Front Cover Progress - Participants

For my main story I will be using Courtney Choppen who will be known as herself.

For my business story on my sider I will be using Harley Wall who will be known as himself.

For my lost student story I will be using Luke Roberts who will be known as himself.

Title - Fonts

After creating a questionnaire I decided to go with the name Tyne News, because I had now chose the name I could move onto the next step which would be picking the font. When picking the font I wanted something which was bold, so when I changed the colour of the text it would still stand out against the background. I also wanted something which would follow with the usual conventions of a newspaper title font, this means it will have to look like slight handwriting.

Radio Advert Progress 2 - Song Choice

Before I could begin writing the script for my radio advert, I wanted to pick my song choice first so I could base what was going to be said around the tempo of the music.

I have a list of songs which I could use for my radio advert:

Radio Advert Progress 1 - Research

In order to create a radio advert for my newspaper I had to research and look into already existing radio adverts for newspapers, this would allow me to gain an idea of what I should include in my advert to ensure that I was creating something which people would pay attention to.

Although I could not find any official newspaper radio adverts on Youtube, I did come across some radio adverts for other products. When doing so, I discovered that nearly all had background music; this is to draw attention to your advert. My first step will be to pick a song to use as background music.

Front Cover Progress - Title

I will be changing the colour of my title based upon my colour scheme
after researching what colours are more attractive to those of a younger age I will be using the colour burgundy. I have also chosen this colour as I feel like the stereotypical colours for newspapers are blue and red, I want my newspaper to stand out more.

Front Cover Progress 8

When creating the dateline I noticed that I had used the incorrect font and did not think that it looked right on the page, this is when I went on to change the font to a new one which I also found of 1001fonts.com

I chose Saturday 21st May in particular because after research I discovered that Saturdays were the most beneficial day to sell newspapers on, this is near the end of the week so you can cover stories briefly from throughout the whole week, can also discuss football matches and other sporting activities which will be occurring that day or the following as weekend newspapers are well known for their sporting sections.

Front Cover Progress 7

Once I had selected the photo I wanted to use I had to ensure that everything was perfect and that it was looking exactly the way I wanted it to, to achieve this I opened up the image on Adobe Photoshop

I then began to crop it to the correct size, I did not want the people to be in the background.

and enhance the brightness and contrast on the image to ensure that it doesn't look out of proportion.

Front Cover Progress 6

I took photos of the model for my front cover in front of Newcastle Crown Court in order to link my main image on the front cover with the story on the second page. Allowing the photos to be taken in that location will make the newspaper more appear more realistic

I felt like this angle would have been better for the second page, so I will not be using this image.

I felt like this image looked too staged, this is something which I did not want to happen, so I will not be using this image.

I think this will be the image which I use this image, I really like the way that Courtney is the main focus but you can also see her location easily.

This was another image I took, I liked the way this one was set out, but due to not being able to see my models face much I chose not to use it.

Newspaper Names

As all newspapers need to have a name, preferably linking to the area where they will be covering stories, so I have came up with a few ideas such as:

Tyne Meridonal
Daily Tyne
NE Observer
Tyne News
(Add more)

The next step once choosing my newspaper name will be to choose a font from 1001fonts.com

Advert Bar Progress

This is the process of making my advert bar.

Front Page Progress 5

I have now selected a font to use for my dateline which is called Caslon OS, this font is slightly similar to the one which is used on the Evening Chronicle which I am using as my style model.

 

After creating a questionnaire and researching how much I should charge for my newspaper, I came to the conclusion that I should charge my target audience and the general public 60p.

 

I have also now removed the competition section of my newspaper, I felt like it would not fit within the layout of the front cover; I have also already featured a competition within the sidebar.

Front Page Progress 4

I then decided to do this for the rest of my front cover, the blocks across the top are where my title and competition are going to be located. I have placed thin lines across the top and above where my adverts are going to be, these will be staying on my final front cover as these are on my style model too. Because I now have all the measurements and guidelines I can now begin to add my final pieces together.

Front Page Progress 3

So I can have a clearer idea of the size my advert needs to be, I have created a solid block so I can get the exact measurements for when I add it onto the front cover. This will allow me to get a better idea of where I need to situate other things, I can also see whether I have left enough space around my features because as seen on my style model, there is a border around the whole newspaper. And if I want mine to look as similar to my style model as possible I will have to replicate this.

Front Page Progress 2

 

 

I have now began to put on the measurements and guidelines for where I am going to be placing pictures, texts, adverts and my title onto my front cover.