Progression of my front page!

This was the original photograph which i edited and altered in my own way

On photoshop, i used the cloning tool to capture the exact same colour red that is on the picture.

 I then used the paint brush tool to brush over the name woolworths and turn it into a plain rectangle.

i finally used the text tool to enter in my own name, i have now turn a original picture to my own editor version

Feedback!!

This is some points of feedback i received from my newspaper title.



This is what it look liked.




Some good points and some which needed improving:

GOOD POINTS:

• nice colour coordination
• proffesionall looking
• Neat
• word basildon shows its a local newspaper
• small letters changing to caps makes it look proffesional
• Looks neat
• Very appropriate and relevant font/colours

BAD POINTS:

• Date is blurry
• The website is hard to read
• website is too small to read
• Date is unclear
• 23rd and 2011 need a space
• Hard to read font or font size

My main article

My main article i chose to base it on a " high street shop having to close down due to being in debts)
I specifically chose this topic since it focuses on the community and reinforces the fact that it is a local newspaper. This is my front page article title.  I used a popular std font a size 76.

High Street Clothes Shop Lillys Goes Bust 

The article below is the story for the front page article- size at 8.7 with a font of Times.

"Yesterday Basildon’s High Street biggest seller in woman’s fashion in 2006 sadly went bust after its dramatic increase in costs during the recession, which knocked the company down to the ground, it was discovered they had been in enormous depts. since they expanded their company in 2008 opening two shops Southend and Lakeside Shopping Centre. Six months after top rivals Twenties moved opposite, Lillys has just gone downhill after making over a 50,000 profit in just one year,

Lilly’s has been forced to close down, after being unable to continue.

The company has another two shops in Southend and also in Lakeside shopping centre, which are also closing down. Manager of Lillys Steven McRoger stated “Its not a problem of not having enough customers, its the cost of staying open which is the issue. We receive over 500 customer a day, but since our business’s objective is to offer affordable quality clothes, therefore cost are much greater than income” . Amy Lindlewood said “ I really loved that shop I cant believe its closed down, everything in there was value for money.” The shop is soon to be taken over by a small independent company “ISMASH” which is a technological company specializing in mobile phones and other gadgets. 

It’s a company looking to expand, opening mid July.... "

I used this photograph of a closed down store.

I used photoshop to edit this photograph to wipe off its original name and write in my articles store name " lilly's fashion". 

At this point i am not sure if i'm going to keep it as it is. As it looks photoshoped and unrealistic, i am looking for an alternative.

Adverts I designed to include in my project :)

Research of Newspaper Adverts

Local newspapers consist of a large amount of adverts. More adverts than articles. To find my ideas for my own adverts I chose to research some which already exist to give me some ideas of what to include. These are some I found.