Page Furniture
Page furniture is essentially the conventions of the double page, they are certain components of the page that make up the page. They aren't necessarily the main things on the page but they are small things that make up the double page spread. Below are the page furniture that make up a double page spread:
- Pull Quotes
- Cross-head
- Box-outs
- Option Box
- Folio/slug
- Caption/Caption Header
- Byline
- Header sell/Strap
- Reader Information
- Info Bar
- Drop cap
Interviewing all of Alternative in a room together is like being ushered into a zoo and asked to keep order in the chimpanzee house. The boys – Harry Jenkins, Luke Hemming and Jake Bullock– are shrieking exuberance and energy, even halfway through a grueling nine-month world tour. They bounce on their chairs; interrupt each other, create the kind of chaos that leaves teenage girls fainting and screaming in their wake. Frankly, they’re exhausting.
Life though has been anything but real for Alternative, even since the five of them were meshed into a band by the Machiavellian hands of Simon Cowell on the X-Factor in 2012. They came second in the show but have gone on to sell around 45 million records –their second album, Take Me Out, was number one in 28 countries – and are chased by girls everywhere they go. They’re outside the concert venues, in the hotel lobbies, outside their mothers’ houses and a few have probably delivered themselves, Cleopatra-style in a carpet, to their dressing rooms. With such fans, what on earth don’t they already know about Alternative?
“Lots,” says Harry Jenkins earnestly, his angelic face furrowed with concentration. “This was really a bit of a thank you to fans really, for sticking with us. We wanted to show them the real us, because social media and interviews don’t really give you the chance to get to know someone. I really think this will help.”
Like all groups, Alternative are locked up together for long periods of time; after three years they can finish each others’ sentences. There are band dynamics within the band: Harry and Luke do most of the talking; they have a rapport, which means Twitter constantly speculates as to whether they’re an item. They jabber like magpies when asked a question, but if you want a serious, considered answer, it’s Harry Jenkins who will deliver it.
So when asked why they chose Spurlock to direct the film, the others shout out “his jacket” or “his mustache”, but Jenkins patiently waits until they've finished, and adds: “We really liked his style of film making. Whatever Morgan does, he always seems to get right into it – he immerses himself into that world. And that’s what we wanted; it’s nerve-wracking letting people into our lives, even if cameras were following us around on the X-Factor for 10 weeks. We needed someone we could trust because we were actually scared. But we've never said to him: ‘Stop filming, this is private.’ We really did want everything about us to go in.”
All three are now certainly too old to be throwing paper in classrooms: they range from the ages of 17, 18 and 19. The last part of their education has taken place in lunatic conditions, with 19-year-old jack Bullock remembering with wonder that “the first few gigs we ever did, in some nightclubs, girls were fainting and getting pulled out of the audience. We thought it was the strangest thing we ever saw. I didn’t think any of us would get used to the screaming, and that reaction. It’s just mad.”
Now, clearly, it’s normal for them, with Jenkins confessing that “even when you’re having a bad day, the energy of 50,000 screaming fans is what lifts you. You can’t go out on stage with a scowl. They keep us going.”
Surely at some point, as with all boy bands, this bubble will burst and one of them will break out, be photographed, wild-eyed and drunk, at Glastonbury. But right now, they’re remarkably sober about their success. “Helping the people we love,” says Jenkins “Out of all the success we have had, the fact that we have been put in a position to do something tangible for them is the best thing we have achieved so far.”
To us, we like to think we have style as we have our own clothing brand. We do try to keep a sense of style on tour as all of the clothes we wear are our own brand and we are the models so we need to maintain this sense of style. But in all fairness, our own personal stylist follows us round where ever we go and basically give use clothes to wear (all three laughing). We don’t mind this though because they always make the right decisions, we are very thankful of them as they all do a very good job looking after us. But even when we are performing, we go crazy and forget about our ‘style’ the music take takes over.
(Harry) “When we was younger, we all wanted to be like Busted, we thought that it would be great to be exactly like them.” (Luke) “I remember watching an interview and they were saying that being a singer was the best thing that has ever happened to them and that they loved performing to their fans, and from that point, I have wanted to be a singer in a group. I remember his one time I went to watch them live at the 02 Arena and the atmosphere was amazing, I have always said that one day I will be like that and now it has happened, as soon as we walk onto the stage and start singing, everyone sings along with us.” (Jake) “The only downside of being a singer in a well known group is that when I go shopping, we cant get anywhere without being stopped by people, which I don't mind that much because they are our fans and the fans come first, but this happens all the time. I actually remember Busted themselves saying this, I think this is one of the reasons why they split up, because they didn't have a private life anymore, once you get well known you have the media following you all the time and somehow know exactly what you are doing and when you are doing it”
"No, we are far from ‘making it’ as we are still young and still learning, we have a long way to go in this industry. Don’t get it wrong, we've made it a long way to get where we are, competing for awards with bands such as One Direction and Take That, but we believe we need to get our name more out there and to do so, may need to take some risks along the way. We don’t believe that we will ever be properly competing for the top spot to be the best boy band there has ever been because there has been such big bands such as The Beatles who are absolutely massive and are highly respected. The music we make isn’t to make as much money as we can, we make music because we enjoy it and we like making out fans happy, if anything we would love to be at the top of all their playlists, that’s how we see success."
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