Images around Portsmouth

Image of Portsmouth at night could be used as a small article talking about businesses or even lighting in Portsmouth, relating to the proximity of my newspaper and also the readership.

Image of a 'shop to let' in Portsmouth, this image could be used to discuss business situations in Portsmouth, either new businesses or lost businesses. 

This image, could be used for advertisement on my newspaper, this one selling half price aurora bracelets from a local shop in Portsmouth.

These 3 images, for 50% seasonal reductions could be used for any form of advertisement which I could incorporate into my newspaper.

This image, although pixilated, could be used as a small article about primark or their cutomers. This image was taken specifically for human interest.

A closed long shot of 'The News' shop in Portsmouth, this could be representing closure of the shop and also an end of an era with a local newspaper.

Close up of the shop window, this image could also be used as a front cover, stating the end of 'The News' and thanking all their customers for their support. Obviously, this image will need some photoshop editing. This is be my next step.

After deciding that I needed more images for my newspaper, I went out and took images which could be both used for human interest and advertisement. After going through my images with my peers and teachers, I have now decided that this does lack in human interest. So my next step will be to take more images involving people.

Producing examples of front covers

After following previous designs of flat plans I have came up with my first mock up newspaper front cover. The image will not be my final image as it is too pixilated and the title goes over the puppies face, this obviously not following the conventional look of a newspaper. Now my Newspaper now has look and character I will be able to follow this new up to date flat plan to help with the production of my final piece.

After showing this to my peers and other A level media students, They have all basically said the same thing, and that has got to do with the image I have used. Due to this, I will take some more photos with a higher quality camera to increase the professionalism of my newspaper.

Creating a colour theme

After coming to a decision of colour behind my title, I decide to use this as my newspaper colour scheme. Buy having this constant theme I will be able to use this for other boxes, and font, to keep a constant  recognizable colour. As you can see from this image, the word Portsmouth above, containing additional inside news, I have made the colour the same as my "theme". - By using the swatches tool and gathering details for the specific, Red - Green - Blue, I was able to use this to ensure the exact same colour to be used throughout newspaper.

Creating my front cover

Now using my flat plan as a basis template for the production of my newspaper. I have ensured that it looks neat and professional by using columns and margins to correct sizes and angles of that which a professional newspaper follows. By doing this I am following newspaper convention, with a correct layout.  

To ensure that my main image can be more prominent, I have used 4 columns, instead of 3. Making other front cover newspaper additions such as; competitions, adverts and writing smaller and the main image larger will connect to my target audience more efficiently. Following this tabloid like role, my audience will be more attractive to a large image and headline rather then more writing.  

Making the newspaper front cover look even more neat, I have lined up all the information and image layout along side the margins and columns.

I showed this to members of my class and members of southdowns college  to gain an insight into what I need to include and what I shouldn't include. This audience feed back will help me into creating my newspaper.

extra addition images for my newspaper

Here are some pictures I took which I could use for advertisement, competition and 'whats inside stories' - From vague pictures like these I will be able to create a local story, which my target audience in the proximity of Portsmouth could relate too.

Page two flat plan

Here is my flat plan for page two my my newspaper, consisting of all page two elements such as; weather, whats inside and a main story. I gathered my knowledge of this through my local newspaper 'The News' and how their layout could relate to my page two layout. Ensuring their is a definite line between each news stories and imagery

Images to use for newspaper

After deep discussion with my peers and teacher, I have came to a final conclusion of what images I will use for my newspaper.
These images providing positive connotations and proximity included for the local people of Portsmouth.

All the images below have been taken with my phone, so the quality of my images will not be to a high standard. I will include both phone and Digital camera images.