pink not Punk”. This can also help to entertain the audience and maintain the friendly tenor.

  Metaphors create imagery and entertain the audience further in the monologue, forcing them to imagine what the kitchen life is like to the character and therefore sharing her emotions with the audience. A metaphor I have adapted from Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential is the one of dancing, with my character referring to “ballet” and “waltz” in the kitchen.

  I have chosen to write the monologue as if it were spontaneous speech. This spontaneity can be found in the lexis and use of contractions, such as “can’t” and “don’t”, and deixis, such as using “it” to refer to nouns and personal pronouns to refer to certain people.

  Some lexis is colloquial, such as “noob”, a contraction of ‘newbie’. These show the emotion and can tell the audience something about the character’s social background. To also show the character’s emotion, repetition is used at one point, with the repetition of “six years”. She is trying to make her point and this can also show her feeling of anger. Listing is also used to entertain the audience. Some can create humour, such as when listing the different things put into drinks, “Tabasco, olive oil or chilli powder”. Others will show the emotions, such as “ass licking, stuck up, inexperienced NOOB”.

   In the article, deixis and contractions, such as “y’all” and “you’ll” are also used, but in this case they increase the informality and intimacy of the tenor. The writers and readers are called a “nation” because I understand punk to be a lifestyle as well as a music genre to readers and I often refer to the lifestyle associable with punk as the “scene”, making the reader feel more comfortable with the intimacy of the tenor. The intertextuality and field specific lexis, such as “lyrics”, “tunes”, and “riffs” show readers that the article can be trusted as I, the writer, know about the bands and their music. Rhetorical questions can create humour and increase the intimacy of the tenor. Similes, such as “controversial as Christmas with the in-laws” are also used to create humour and entertain the reader.

   The tense does change many times in production piece two, this happens because some bands are current and some have split up. The readers would be able to understand this with basic knowledge of the bands mentioned. Tense can also change in the monologue, when the character refers to past events and uses anecdotal events, something easy for the listeners to pick up on.

   Sentences are varied in the monologue, shorter sentences are determiners used to create certainty of emotions, others are long and descriptive, causing tension to be created and, at other times, gaining audience sympathy. Sentences are sometimes interrupted by fillers, where the character expresses uncertainty or fills a thought when thinking. Sometimes, false starts will occur, where the character falters in her speech and this can add to the sense of failure she is conveying, along with the anger. The language is quite colloquial, words are omitted and sentences are disjointed or incomplete sometimes, making the speech seem more spontaneous. To show where she will have brief pauses, I have included sentences that are disconnected by three full stops, and where the character is to stress a word I have made it italic.