Drafting Billboard

Drafting Billboard

For drafting the billboard I used Photoshop and made the canvas 789 x 997 pixels, I had to change the size as the A4 size was too large for the logo as it was blurry when made bigger on the page, drafting was easy as only be few features were going on the billboard unlike the newspaper and website which had multiple drafts to choose the right design for the end result.The first draft had a smaller size font and the writing did not fit right on the page, I added a black bar as well underneath the newspaper name in attempt not to make it as plain. The main story headline was staying the same which is the new story that it the main focus story of the newspaper.

Final Masthead

Final Masthead

This is the final design for my newspaper masthead, this will be present on both the article and online newspaper page on all the pages,the idea of my masthead was to keep it simple but look a bit more professional and stylish to appeal to the audience. The main purpose of the masthead is to get the audience to read the newspaper and to get intrigued in order to read it, the masthead must catch their attention so the logo is the main design focus of the masthead. The masthead has the newspaper articles name in the centre of the page and a small part of the top half of the newspaper home page, this is so people can have a small look of the newspaper contents, for this I also looked at my newspaper front page but also the website for ideas as they both have different layouts but the newspaper page worked better for the design.

Final Poster

Final Poster/Billboard

This is the final poster for my newspaper article, this would be used out in a street outside of news agents or shops to grab the attention of people passing by,the main design idea was to keep it simple but look a bit more professional and stylish to appeal to the audience. I wanted it to be simple and easy to read instead of having multiple stories covering the page. The main purpose of the poster is to get the people out in the street to read the newspaper and get interested with the headline, it allows the newspaper reach a audience that are harder to get to. The poster has the newspaper articles name in the centre of the page and a big news headline title in the centre, this is so people see the most popular headline that is relevant at the moment. The final billboard is very simple like many other existing newspaper billboards, it has a red band below the newspaper name as that colour is also associated with the newspaper.

Making & Final Poster

Making & Final Poster

Making Poster:

For making my poster I used Photoshop CC and used  blank canvas that is the same size as an average poster or slightly smaller, the page had to be big enough so that I could fit the logo which is 500x400 within the page. The images had to be big enough otherwise they will be pixleated and hard to see if made into a larger size.  I needed to think of the layout of the poster/billboard and how each part will fit onto the page, the headline has to be big enough but not over powering the page as well as the headline being relevant news and not just a random title. The logos had to be placed in suitable places as well so they can be seen by the viewer properly and so it did not look out of place on the page. From looking back at other existing newspaper mastheads I was also thinking of adding some colour such as red which is also featured as the colour scheme in the website and which is also seen on existing newspaper mastheads, I could use red lines bordered around the page or just above and below the headline to make it pop out more.

Billboard Poster Research

Billboard Posters

Audience research:

For audience research for the newspaper billboard poster's I have looked at existing posters that are used by popular newspaper articles, these posters are designed to capture the audiences attention much like the name of the newspaper but instead use a big known headline story. It will get the audiences attention and wanting to go and buy the newspaper if the headline has sparked their interest enough.

Ideas for billboard Poster:

The idea for what my billboard poster, I want to keep the poster simple and not too elaborate and distracting to the viewer. Looking at existing billboards and posters I found that a main news story is made in bold on the front cover, this is to of course grab the audiences attention as its the first thing you see on the billboard/poster. Big news stories are often put on billboards sop for my billboard I shall be using my biggest news story as the focus of the billboard. It will feature my logo at the top and the bottom but the bottom logo will be smaller, this is to mark it and show that is made by that newspaper article rather than some other newspaper.

Drafting billboard Poster:

The page for the poster/billboard will have dimensions the same as  A4 paper to keep is a suitable size to work with, the size is 210 x 297 pixels and making it this size makes it so I can work with the logos size as it is not a huge image size for the poster, the layout and overall design is easy to do as it only requires a headline title in the centre of the page and the newspapers name/logo presumably on the top of the page.

Drafting & Making newspaper Website

Drafting & Making newspaper Website

WIP

These are some working in progress images of my newspaper website, starting off with the home page I wanted to work on the home page first to add in the main big news stories as they are mostly seen on the home page of a newspaper website. I wanted to change the right side bar making more room for the news articles and also adding advertisement as this is also a common feature you tend to see on newspaper websites, after taking away some of the features the website started to look more open. There was some fake added news paper stories which I had to change as they came with the website template, I switched them with news stories of my own and others. For the layout I added some changes and took away some of the provided features as they were not needed such as the "Whos behind the blog".

ideas for website

Ideas for Website

Design Ideas

The main layout design of my newspaper website will have most of the article categories at the top menu bar, this will be for easy access across the site and will have every news category in one place. Categories such as Money, TV/Entertainment , Science will be some of the categories featured on the top menu bar, the most popular categories will be the home page such as worlds news stories or stories that are featured in the area. The main colour scheme will be red, white and black font and this will be a running theme throughout the site, keeping the colour scheme to a minimal it will not over whelm the viewer and will be less distracting.

There will be separate new stories feature on the front page as well as big main story headline that will thin the most attention from the viewers, I will have up to 2-4 other pages that will contain different information on different news topics to keep the variety going throughout the newspaper website.

Base of Website

These are some images of the newspaper website in the making process, each page will be made individually with different sections of news on each page. The website will be made with the website creator WIX, at it comes with a pre-made newspaper website for the base of the site that I can use as foundations for my newspaper website. I will edit the editable features such as the title will be replaced with my logo and the news stories will be replaced by other news articles. I will add more features to the website like new sections and categories for the different genre of articles and these will have a button on the bar at the top underneath the logo, these will lead to separate pages of news articles. I might keep the the main colour scheme that is already shown in the pre-made website as they are not too distracting and are quiet popular among other newspaper websites.