2. Article carrying on from first page
I had already saved part of
the article for the second
page and I then copied
and pasted it to this
second page. I then put a
box around it and types at
the art of the article that it
is text carrying on from the
page one headline.
3. Writing Stephen Fry article.
As I didn’t actually plan to write
about Stephen Fry, I hadn't
written an article for it so I had
to write it when I was making
this newspaper page. I made
sure that the title of the article
on this page links well with the
title on the front page
advertising the article. I made
sure that I had my first
newspaper up all of the time so
I could refer to it constantly in
order to make both pages look
as if they come from the same
paper. I also made sure that
throughout my articles I used
the same size and type of font
– 12, Times New Roman. I
made sure when writing this
article that I stuck by the rules:
start by introducing the subject,
the middle of the article should
include information and the last
section should involve involving
the reader personally.
Mentioning that my readers can
find the book at a local book
shop is very relevant to them.
4. Contact and scan square.
My research into existing
products of newspaper
showed that on nearly every
page there was contact
details to contact the
newspaper. I looked at my
drawn layout plan and saw
that I need to put contact
details for my newspaper and
also a scan square. I decided
to put the website, telephone
number so that nearly every
educated adult would find a
way to contact my
newspaper in nearly every
location they are at. I also
decided to put my
newspaper’s slogan so my
reader’s are reminded of it. I
then put the whole thing into
a box so it fits in with the rest
of my page.
5. Cultural Days out for the family.
I hadn't written this and tested it out, but I had decided
that I was going to format it as bullet points because it
is quick to read and simple to follow. To find out things
to do, I searched on the internet of days out in my
local area. I also took into account that an educated
family would be able to afford to travel to nice places.
The dates and information that I wrote on this article is
aimed directly at the family and are real events which
are possible – to make my article as realistic as
possible. I started each little section with a verb such
as ‘Be informed at’, which is more information about
what my readers could get out of the experience. I
have also put contact details to be helpful to the
readers. I didn’t worry too much about the sentence
layout because this is meant to be quick information. I
didn’t feel as if I has to put a lot of information about
the days out because its more than likely my target
audience readers have heard of these places, but this
article just gives them information on contact details
and what they can gain from going. These are just
suggestions. I did decide not to put this article in a box
as I felt that it would separate itself from the other
articles, therefore if I were to make my newspaper
weekly, it could be easy to identify and point out by my
reader.
6. Not doing a debate.
This post:
http://oliviasmitha2mediastudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/speaking-to-member-of-my-focus-g
I said that i was going to do a debate on the trampoline article, however I came
to the conclusion when making this newspaper page that I wouldn’t have
enough space and probably not enough time, so I changed the front page (after
the trampoline text in bold) that the debate will be on page 3. This would also
mean that the article would be spread through a few pages, therefore putting
more emphasis on the story.
7. Music CD article
As I wasn’t planning to write about the local band
The Darkness, I didn’t get to test what I had written,
because I hadn't actually written it. So the tested
article that I was originally going to use is almost a
practice run to identify the way I should write my
articles. This band hasn’t been around for a few
years, so I decided to point out in my article’s title
that they are having a come-back, therefore it
creates more of an emphasis on the band. The
photo I have used I of the band’s latest CD which
was released a few years ago. If they had a new CD
out and this paper was going to be sold, I would be
able to put a proper CD cover there. I have to make
up a CD name to match what the band is about.
I didn’t realise that I hadn't changed the age setup
so that this page was the same size as my first
page, therefore, I had to then change it making
everything I had laid out be altered. The bottom print
screen shows after I had changed the page size
and then tried to change things to fit. I do think that
everything now looks a bit too spread out, but once I
have everything I need on the page, I could change
it round slightly.
8. Puzzle I decided a while back that I wanted to do
a sudoku puzzle on this post:
http://oliviasmitha2mediastudies.blogspot.com/b/post-p
. I put a title with a grey background to
make it stand out and I have also seen
this done in existing newspapers. I didn’t
feel as if I ha to declare that this is a
Sudoku puzzle because it is fairly
obvious. I then put the instructions of how
to do Sudoku. I do assume that an
educated, adult audience know how to do
Sudoku, but there is a chance that some
may not, and every newspaper who has a
puzzle, no matter what their audience is
has the instructions next to it. To make
the actual puzzle, I did a table of 3x3
making those lines bold. And then did
lines in those which were fainter, just like
the traditional layout of a Sudoku puzzle. I
then filled in the numbers which were the
same as an existing puzzle I researched
– there are no copyright laws on them. To
do this I had tp make a text box and type
the numbers in, in a size 20 font.
9. Artist article
This was the last thing I had to do
for my second page of my article. I
had already written the article and
had it tested, I managed to find a
photo of somebody who fits the
description (up and coming talent)
and a photo of a painting without
any copyright laws. I did have a bit
of a problem because I had a lot of
space free (due to changes in the
page size), making there be too
much free space. I decided that for
this article, I would make the font
size slightly bigger, to have less
free space and to spread out the
photos. I made the photo gray scale
so it makes it suit the rest of the
page better. I then put art photos
around it and had to put another
one to fill in spare space. Then I put
a box around it.
10. Numbering the page
This has to be done on every print work. It
also helps the reader identify where the
advertised articles from the front page will
be. I just did a text box.
