Adverts

Here are my adverts that I am going to use in my local newspaper. Use the arrows
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I have designed these adverts using the research that I did on other local newspapers. I found that these adverts were very basic and simple, some even just being text on a coloured background, for that reason, I have made my adverts look relatively simple and from the sorts of companies that would advertise in my style of publication to keep a sense of authenticity.

Half term update

Over the half term break I have now completed all of the articles and adverts for my local newspaper.

I have decided to go with five adverts now, rather than the six that I had originally planned because I think it will work better for the design of the newspaper.

I am now ready to move on to the design stage. I have not started creating any of the graphic parts of the newspaper. This is because I feel I needed to draft a couple of designs before I create the pieces.

In my plan, the drafting of the design was meant to be done the week after half term (week 4), as this is part of the putting together of the newspaper stage, however, I don't think i have allocated myself enough time to complete this part of the production process, so I may have to do some of this section outside of lesson time.

Week Summary: Week Three

This week I have not made much progress in the production stage. Due to other commitments, I have not had as much production time as I would in a normal week. This is similar outside of lesson time; due to other subjects, work has begun to build up. I will have to assess my time management skills so I can make the limited time I have for production work.

Because there is no software issues, I should be able to catch up during the week break for half term, outside of college, ready to begin piecing together my local newspaper.

I am currently behind schedule.

Production Update 5

I have now finished all of the written aspects for my local newspaper. The last piece that needed to be completed was the four news bites, which I finished today.

I will now move onto the graphic elements of my local newspaper.

Week Summary: Week Two

This week I have been focusing on the article pieces for my local newspaper. So far I have completed the majority of the section - the front page articles, the inside articles one and two, now I need to do the news bites, then I can move on to the graphic side of the product.


Producing the articles has been easier than the adverts. I found it a lot easier as my skills in this area were more developed and the material was easier to come up with.


I am slightly behind schedule at the moment; I would have liked to have finished all of the articles over this week, but as there is no issues with software, I could easily complete this section out of lesson time, ready to begin the graphic pieces for next week.

Production Update 4

I have now finished the two main articles for the inside page. These are two articles that will take up the majority of the inside page. However I still have to finish other article sections for the inside page, such as the news bites.

Similar to the front page article, I researched the sort of articles that would be used in other local newspapers. I then then took this research, and looked for news stories that corresponded with this research. These were then used for information to based my articles around.

Production Update 3

I have now completed the article for the front page of my local newspaper. This consists of a main headline article. Currently, the article is saved as a docx. file, using Microsoft Word. I will leave the article in this format until later in the production process - when I begin putting all the pieces I have created together.

To create this article, I researched the sort of article that other local newspapers would use on their front pages. I then looked for local news stories that corresponded with this research. This supplied me with the base information - getting research from multiple sources, so the article was truly original - so I could produce an article.

At the moment, I am not collecting images for the articles, as I am unsure of the software that I will be using to put my newspaper together.

Production Update 2

I have now finished all of the adverts for both of the pages for my local newspaper; these are saved as individual JPEG image files and are now ready to be put together, at at later stage of production.

Now I have done this, I am going to start working on the articles to go in the local newspaper. These will be original articles, produced by myself, and based around genuine news stories. By basing the articles on genuine news stories, it will help my article to appear more realistic, improving the overall quality of my finished product.

Week Summary: Week One

In the first week, I have successfully completed five out of the six adverts for my local newspaper. It has been challenging to create the adverts, as mentioned in the previous blog entry, my Photoshop skills need improving, which has now been done successfully.

When creating the adverts, I researched the sort of adverts that would be used in a local newspaper, similar to the one I am creating. I also looked at the style and quality of these adverts, and found that they were not great; the majority of the adverts were from small, local companies (mainly conservatory and window companies), consequently, the adverts are of a tacky, and poor quality. I have purposely designed my adverts to look this way, to make the newspaper seem genuine.

I am currently on target with my schedule.

Production Update

At the moment, I am creating the adverts to go in my local newspaper. I am using Adobe Photoshop to create these. Creating the adverts is quite challenging as I have not used Photoshop in a long time, so it is taking time to adapt to the software.

Furthermore, coming up with designs for the adverts is difficult, as they have to be original. I have designed them so they fit the style and type of advert used in the local newspapers I have research.

So far I have completed 4 out of 6 of the adverts. Here is an example of one of them.