The document describes the process of designing a tabloid newspaper layout about Tupac Shakur. It discusses adding different elements like mastheads, images, headlines, and body copy in various configurations. Over multiple iterations, adjustments were made to things like font sizes, image placement, use of color, and addition of other stories to fill space and make the design look more professional and engaging like a real tabloid newspaper. The final layout included The Sun masthead, a large centered image of Tupac with headline in a black box, body copy in a right-side white box, and a celebrity news brief about Chris Brown in the top right.

1. Task 8

2. Masthead
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Body copy
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6. Masthead
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7. For this task we had to
make a tabloid layout for
our article. I started off
with adding the copy to
the right side of the page
and adding the masthead
to the top left, I kept the
fonts the same as I did on
the broadsheet front page
as I though the font was
effective and made it
stand out. As the copy did
not all fit I wrote
‘continues of page 4’ at
the bottom to tell people
there is more.

8. I then added the image
of Tupac to the left side
of the page taking up
most of the room, I
made the image big so
before people read the
copy they know who the
article is about. I kept
the image black and
white as I think it looks
more effective and
better than it would in
colour, also because the
article is not a pleasant
one as its about death, I
thought maybe keeping
the colours dark could
show this as things in
colour seem happy and I
didn’t want people to
think this article was a
happy thing.

9. I added a date line to
the front page as every
newspaper has one and
I forgot to put on in at
the start, I also found a
voucher online and
decided to put it on the
front page, however
after looking at the
design I thought it was
too boring and did not
look like a professional
paper at all so I decided
to change most of the
things and the layout of
it all to make it look like
something you would
see in shops.

10. After looking at the layout I
did first, I thought it looked
boring and not something
that you would see in the
shop when looking at other
papers, so I decided to get a
picture of The Sun
newspaper logo to put onto
my layout because I do not
think mine was any good. I
also made the writing
slightly bigger and tried to
make it the same height as
the image used. I kept the
date line on the paper
because I thought it was
important and I placed it just
underneath the masthead
which I think works well. I
also made the image smaller
and positioned it further
down the page, so I could fit
in the headline and make
that bigger so it catches
peoples attention.

11. I also noticed that
most tabloid papers
include the latest
sport news and
because Ronaldo is
quite big I decided to
take an image and
write about what
pages people can find
it on. However I think
I might add more
football pictures to
the front page
because I still think it
looks quite simple
and boring. Also after
I have positioned the
header underneath
the masthead I still
think there might be
more white space
than intended but I
think if I had more
sport images I think it
would fill it nicely.

12. I also wanted the copy to look more
interesting and more appealing for
people to read, so I decided to add a
drop capital to the start, this was to
make it more effective and stand out
more. I also spaced out the letters
more where it says ‘Latest sport
news’ I did this because I thought it
would be easier to read at a glance
and most people who read papers
like The Sun are into sports so by
making it clear there are 7 pages of
sport may appeal to some people
more than others. I also made the
red box where the masthead is a
little bigger so I could add the
dateline and the price just
underneath and keep the text white
as I think it works well with the red
background as it makes it easier to
read and the price is stated clearly.

13. I decided to change the image of
Ronaldo on the top right because
I wanted to make it seem more
interesting so I also got a picture
of Gareth Bale to position there
as well. I also added the headline
for my article which is simple but
tells people what has happened.
I made the font large so it is easy
to read far away and also
Haettenschweiler as this font
makes the headline stand out
more, however I still think this
front page looks simple and
boring as it has too much white
space.

14. I decided to create a whole new layout for
the tabloid style paper. I chose The Sun
papers masthead as this paper is quite
popular and their masthead is clear and
easy to read and the colours they use work
well. I then created a black box for the
centre of the page where I positioned an
image of Tupac along with the headline, I
made the headline white as I thought this
stood out more against the black box, I also
created a white box where I would put the
copy and placed this to the right of the
image. Also because Tupac was such an
inspiration to some people I thought his
date of birth to the date he died would put
good to add to this page, so I wrote this is
read to stand out again the white
background and also made it centred which
I think looks better than having it to the left.
After I did all this I realised the top right of
the paper was plain, so I went onto TMZ for
some celebrity news as that is what most
tabloids include and did a section on Chris
Brown and also included what page would
have the whole story on. I then added the
dateline and the price and then a barcode.