First Draft Of Page 2

Page 2

This is the first draft of my "Feature & Odd News" page of my newspaper. It  incorporates a story from the front page and a "Odd" I made up about social media and the older generations.

First Draft Of My Front Page

 First Draft

I've created the front page of my main image the second page is in progress, and will be posted as soon as I can.

Ancillary Improvements

I'll be improving the two ancillary tasks when I can, I am happy with them but there is always room for improvement.

There is still some things that need adding to the billboard and the images still needs to be added to the website.

Time Management Plan For Main Project

For my main product I'll be setting myself small dead lines such as when to have certain aspects such as  articles to be wrote by certain times, pages and all the features of the paper that are needed to be added such as QR codes, images and a fake alias for each photo with a person in.

The evidence of this will be posted in due time.

Progress

I am quite pleased to report that I have nearly finished both of my ancillary tasks, all I have to do is incorporate my own images into the website so that it can be entered.

These are the items that I need to find images for on my website.  A slide show,  an image,  and four headlines.

"See More" Button

See More Button

I saw on The Daily Star that there was a "more news" hyperlink, so I saw this as a opportunity to save space on the page so it doesn't reel on for fifty stories.

The style of the button is a standard rounded edge button with the words "See More". 

My Site

The Daily Star

Fictitious Publishing Company

Argyle ltd.

Argyle ltd. is a fictitious publishing company that I created to add to my navigation bar so that there is no copyright problems. 

I created the design using the default shapes on photoshop, I found a one that looked like an argyle pattern so I chose that one and came up with a name.

Logo.

Finally!

After a few days of battling with the Wix software, I have finally managed to get create a navigation bar/box that is at the bottom on each page. It has links to social media, a fictitious publishing company - Argyle ltd. I got the the inspiration from The Daily Star.

The navigation bar/box.

Proof it is set to be on each page.

Another Idea

I have noticed that there are hyperlinks in the flag, such as, horoscopes, apps, archive, links to social media, weather, search bar and a sign in.

I believe that I'm going to attempt incorporating this into my website.

Ideas

I have noticed something, in all fairness, it's a bit embarrassing that I've only just had the idea to use it now.

It is a navigation device that is at the bottom of the page. This screenshot is from The Daily Star - my satirical inspiration, so please ignore the hyperlinks that have the word "babe" or "sexiest".

Website Desgin

So Far

The Home page for my newspaper is coming along well, now I need to incorporate some of my own images. I shall upload it in due time, when it is done that is.

Progress So Far - 8th November

Since my last feedback session, I believe that I have made a lot of drastic adjustments, such as the whole trajectory, of my newspaper. Under advisement I have decided to go for a design of a tabloid and the progress is coming along (in my opinion) reasonably well.

I am good portion through my second ancillary which is due in on the 15^th November (it is now the 8^th). I am confident that I’ll have it done before then so that I can focus on the creation of my main task which I have already started brainstorming for.

Updated Ancillary Task

Updated Billboards

 





I took the feed back given from my peers, and changed the layout, font, and my logo, I have added more detail. One has the background and the other is blank.








Without Background.

With Background

Ancillary Task Update

Update

 

 

After recent feedback I have been advised to restart my ancillary task as its style is too mature for the task at hand. So I have decided to go against my initial plan and go for the tabloid format; in previous posts I have been somewhat derogative towards the tabloids and their posts, please have no misinterpretations on this subject I am still against the style and the contents, However I understand that I have to cater to an audience and the fact of the matter is that no one reads newspapers. No matter how much synergy is used, the physical form of news is unused.

My intentions are to go for a style of News Corporations “The Sun”, but I shan’t be using erotic images; however that would rocket up readership.

The first piece of design work that I have created for this project is the logo. I have called the paper “The Sunderland Star” I got inspiration form “The Daily Star” a leading tabloid that is notorious for its typically masculine features including sport erotic images and it is aimed at the working class; immediately giving it a readership of those belonging to the socio-economic groups of C2, D,E.

 

 

 

 

 

First Attempt at Animoto

Animoto

This is my first attempt at using Animoto software.


                        

Ancillary Task - Bus Stop Billboard (Regional Paper)

Bus Stop Billboard - Ancillary Task

My first attempt at my ancillary task, I have been told that I need to aim at a younger target audience. Therefore this post is rather superfluous, other than to show my progress.

I shall be aiming at the socio-economic codes of C2, D, and E; in the form of a tabloid.

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The Logo That I Picked For My Local Paper

The Logo For My Local Paper

This is the logo that I picked, I chose it because, it is simple yet elegant. It mirrors the style of the paper by being straight forward and in plain black and white.

My Masthead Choices For My Local Paper

Logo Choices For Local Paper

My choices for my local paper's logo.

My Choice For The Regional Paper Logo

The Regional Paper Logo

This logo I believe is the best out of what I came up with, so I chose this one.

Regional Newspaper Options

Regional Newspaper Options

These are the options that i have came up with for my regional newspaper.

Possible Names For Newspaper

Possible Names For Newspaper

These are the names that I have came up with:

Local

·      Sunderland Daily

·      Sunderland Times - Taken

·      Sunderland Gazette

·      Sunderland Veiws

·      Sunderland News

·      Sunderland Evening Chronicle

Regional

·    The North East Journal

·      North East Today

·      North East Independent News

·      North East Gazette

·      Northen Echo - Taken

i I have had some feedback and it has been suggested that I should create a template for both a local, and a regional so that I have more choice, however I am going to have decide soon rather than later on what type of paper I'll be creating - a broadsheet or a tabloid.

I I will use the "Sunderland Daily" for a local magazine, and for a regional paper I'll use "The North East Journal"

Gratification Theory

Gratification Theory

The “Uses and gratifications theory” (UGT) is an approach to understanding why and how people actively seek out specific media to satisfy specific needs. UGT is an audience-centred approach to understanding mass communication. Diverging from other media effect theories that question "what do media do to people?"  UGT focuses on "what do people do with media?" (Wikipedia)

This theory divulges into why the public uses the media, and simple answer is to escape from the woes of their boring life, and watching fictitous charachters live their life could give veiws satisfaction of their own life, and how it is much better.





Sons Of Anarchy

Breaking Bad









Or they may drift away and wish for an alter-ego, and long to be a criminal, manufacturing meth amphetamine (Breaking Bad), or being a notable member of a motor cycle club (Sons of Anarchy).

The type of people who wish for the more adventurous, and sometimes dangerous and illegal life, tend to have a white collar job, and want neck tattoo, but it doesn’t conform to the job’s expectations. Or long to ride a Harley Davison across the desert, drink and drive (just because you can) carry a gun, and start bar fights over nothing, get arrested, and so on. However, can’t afford to, or have a job where they a drug tested; so the next best thing is to watch a show that revolves around fictitious lives of the care free outlaws’ such as “Sons of Anarchy”.


Other people may wish to feel better about themselves by watching staged talk shows such as "The Jeremy Kyle Show" or "The Jerry Springer Show". The type of people who do this may be content with their life and they also might be successful in their respected field. Or the audience of these shows might just be bored on a day off work, and just want some easy watching. Either way who ever watches these shows are watching for comedic effect, or out boredom. however in saying that some members of the audience may actually believe the show is based completely on fact.




The Jerry Spinger Show



The Jeremy Kyle Show

There are multiple way people can recive pleasure from the media whether it be educational, comedic, or it be what the long to be or have.

Modern communication scholars such as Dr. Thomas E. Ruggiero highlight the necessity of UGT in understanding the proliferation and success of computer-mediated communication forms. Ruggiero states that UGT provides a "cutting-edge theoretical approach in the initial stages of each new mass communications medium: newspapers, radio and television, and now the Internet.” (Wikipedia)

Furthermore, Ruggiero argues that new media forms require analysis of potentially new uses and gratifications; for example, interactivity, hypertextuality, asynchronous communication, and demassification. (Wikipedia)

 Ruggiero's finding can apply to my product as my product will be using convergence and synergy such as radio, and  a billboard.

Rationale of Flat Plans

Rationale of Flat Plans

Broadsheet:

Fonts I will use will more than likely be bold “Times” for the mast head/flag and just the regular “Times” for the body of the text. The reason why I picked this font as it is a simple and fromal.

Layout for the broadsheet I have the smaller stories have images to attract a secondary audience but still have it appeling to the target audience. Boxed separate stories with a two line sumarry.

The colour scheme will standard Black and White (plus images), a simple straight forward colour scheeme which links in with the style of the paper – straight to the point unsugar coated, truthful, raw fact.

Tabloid:

The tabloid will have a heavier font to grab attention of the audience such as “Arial Black” the font is bold and heavy and the regular “Arial” font for the body of the text.

The layout is just a stereotpical tabloid setting, large, bold, out-standing headline, with a lot of red to help the black stand out.

The colour scheme will be simply black, white and red, all juxtaposing colour wich in the past have worked well together, famous tabloids such as The Sun have it as their colour scheme (plus images).