Poster development

This is my poster now. I changed the design as the black arrows that I used before do not look as eye catching as the multicoloured boxes. I have taken the colours from the 'B' and the 'Y' that makes the design more professional and not childish or too complicated. I have taken some photographs to add to this to represent the target audience.

poster draft

This is the first screen shot of my poster, the basic lay out and design without any images.

I don't think i'll use this design of my poster as the arrows were too off putting. I need to find a way to add more colour and grab the attention of my audience.

poster research

This is the poster for the Metro newspaper, I feel as if I should include this in my research as I have followed the Metro as a whole product and brand.

The poster uses childlike writing and effect by using a toy that would be found at the arcade. The professional metro sign in the bottom right hand corner brings the meaning back of what the poster is about.

This is the poster for The Sun newspaper, I found this poster really interesting as it doesn' t follow normal conventions for a poster, it is outstanding and eye catching compared to others. The long list of articles isn't boring as it is placed in a design like a reciept.

The prices of the newspaper is placed at the bottom and all the details needed are given in a simple design.

The Guardian newspaper's poster was one of the most attractive newspaper poster that I noticed. I like the use of words and colour, these immediatley attract the audience. This outlines my newspaper slightly as the male and female colour scheme can be related too, the use of blues and greens on the 'opinion' and the more female colours of pinks and reds on the word 'fact'.

Front Page Development

My first page of my newspaper consists of a four column layout with a plug, adverts, the date and how much the newspaper costs, these are all vital on a newspaper aswell as the main story. My main story features a girlband that have recently been noticed after performing on a reality show auditions. I chose to include this story so that young people are recognised for positive things that they are able to achieve as youths are usually in the news for gang culture or something downgrading. I feel as if a success story would inspire more youths to relate to this. The bottom of my page shows an advert that I designed myself on Photoshop, this benefits me and my newspaper as my IT skills are shown more and the advertisement of new drivers is a common thing found in young peoples magazines and newspapers. Feedback on this front page has been that the 'plug' area looks amateur and need work. My audience also said that the lead story headline is too complicated and doesn't fill the space properly. My teacher has also advised me to get a new photograph for the main story as i'll lose marks for not taking an image for the story. I thought the photograph I already had would be OK but apparently not. I think i'll still change the bottom advert too - looks too childish.

Page 2 development

This is my final design for my second page of my newspaper. I realised I needed to add small details like the bar at the top of the page, the page number and the name of the paper. At the bottom of the page I included adverts of Jessica Nails the nail polish brand that is well known, and also ASOS which is a unisex clothes shop online. I chose this as it represents both genders as the whole of my newspaper is. I chose my font as Arial Black for the headline and story as this is a suitable font for the seriousness of my story that outlines the underlying issue of anorexia, mostly in teens. A weather forecast is also a common feature used in newspapers on the second page. I feel my layout is still developing as feedback has been that the stories don't actually represent both male and female and it was commented that the weather and the asos advert look like they haven't had enough time spent on them. I'll need to change the anorexia story to how it has affected a male and I need to work on the other feedback comments.

Newspaper Design Front Page

My first page of my newspaper will use a four column layout that will attract my audience with an attention grabbing headline of a girl band that have recently been developed. My main image will be of the girlband that i have focused my story on.

My title of my newspaper is 'BY' this stands for Bexley Youth. I will use a blue and pink colour scheme that will relate to a mixed gender audience.

My advert at the bottom of the page will be for new young drivers that are looking for an instructor, i will make it myself using photoshop that will benefit me and show my IT skills.

I've decided to put a plug at the top of the page as this is conventional and it will brighten the page. The area for the date is probably a bit big but I'll see what happens with that later.

Newspaper measurements 1st Page

We were asked to take measurements from a newspaper we liked so we could use this when designing our own papers. I measured the Metro because it had the same number of columns I wanted to use and it had a layout that would attract young people. It wasn't the most exciting thing to do today but I know it'll be useful later.

Poster Design

This is my design for my poster that I am using as one of my ancillary tasks. I'm finding it hard to come up with good ideas. I don't remember ever seeing a newspaper poster before so I'll have to do more research before I start making it in PS. I need to find a less boring way of presenting the content information.

Newspaper 2nd page design

I used a four column page layout for my newspaper, this is more appealing to my audience as young people do not like to see lots of text or complicated stories. My second page will feature adverts, publisher info and a second story of a model that has overcome anorexia. My adverts will feature a fashion store, makeup, and also weather summary.My plan is to make all the adverts myself but using images sourced on google.

Metro Analysis

Metro

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Front page advert

I created this advert today for the bottom of my front page. I used google images to find the car and then the road markings. I added shadows and gradients to my text to make it stand out and appeal to the audience. I like the final result but i'm not really sure it's the best advert for such a big space across the bottom of the page. I might change it later.

First Title Design

This is my first design of my newspaper logo, it stands for Bromley youth and I used blue and pink for boys and girls to communicate the paper is for both. They are also two bright colours that will stand out and will make the newspaper appealing to young people. Some people might say it's a bit obvious having pink and blue but I want the message of target audience to get across quickly. I've created this in PhotoShop using just a text box and adding the font and a drop shadow to make it stand out. It's still a bit plain but I'll add to it later as the paper develops.

Story Research

Last week we were asked to research into possible stories for our paper and I started by searching for stories on girl bands because this is what I wanted to have on my front page. i looked at articles written about other bands before I started to write my own.

10 stories

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