Final Front Cover And Second Page Local Newspaper

Here are my final front cover and second page of my local newspaper. From my feedback I am very pleased with how they have both turned out. I think I have used the conventions from local newspapers and a mix of tabloid and broadsheet newspapers well. Before beginning my newspaper in the planning and research stage, I decided I wanted to make my newspaper with mainly the elements of tabloid newspaper yet include some of the conventions of broadsheet, which I believe I have accomplished with the amount of text  I have written,  as in tabloid newspapers they normally consist of more images than text. I think when looking at the newspaper you can tell the newspaper is aimed towards a younger audience rather than the typical target audience of local newspapers which is adults and elderly people.                                                          

Editing And Final Radio Advertisement

I had recorded my radio advertisement using LogicPro, yet unfortunately the recording was deleted and I was unable to rerecord using this software as it was unavailable.

Instead I used a zoom recorder to record the voices, and Freesound.org to download the sound effects. I then added these to the Adobe Audition software to edit and put everything together.












Adobe Audition screen shot of editing my radio ad.



Here is my final radio advertisement which I uploaded on soundcloud:



I am over all happy with my radio advertisement, I have had some feedback from my target audience and my teachers and I seemed to have a positive feedback from them. 

Creating My Final Poster

I am happy with how my final poster has turned out, from my last post I have added a twitter and smartphone app which would appeal to my target audience. I think from my research into billboard posters, this definetly gives the impression of being a billboard poster, I think its eye catching yet simple at the same time.

Getting Feedback From My Local Newspaper

I created a questionnaire using word asking the following questions:

Name: Amirah Dunwell Age: 17

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes, the colours and fonts attract my attention.

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

16+

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Yes, the articles about gangs and TOWIE are ones I ones I would read about.

4. What don’t you like about it?

I don't like Keith Lemmon, this is off putting.

5. What do you like about it?

The colour scheme, that the articles are aimed at me, they look interesting.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

50p is a brilliant price, although I'd prefer to read it for free online.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

Make the article font bigger.

Name: Katie Wyman Age: 18

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Potentially, I do not regularly read papers, but this catches my eye.

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

A specific neighbourhood or area. Also remind me of papers specific to a small town.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

 No, I would imagine them reading something inline, or possible following the twitter.

4. What don’t you like about it?

I have no real interest about the HA6 area, I think the advertisements could have been better resolution. The title font does not appeal to me but that doesn't mean its a ad font, the articles look compressed.

5. What do you like about it?

The photos chosen are clear and attention grabbing, advertisements seem appropriate. I especially like the links to twitter and the app (how images are at an angle). Headlines are clear and to the point.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

It seems reasonable, but I cant say I would pay the price, depends how thick the paper is (and would news become old after a month?)

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes, it reminds me of papers I have seen in  passing.

8. What changes would you make?

Use one font type the whole way through )and colour variation to gain attention), page numbers, thin article collumns, higher resolution for adverts.

Name: Rufus Age:17

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

Teenagers.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Yes

4. What don’t you like about it?

(Left blank)

5. What do you like about it?

The structure.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

Yes.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

I don't like the shot of the empty charity shop.

Name: Gabriel Age:17

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

Teenagers.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Maybe.

4. What don’t you like about it?

The font of the writing in the articles.

5. What do you like about it?

It looks professional and easy to read.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

Yes, too cheap if anything.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

The font.

Name: Ben Age:18

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

12-24 years olds.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Yes

4. What don’t you like about it?

It isn't very formal for a local newspaper, looks like a fun paper to read.

5. What do you like about it?

Looks fun to read.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

Yes, very.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

Change some of the fonts used.

Name: Joshua Crocker Age: 18

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes I would.

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

Younger members of the public, specifically teenagers.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Most would.

4. What don’t you like about it?

I don't like the font of the masthead, I find it slightly childish.

5. What do you like about it?

The articles and their story.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

Too expensive, should be 25p.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

The masthead font.

Name: Sam Mcdowall Age: 17

1.  By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

Young people.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Yes

4. What don’t you like about it?

Masthead font.

5.What do you like about it?

Layout, ads and articles.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

Yes.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

Price should be more visible.

Name: Max Age: 18

1. By glancing at the front cover, would you read this local newspaper?

Yes.

2. Who do you think its aimed at?

20-30 year olds.

3. Do you think young people would read it?

Young people

4. What don’t you like about it?

(Left blank)

5. What do you like about it?

Phone app advertised.

6. Do you think it’s a reasonable price?

No.

7. Do you think it looks professional?

Yes.

8. What changes would you make?

(Left blank)

Overall I am happy and satisfied with my feedback, it is clear that my problem is the masthead font and text font which did not appeal to everyone. I think I could experiment more and look at other fonts I could use which would perhaps appeal more towards my target audience. Everyone seems to think the newspaper looks professional and it would appeal to them which I am very happy about. 

Idea For Newspaper Poster

I took a picture of a friend of mine doing this certain pose as I thought this would be suitable for the local newspaper poster.

 

I began by taking this image using my DSLR camera with a fish eye lens.














I then edited the image using Photoshop to create a completely white background and to remove the original text from his jumper and from his arm.

I created this image also using Photoshop.  I think this image would go well on a billboard poster.

Local Newspaper Poster Ideas

I have created another poster using Indesign and Photoshop. I edited the image using Photoshop to create a white background for the image.

Therefore I tried to incorporate these conventions when creating my poster

So far this has been my favourite poster I have made. I like the fact it imposes a question to the audience, and also includes some topics which are included in the newspaper. I also like how it clearly says who the newspaper is aimed at, young people from the Harrow and Eastcote area. I feel I need to edit how the name of the newspaper "HA SIX" is shown as I don't feel this clearly states this is the name of the newspaper. Instead I will take more images so there is a larger variety of images I can choose from to use for my poster.

Researching Posters

Here are some typical Newspaper posters:

From researching newspaper posters, I have found most of them are quite simple and boring. I wish to create  my local newspaper poster to be much more eye catching than the typical newspaper posters.

As my task is too create a billboard poster to advertise my newspaper. I have began researching billboard posters and found that the ones that seemed to stand out the most where the ones which were quite brief, using large bold text of a question or simply saying what the product there trying to promote is, and a image on the side.

For example:

All these advertisements are striking and give a clear message of what the product that is being advertised is. They all have a large main image against a simple white background which I find is very eye catching. As my task is to create a billboard poster, I believe it is important to give a clear and simple, yet eye catching poster, so viewers will instantly get the message the poster is trying to give. I believe this idea is a good strategy when creating my poster.

Recording My Radio Advertisement

Today I began to record my radio advertisement in the recording studio at my college. One of my teachers helped me use the "LogicPro" software as I had never used it before.

We began by listening to the sound effects which I would like to add to the radio advertisement to make it seem more interesting and exciting. I then began to record my lines, I repeated each line three times so we were able to choose which one sounded best rather only recording it once. Once we chose this we added the other sound effects into the recording. My class mate Gabriel helped me by recording his voice for the other person in the conversation, we did the same method of recording the lines three times using different tones to see which one worked best. The next stage is to neaten up all the recordings to make it sound as exciting and proffesional as possible.

Editing Articles For My Newspaper

After reading though my articles for my local newspaper, I felt I could add some humour and more exctiement to them. Here are the before and after articles for my second page:

james arthur comes to town - James Arthur, the 2012 X Factor 

winner, will be visting the town hall   next month to sing for the patients of Mount     Vernon hospital and speak to the patients individually. The hospital was extatic to here the news of the star coming as it was a complete suprise. James chose the Mount Vernon hospital in paticular to visit, as he discovered how involved the hospital are in helping patients with

Parkinsons disease, which is something he finds very close to his heart.  Read Page7 to find out more. 

rumours of a new nightclub - The council are debating whether to open a new night club in town where the old club Gate Grasher used to be. They feel they need to bring something more

 alternative and different from the other clubs in the area. Read Page 14 to read more.

help needed for the carnival - The Harrow Youth League are in desperate need of volunteers for the 

Carnival coming up this Summer. They are looking for young people from the age of 15-20 to help bring some ideas to the table about what they can have at the 

carnival. Food? Entertainment? Music? It’s all down to the HA 6 locals what they want!

new chinese buffet - A new chinese restraunt and buffet, “Tao Peking” has been opened on the 

corner of Eastcote highstreet, Leighton Avenue. Their special meal  of the all you can eat buffet for only £5 allready seems to be popular with teenagers. Read P. 20 for a review.


After:

X-Factor winner James Arthur is to visit Mt. Vernon Hospital next month. He will be performing his latest single as well as meeting patients in the Parkinson ward. The hospital was ecstatic to hear the news of the star coming as it came as a complete surprise. James has a strong interest in Parkinson disease and had heard of the great work that Mt. Vernon had been doing. ‘To find a hospital with such dedication to this awful disease is inspiring’ the crooner said.

Rumours that a new nightclub, Reflex, is applying for a licence from the council have been confirmed. The license is expected to be granted in the next couple of weeks. Enthusiastic Owners Zerminay Shah and Robbie Judkins said “its bangra meets metal, its hip hop meets dub step. We want to offer everything!’ Located in the newly developed ‘carb strip’ Reflex is to have a complete make over if licensing is granted. ‘We want a place that young people can call their own’ says owners Shah and Judkins. Find out what the club will look like.

Harrow youth has announced its new annual carnival after fighting the council for some time since the awful events of 2008 when the annual shindig was stopped. Team Captain Gabriel Tomatoes is looking for volunteers that can help out from the 25^th to th 28^th. ‘We need as many volunteers as possible so that we can create the same atmosphere as the Olympics. That’s my goal’ said the emphatic organiser. See inside for full details of what you can do.

A new Chinese restaurant and buffet Tao Peking has been opened on the corner of Eastcote high street on Leighton Avenue. Its offering of Sichuan as well as  Indo-Chinese fare (curries to you an me) is sure to appeal to the cosmopolitan Eastcote dweller. Their lunchtime all you can eat special is only £5 and already seems to be pulling in the hungry harrovians. Read P. 21 for a full review.

I think my articles which I have re-written will appeal much more to a young audience than my previous ones

Creating A Poster For My Local Newspaper

I am using Photoshop to create my poster. I uploaded the picture and then downloaded a font which I thought seemed tattoo like and typed it onto her knuckles.










I felt the pink background of the image did not suit the newspaper colours. I changed it to a red background and then added green text, therefore my audience will be able to associate the colours of my newspaper with the colours of the poster.

Creating Local Newspaper Poster

Here are the pictures I took for my poster:

This is the image I have chosen for my final poster as I feel this once seems to stand out the most from the others.