Front Page Progress

My cover is almost finished now, the only things left to do are to write the main article and create two more adverts or offers to place in the boxes on to the right of the page. I hope to finish this by the christmas holidays.


I decided to delete the 'FOOTBALL LATEST' section at the top of the page as I thought there was already a lot of text on the page. I don't want to overload the page with text as I think images can be more eye catching. 

Creating the Tempter

I have decided to create a tempter to fill the space between the masthead and the lead article. I   have researched the dates of the FA Cup and found that the 6th round usually occurs around the date of publication, so my tempter will be an offer to win tickets for the FA Cup match. 


When The News features a match between teams, it often uses the logos of both teams as they are distinctive. I have decided to do this too, and plan to cut the logos of the teams out in circles so they look like footballs. 


With help from my lecturer, I have learnt how to use the pen tool and paths tool on Photoshop to achieve this.  After transferring to InDesign, I edited the logos by changing the clipping tool options.

Production Powerpoint

At the beginning of the lesson, my lecturer showed everyone this powerpoint issued by OCR that has tips on how I should structure my work. http://www.slideshare.net/petefrasers/mm-conf? I found it really useful and hope to apply it to my project to ensure I get the most out of it.

Front Page Progress

Front Page Progress

I have spent the first hour of this lesson tweaking my front page. I have changed the headline of the main article to make it shorter and snappier, and it frames the model in my photo much better than before. I have applied my knowledge of generic newspapers by using alliteration in my headline. I am a lot happier with how it looks now. 


I have also added the headline for my sub lead, which I have decided I will create on the inside cover. I have chosen a negative story about a local leisure centre being closed to counterbalance the positive story on the front page.