Friday 26th November 2010: Planning Continued & Fonts

I have edited the main front page picture to get rid of the headroom at the top and the clutter in the background.

When I have designed the front page, I plan on getting it printed off and blown up to A3, so I can look at areas I need to change, Pictures that need improving, etc. I plan on then scanning that into my blog, typing up where I can make changes.

Masthead Font Planning
These are the fonts I have looked at for my Masthead. This will be the Logo/Branding for my newspaper, which will feature on the poster I will be creating for the newspaper further on in the portfolio. I have used a variety of different fonts, Sans-serif and Serif, and included my logo in the middle that I have designed.


After looking at each font, I have decided to choose this one as my final design:





I have chosen this design because I think out of all of the fonts, I stands out to me the most. I also think it goes well with the logo in the middle. It is bold,and in capital letters, so as well as standing out to me, it would also stand out if it was in a shop, for example, or on a newsstand. The font is "Super Black SF" and is in normal. I also think because Local newspapers are featured in colour, the logo in the centre is a good way of showing that, and including it in my design.

Headline & Story Fonts

These are the fonts I have decided to use for the rest of the front page/2nd page. The Headline & Sub-heading fonts are the same, accept the Headline is in capital letters. I have done this to show the reader the difference between the sub-heading and the heading. Both the headline and sub-heading are Serif. The story font is sans-serif. Again, I chose this to show the difference between each of the sections.

Thursday 18th November 2010: Photographs

These are the Photographs I have taken for my Main Story on the front page and my Article on the same Story, inside. I have taken a number of photographs to choose from,and I will decide which I think will be most suitable for my Newspaper. After I have chosen my Photographs, I will look at Fonts for the Mast Head, etc. The photographs are to illustrate the young, local girl, being accepted into a top drama school.

I think that this picture is most suitable for the front page, as it matches up perfectly with the headline.

The Mise-En-Scene of the picture is in a Drama Studio. I did this so it fits in with the story, and continues the theme. The girl in the picture is the local girl "Roxanne" who has been accepted into the London Drama School. She will be in each picture.

I have chosen this one because it is in Portrait format, which is more appropriate. Also I will crop the photo, to reduce headroom and remove background clutter.

I have included photographs of "Roxanne" acting in the drama studio, including other students. Again, with the mise-en-scene of the Studio.

I asked the students that were photographed in the picture to practice their play that they were working on, whilst I took pictures. I took a number of photographs, so I had a selection to choose from. I noticed on National News Channels that there was alot of flash photography when something interesting was happening, and discovered that photographers don't stop taking pictures to gain a choice of them for their report.

Additional Pictures

These pictures are additional pictures that will feature in my newspaper. The football is for the Sub Headline of the Sports Section on the front page, and the school is for the article, stating where 'Roxanne' goes to school.

Sunday 7th November 2010: Picture Planning/Sketches (Front Page)

Logo

These are the skeches for the planned photographs that will be featured on the front page of my Local newspaper. ( Sketches for my inside page will be later on in my blog)


First of all, this is my Logo for inside the masthead on my front page. The emblem will be done on computer, and then put onto the cover of the newspaper, titled "The Local"

Main Story Photograph

This is the picture that will feature with my Main Headline/Story. The Headline will be

"Local Girl accepted into London Drama School"

and the Sub-headline will be

"Roxanne of *location* attending London School For The Arts next Autumn"

This story will be developed in my second page of the newspaper I am creating. I think it is important that the main story on the front page is a local story, as it emphasizes the fact that it is a local newspaper. Particularly if it is of a young local, who is achieving something. It represents the youth of that area.

Sports Story Photograph

This picture will be a part of the 'Sports Section' of the front page, and will feature the heading

"Team triumphs to top of Local League", with

"Continued in Sports Section, Back Page" written underneath.

Again, I think it is important that I focus on Local team sports, as opposed to National.

I plan on taking these photographs with a digital camera. I will visit the Drama Department of my school, asking if anybody is willing to be photographed for my newspaper. I will also ask if I can photograph the Drama Studio, as a possible picture for the Second page of my newspaper.

For the sports picture, I will approach one of my friends who plays football, and ask if he will be photographed.