Portbury Hundred Closed

Portbury Hundred Closed

Hundreds of family members, held back for hours by a dangerous incident that caused the Portbury Hundred to close early on in the week due to freak weather.  After a day of constant heavy rain, a collision between two cars took place on Portisheads main way of entrance and exit. As the Portbury Hundred is one of four escapes to Bristol, it was obvious that at rush hour the road would be packed. However, no one could depend on the evenings traffic. The accident happened at 7o'clock in the evening, peak time for traffic. It had been stormy weather through out the day, when a red fiat, carrying one passenger hit straight on into a white honda. The accident caused so much chaos that the police had to shut the road throughout the night, so that they could clean up the damage and have the road clear by the following morning. The passengers in both cars, were moderately injured and are now at Frenchay Hospital recovering physically and mentally.

This is the first draft of my second story for my front page. In my lesson I will try to edit it in to my actual page to see if it fits. If not I will have to shorten it so that it is more suitable for my newspaper.  

Changing My Story

I first decided to have my second cover story as "Battery Point To Be Closed" so that it is slightly linked to my main cover story for conventionality, however I began to believe that this would make it too focused on Battery Point and this would disrupt the balance in stories, as my inside page is also about Two Teens Stuck In Mud. In conclusion to this thought, I have decided to change the second story on my cover, so that it doesn't link at all to the main cover story.

Recently the weather in the South West has been dramatic, especially surrounding Bristol. It has been a mixture of weather, including flooding. The Portbury Hundred is one of four ways in which Portishead citizens and tourists can come and go into the small town, when bad weather occurs it usually gets flooded and dangerous traffic begins. I think that this would be a suitable story for my second story as the readers can truly relate to the flooding as it is the main road getting from Portishead, into Bristol. My new second story will be called Portbury Hundred To Be Closed, although there isn't really a difference in the headline, apart from the location of the closure, I still think that this is appropriate headline as it is easy to understand and is direct as it tells the important information straight away.
For this story I also don't need to get a picture as it is just a short side story not the cover story. By not placing a photo with it, I think I have made certain that this will not distract my readers from the main cover story.

Battery Point To Be Closed

Battery Point To Be Closed, will be my second cover story, which will have less coverage as it isn't as much of a big story as Two Teens Stuck In Mud. To reassure that this will happen, I have place the second story on the right side of the page, whilst keeping the main cover story on the left third, which our eyes are naturally first drawn to as we read from left to right. Although I have given both stories similar amount of space on the front page, my cover story does go into more detail on to page two.
Battery Point To Be Closed will be linked to my main cover story as Battery Point in Portishead, is where the accident of the two teens happened and it is conventional as newspapers such as Evening Post also do this.

Planning my logo

I have adopted the same idea as Daily Post and Echo, of having a logo to represent my area of which I sell my newspaper to. Most newspapers have used a image which is significant to their location, such as Daily Post has a ship as its logo. This is because S.S Great Britain is a positively well known attraction in Bristol, which they are very proud of. It is also easily recognised by the community and universal, for tourists. This is similar to Echo, as it is sold in Liverpool and they use the lion which is also on their football team. This implies that the newspaper backs up their football team and is very supportive, which could relate to the Liverpool football fans, which love to read their local newspapers.

In my past post on my logo, I have written that I am going to incorporate the letters "PP" with a historical image, mainly because my masthead is "Portishead Post" so it can easily be recognised and linked together.
I have considered to use the same font as my masthead for the logo lettering, as you can see the image to the right, this is a mock up of what the lettering will look like.

The historical images I have considered to use are the Suspension bridge or the statue in Portishead Marina.
I didn't want to use the same idea as Daily Post, by using the S.S Great Britain, as I believe this will be making my newspaper too similar to it, which would cause my newspaper to have hardly any differentiation.

I have choose the suspension bridge as one of my choices for my logo image because it is very historical and applies very much to the whole Bristol community, not just Portishead. To get anywhere you would have to go along the bridge, so it is an important part of Bristol. It carries cars, lorries and motorbikes, it also has a cycle lane on the outside of the bridge, with a safety path. It opened in 1864 and is still going strong 147 years later, with a total of around 8,800 cars a day.







The image to the right is a picture of the statue which is on the Marina in Portishead, it is a recognised attraction, because of its location is also well-known and very often visited. The sculpture was built at the same time as when the restaurants, such as Bottleinos where created.





I have decided to use the marina statue because I think it appeals to my audience as they are Portishead citizens, whilst the Suspension bridge could appeal to a wider audience, such as the whole of Bristol. This would not work for my newspaper as I am only selling it in Portishead, not Bristol so by choosing the marina sculpture I know that I will be able to attract my main audience, being the Portishead community.

Two Teens Stuck In Mud: Updated

Second Draft:

Two Teens Stuck In Mud

Rescued by the local police and fire brigade, two teens got themselves into a sticky situation. Both boys, which cannot be named for legal reasons have been saved after indulging in too much alcohol and deciding to take a trip into the muddy Bristol Channel, near Battery Point.

P.C Knowland, aged 49, was the first officer on scene, who told us that "when I asked for their explanation on what was going on it was apparent that a heavy amount of alcohol had been consumed as we couldn't easily understand them and they slurred their words." When P.C Knowland and other officers tried to figure out a way in which they could pull the boys out, it quickly came apparent that they needed help.

The fire-fighters where able to drag the boys from the thick mess simply by using man strength and the hose from the trusty fire engine. "We were called to the scene but by the time we had got there it was clear that they needed further assistance, and this is when we knew we had to take action." Said the head fire fighter, Paul Mcgreedy. 

"If the youths were sober, we probably could have got them out much sooner and with less hassle."As the two boys did cause a lot of commotion that night, we do know that they're save with their friends and family now.

What all started out as a summer evening trip down to the local lake grounds of Portishead turned into a dangerous accident which could have been fatal, because of the effects of drinking alcohol.

 P.C Knowland told us that "It started out as a group of five youths, enjoying their evening with a few bottles of wine, until two of the members decided to carry on drinking so bought some supermarket vodka, which lead us to believe this is how they became more reckless and intoxicated then the other three."

Once P.C Knowland and the rest of the team had released the teens from the mud, covered in muck, still slightly intoxicated and in shock, the boys returned to their friends and family on the sea wall and hosed themselves off.

 The parents said: "We thank the local police and fire brigade for saving our children and getting them back to us safely, they wont be going out unsupervised until they're 20." 

Two Teens Stuck In Mud

Firstly, I have decided to change my headline from "Two Local Teens Stuck In The Mud" to simply, "Two Teens Stuck In Mud" as I believe by keeping it shorts it will keep the attention of the reader. I also think that this is more of a catchy headline then my first thought.

Two Teens Stuck In Mud

The Story:

In the early hours of the evening this summer, a few youths decided to take advantage of the heat and take a trip down to the local lake grounds of Portishead. Although the park was created for little children and families, the juveniles didn't go to play on the swings and slide, they wanted to get up to mischief, hangout and drink alcoholic beverages. As it began to get later and the amount of alcohol decreased, the teens thought that it would be a fun idea to take a giddy walk along the stony beach.

A group of five clumped together, falling and laughing as they stumbled towards the beach stairs. Wanting just to make a small fire and sit around it, three of them stayed. Whilst two of the boys decided to play a game of manhood and ran towards the sea, ignoring all urgent signs, which they would have acknowledged if sober. Expecting the beach to be full of sand and sea the two fell straight into the thick mud. By the time they had hit the mud, their drunken bodies where too numb to realise that the stiff muck had locked around their thighs. Suddenly one felt that they where getting dragged behind and that it was rising to their stomachs. Now, not being able to move their intoxicated minds realised what they had gotten themselves into and they began to panic.
The rest of the group where evoked when they finally heard the slurred yells from the dark and started to walk towards the voices. At first they did not know that it was their two lost members until they shouted their names and that they where stuck. The two boys could feel themselves getting pulled slowly by the mud, although it would be best not to be distressed they became to struggle. It wasn't long after 11pm when the three others alerted the police as the two male teenagers called out in the darkness. Although the shouts where unclear it was obvious that they were afraid and unable to get back to safety, as a large crowd of other teens gathered.
P.C Knowland was the officer which answered the call at 11:10pm from a nervous sixteen year old girl, claiming that two of her friends had gone into the mud on Portishead sea front. The group of three stayed waiting for P.C Knowland to arrive with other members of the team. At 11:15pm, P.C Knowland started to interrogate the youths on how this incident happened. This is when it first came apparent that alcohol had been consumed, as they weren't easily understood and their explanations of what had happened so far where not clear.
 The other police officer gave her attention to the two boys in the mud. She asked them a series of questions, including their names, who to contact and skimming how they got there. It was obvious to the female police officer that the boys where frightened and intoxicated, this is when she first thought it would probably be the best idea to get reinforcements to try to get the boys out and to safety. The police decided to call in the local fire brigade. Although there was not a lot of equipment used to detach the teens from the mud, the fire-fighters where able to drag the boys from the thick mess by simply using man strength and the hose from the fire truck. Once out of the death trap covered in mud, still slightly intoxicated and in shock the boys returned to their friends and family on the sea wall and hosed off.


Soon after reading other newspapers I found that the start begins with the end. In my newspaper story I have written it more in a novel structure, as though I am writing a story rather then telling important news. In my next media lesson I will have to change around the layout of my story so it sounds more like a newspaper rather then a novel.

Slogan For Front Page

For my newspaper I decided to cut my masthead in half, on two different lines, then to have my logo on the left side on level with "Post". However, I then found that it made my masthead look unequal. To prevent this I thought that putting a slogan on the opposite side of my masthead to the logo will help balance it out.
The Evening Posts slogan is, "Tomorrow News Today" Implies that the newspaper has got the most up to date news which you can get now, it also makes it feel as though they have got it from the future which makes it feel magic and has a source of power.

Ideas for my slogan:

• "Presenting the best news"
• "Reporting local news"
• "The daily dairy of Portishead"
• "News you can use"
• "Where local news comes first"
• "News to the community" 

Out of all of the above, I have chose "News you can use" as I like that it has a rhyme which makes it more fun and welcoming to the reader. 

Last Thoughts For My Front Page

The image to the right is my final idea for my front page.
It would be conventional for me to use a celebrity on my front page, as local newspapers do try to hang on loosely to the outside community as much as possible so that they still have connections and can appeal to a larger audience. However my newspaper differs to it as I have removed the tacky celebrity story, which I think would make my newspaper seem as though it is too involved in the outside world. I also believe that it would not appeal to the audience I want and some readers may just purchase my newspaper for the celebrity stories rather then the local news. I hope to attract an older audience, that of young adults of demographic A to D1, both female and male. This gives me a chance to aim at a larger audience then that of my past AS coursework where I had to choose a specific target audience. I have also changed it so that I have only a small part of my main cover story on the actual cover, I have decided to let it leak onto the inside page as I believe this will encourage my readers to purchase the newspaper because they wont know what the stories ending is till they buy it. By replacing the column, that was originally for sports and other local news to be a short story and an advert for the community gym, I think this helps make the layout of my newspaper seem as though it is more formal and it also mirrors the set out of The Evening Post and Chronicle, which are my two main researched newspapers. Placing a slogan and logo in my masthead helps to make my newspaper have individuality and more attraction to my readers, as they will be able to spot it out whilst looking through the newspaper stand. I have also switched the position of the advert banner around, by placing it above the masthead rather then the bottom of the front cover as I believe this will convey its importance, however I do not want my advert banner to become more highlighted rather then my masthead. To counter this I will make sure that I make my masthead "Portishead Post" larger and more bold then the advert banner.

Media Lesson Planning Front Page

In my Media lesson today, I spent majority of my time creating a new front page for my newspaper, through doing this I learnt how to use Guide Lines, which are used for newspapers. This is the amount of columns I will have and how much space I get for each one. I also learn that the space between each column is called a "gutter"this neatly helps to separate each story and picture so that they don't combine. When making my plan, I decided to do a little bit of research on how much space the columns take up, usually the right side column uses about 25% of the newspaper and is a much larger writing space then that of the left column which is about 17%, mainly because the cover image takes up more space.

My First Pictures.

For my front cover image, as I have written in a previous post, I have taken a picture of the Portishead Sea Front in the daylight.

I had a debate with myself about this image, as I did like it when I got the first shot, but then I realised it is dull and doesn't really tell the reader anything about the story, apart from the location. I believe that if I put two young males in the picture, looking worried or confused then this will make the picture more captivating as the readers will wonder what has happened to them and why are they in that location.

For the short local stories I will use the two pictures that are below:

 The image to the left is Antonio's pizzeria. It will be the picture I use for the story, "Welcoming Hearty Italian Restaurant Reopened". However when I get the prober photo done in a week or two I will be able to ask the shop owner, Antonio, to stand outside as if he is reopening to customers.

This is the story, "Dropping The Pounds And Gaining Better Bodies". In my final newspaper I will not be using this picture as this is not really the gym owner, this is one of the staff which work there. I have also decided that I don't like the positions in which they are as it looks as though I have caught the staff member off guard  when really I want him in a open posture to suggest that he is friendly and wanting new members joining. 

The Evening Posts Change In Name.

Interestingly, I found that through more recent research that The Evening Post is now The Post. This is because less people are purchasing newspapers because of new technologies, such as websites and mobile phones, where they can asses the same information more quickly and for free. This causes newspapers to lose customer interest, as readers have to wait for a week to get the latest news, when they could easily log on to a computer and get the news pretty much straight away.

As I was studying the Evening Post, right before it turned into The Post, in April 2012 I found that even then they stop just doing one story on the inside page, now they spread out their main story across to page three. This causes slight problems for the making of my newspaper as I will only be making a page two and will have to keep the story to one page rather then The (Evening) Post which uses two. I believe that they do this so that the readers get a more insight picture and can see more clearer. It also grabs the attention of the reader as it differs to other newspapers which only use the inside page to explain their main story.

The image below is an annotation of The Evening Post showing how the story on the second page leaks onto the third page, which makes it similar to a double page spread which is seen in magazines.

Inside Page Layout Idea!

As you can see in my previous post into inside page research I have been strongly influenced by the Mercury rather than The Times this is because I believe that it is a more traditional layout and I feel that it will appeal to my readers more.

This is a sample of my inside page:

Inside Story:

My inside page main story will be a continuous of the story which is on the front, "Two Local Teens Stuck In The Mud". However in my layout for my front page I have written that I will be putting the whole story on the front, I have now decided to only put the story inside and just leave the front cover with a picture of the sea front and a cover line. I believe that this would increase interest in my newspaper, as they will only see part of the story on the front which results in them needing to purchase the newspaper to read the rest of the story which is on the inside page. To get my pictures for my inside page I will need borrow a camera from Sixthform. The picture in the inside page will differ from the front cover, even though they are the same story. I would like to either take a picture of the Portishead Fire station/Police station from outside, hopefully a time where firemen are hanging about outside, or I would like to have a picture of two young men standing on the sea front, after the incident. This would provide the reader with a sense that everything ended up fine, which is in contrast to the front cover, where the shocking headline and photo will be. 

Other Parts:
In my past post of my idea for my inside page layout I have said that will not be doing a advert banner along the bottom, however I feel that this is a regular structure of a newspaper inside page, so I will do to. This advert will differ from the one on front cover, I may do it on the Italian restaurant doing "2 for 1" similar to that of the Evening Post.

Inside Page Idea

The two newspaper inside covers where hard to find so I ended up buying a local papers and using them. However I did not use the same newspapers as of my cover research. The two inside pages I studied where The Times and Mercury, both local Portishead papers.

The Mercury is the standard layout for a second page, but The Times is full of announcements and advertising which is not conventional for a inside page. As you can see by my past research into these inside pages, they're are both very different, this is the may reason why I decided to annotate them, so that I could get a full idea of how you can present it, other then just having it full of stories or as the contents page.

For my inside page I would like to the adopt a similar layout to that of Mercury, by keeping it conventional, having a main story inside. I will also have a small byline for announcements, mirroring The Times, for local families, wishing to say "Happy Birthday" or respecting the loss of a loved one. This helps the newspaper tab into the local community and will evoke sympathy and compassion for the families. It also suggests that my newspaper cares about its citizens which will conclude to the readers purchasing my newspaper because they want to be part of the caring community, some readers might also just buy the newspaper because their family announcement is in there or someone they know maybe. Also this is another way in which the newspaper can gain profit, as people have to pay to have their announcements put in.
Through writing this post I have thought of putting one of the bylines as the contents so that readers know which page to go to for the latest news, instead of flicking through until they find what is on the font cover or what interests them. As I researched I also discovered that the Mercury have a advert banner, similar to that on the Evening Posts front cover. I am not too certain whether I will mirror this layout as I have already used a advert banner for my front cover and I don't want to be too repetitive as it will get boring to my readers and result in a lack of sales because of this.

What adverts should I do?

In my research into adverts on a newspaper front cover, I found that they usually promote large companies which are in some cases, are in the area in which the newspaper is sold but also companies which are seen nationally.

As you can see the image on the right is a layout for my future newspaper. I have come up with having my advert as a banner, along the bottom of my newspaper, this is similar to that of the Evening Post, however it has it's advert banner along the top, above the masthead. By making my adverts more discreet I think this will re-ensure that all attention is upon the news on my front cover, rather then adverts.




In my research I have also found that the adverts on the front cover are usually in the readers interests rather then the companies though of gaining profits. They use bargains to appeal to the customers, this could also attract readers as this maybe the main reason they purchase the newspaper, to get the deals.
This is shown in my research of the Evening Post, which is the image to the left. In this advert they are publicising the deal of getting "2 for 1" whilst eating out at a specific restaurant, which suggests that there is more advantage for the customer as they are getting money off a meal, which will now be half price. In a previous post I have gone more in to detail about this advert.

These are two other adverts by the Evening Post, similar to the advert above, they both are in the customers favour. However these two do have a slight contrast as they are "Win" adverts, which mean that the customer who buys the newspaper is in chance of getting s free PS3 or McFly guitar, this could also cause readers to buy the newspaper simply because of their chance in winning something expensive and getting it for free. This also tells us what the Evening Posts target audience could be, because they are promoting PS3 purchases, this suggests that the readers are top gamers which want the newest gadgets to play their games on. The audience could also be great music fans, or listen to chart hits because of the free gaining of a fresh guitar, held by one of the members of the band. A long with that, one of the adverts is promoting two, the free guitar and "2 for 1" eating which is a great plug for the newspaper and will get audiences purchasing it.

Through my research into newspaper adverts I have decided to use a banner and to have mine as a bargain advert. Preferable for a new, local shop in Portishead,such as Waitrose or Lidl as they have newly opened over the years I think this will give me leverage over my competitors as readers will be interested in exploring the new shops. Also as these are grocery shops, this will give the customers more means to buy the newspaper as most families go on a weekly food shop and will be able to use the deal. I think that my advert will be for £20 off when shopping in Waitrose as I believe this will target my audience and will look right within my newspaper.

Portishead Post Logo Idea:

Through my research I have realised that logos are used on the newspaper quite regularly. Four out of five of my newspapers I have researched have their logo somewhere on the front page. For example Evening Post and Daily Post have their logos inbetween the words. The two images below are of the Evening Post and Daily Post mastheads and logo. In my past posts I have annotated both.

There are also logos on newspaper front cover which don't do the same layout as the two above. Out of the newspapers I studied these are, The Cornwall Review and Echo. They both have their logo near the masthead but not combined like the two above. 

For my newspaper I am not too sure which one I will do, however I do know that I will have a logo. My idea is to have it as "PP" mainly because my masthead for my newspaper is Portishead Post. I might also combine it with a historical image, similar to what Evening Post do, by using the well known ship which is in Bristol Marina. 

Colour Scheme Two

The picture on the right shows the colour I have chose for my Masthead, which is Royal Blue. 

This is quite similar to other newspapers as they also use blue, however the Evening post uses more of a deep blue, such as Navy Blue. I may also use this colour for my dateline so that they match. 

Unlike Chronicle and Echo I think I will adopt the same idea of Evening Post and Daily Post by not having too many different colours scattered around as this can make the newspaper look untidy and cluttered. By having three or four different colours or different tones of a colour I will achieve my goal of making my newspaper look formal but still quite fun. 

Colours in which I will be interested in using as well as Royal Blue, will be a tone of red and green or red and a lighter shade of blue. I have chose these colours because I think that they mesh well and could become a good colour scheme.

The image to the right is my choice in colour for my shade of red. 

This I will use for telling which stories are on what page in my newspaper, also if I decide to have "Exclusive" parts in my newspaper I can use this colour for my writing, as the Evening Post does. 

For my headlines and bylines I have decided to keep my newspaper simplistic by keeping them black. This is similar to the Daily Post and Evening Post. I think that this could cause my newspaper to become less noticeable as it could blend in when on sales. However I think that this is the best for my newspaper as it is the basic structure. 

If I decide to have a third colour for my newspaper I have chose to use the colour which is on the swatch to the right. I might decide to use small backgrounds or outlines for my bylines, if so then I will use the colour to the right. 

 

What About Other Texts!?

I have chose a font for my masthead but still haven't chose any for my headlines, bylines or stories. For my headlines I wont be using Serif but will make it so that it is the same size as my masthead or slightly smaller to show that it is as important as the masthead and to keep it matching the headline, striking. In contrast, I will make my bylines a lot smaller then the headline and masthead as these will be stories which are less interesting and appealing to the readers. For my stories I am considering keeping them the same font as their headlings, as my research shows that on the font cover of a newspaper they usually only use two or three different fonts, including the masthead.
To start I must return back to Dafont to find my ideal fonts for my newspaper!

As I said before I don't want to use Serif for the rest of my newspaper, so instead of going to the "Basic" category then "Serif" I will go to "Sans Serif".
Coincidentally for my headline I came across a font which was called "Headline". However once taking more time to look at it I decided that I wasn't interested in this font as I felt as though each letter was squished together and stretched. I'd prefer to find a font for my headline which is more spacious and lengthened out.
I next came across a font name "American Purpose" which was underneath the "Headline" font. Immediately I was drawn to this font because it reminded me of the fonts used for headlines in other newspapers I had researched. Below is an example of the font I am hoping to use for my headline.




In my research of newspaper front cover headlines, I have found that they all look similar.

Evening Post                                                                                                            Chronicle     
                                                                                 

Daily Post

Through this I have realised that the headlines are quite bland and straight forward. That their only purpose is to deliver the biggest news, not to look different or interesting, just basic. This is why I think the font American Purpose is an ideal font, as it has nothing outstanding but is still practical. 

On the left is a picture of my potential headline for my newspaper front cover, in the font I have chose. 

Looking For A New Masthead Font!

In my previous post I explained how I'm not going to use the "Phosphrous Family" for my masthead, so now I have to look for a new one which I believe will be better and more suitable. To start off my search for my font I will return to Dafont where I found my last group of potentials. I found myself looking in the same category again, "Serif" as this is the main quality I want for my masthead.
Two fonts that caught my attention where both on page three and coincidently right by each other. These fonts where called "Timeless" and "Day Roman". As you can see from one of my past posts into font research I have already written about Day Roman and it was also in my list of favourites.

Day Roman                                                                                                                              Timeless

                                                             



As presented you can see that I have also gone from my past post of having all letters in lower case apart from the first letter to having the whole masthead in block capitals. I have made this decision based on the convention that newspapers use capital letters for their titles, which is shown in my research, for example the Evening Post. 

I do feel as though Day Roman is more interesting then Timeless because of the shape of the letter "R" and because it does look as though it uses more Serif, it also looks more formal because of this. However the font does not come in Bold, unlike Timeless which does. This also mirrors the look of the Evening Post as it also uses a bold font, this is a pattern throughout my researched mastheads as they are all in bold apart from The Cornwall Review which is not and mostly lower case.

Although I have been ambivalent I think that Day Roman is the best choice for my Masthead over Timeless as I believe that it is best suited for my newspaper and I feel as though Timeless is a little to bland, so by not having my masthead in bold it will help it's originality. It will also look great in Royal Blue!

My final choice is below! 

Just Not The Right Font...

The picture on the right is of my masthead with my chosen font. However, once I typed in my title name I no longer wanted to use this as my masthead font, because of the way in which the letter "t" is shaped.
I believe that it's not a good enough font for my masthead as I feel as though it looks too medieval for my newspaper and as though it would be chosen for the credits of Harry Potter. It also reminds me of pirates, which makes it look quite inviting and spooky but lack the formality I wanted for my masthead Although I do like the font for all it's other characters I have decided to no longer use it.

Colour Schemes

Colour schemes are very important in attracting customers for a newspapers as it helps them stand out from competing newspapers, as they will also be trying to gain the customers attention. Echo does this very well as it uses a range of block colours such as red, blue and black. Although these colours are not out of the ordinary, they still help to differentiated the newspaper from its competitors such as Daily Post and Evening Post, which use quite bland colours instead of Echo's highly noticeable colour scheme.

The way in which Echo uses colours to improve the layout is also one way in which will help with the design of my newspaper, as I would also like to use a similar colour scheme so that my newspaper will be apparent.

However I do like the subtleness colour scheme of Evening Post, it is more relaxed as it uses a more darker tone of blue and is less chaotic then Echo. For my newspaper I may consider adopting both of these qualites from both newspapers, make my colour scheme outstanding and striking but also be calm.

After debating on how to present my newspaper through colour, I think that my main choice in colour will be blue as it is neutral but can also be swayed to be more dramatic. A royal blue is the tone of blue I have decided upon, as it is more rich then other tones. Also this type of blue is seen in the Evening Post used for its headline and barline, I feel that this gives the newspaper more structure as it looks as though it as been thought out and I like how they have kept the colour through out which gives it a stylish edge. Similar to Evening Post I will use the royal blue I have chose to the right as my headline colour and also my barline colour so that I have a feeling of flowing through out my newspaper.

Getting the right pictures for my newspaper front cover.

Getting pictures

To get my pictures for my newspaper I will have to either, lend a camera from Gordano School or borrow a camera from a close friend. Both the cameras I would use will produce top quality pictures that will be suitable for my newspaper, unlike a camera phone which will be blurred and not what I want. This would make my newspaper will cheap and not thought out well enough, this could result in the readers no longer purchasing my newspaper because of the way it looks. However because I will be using an actual photography camera my photos for my newspaper will make it look neat and well planned.

For my article/story "Two Local Teens Stuck In The Mud" I will take a picture of the location in which the advent took place. This is similar to my researched newspaper, "Daily Post", where they have a small photograph of the river, in which the two persons drowned. The location is the Portishead sea front, so to get my main story picture I will go there and get my photo. I could either, take a picture at night (when the incident happened) or take a picture in the day. I think that the best would be to take the picture in the day, because there is barely any lighting, this could lead to an unsatisfied picture as it will just be too dark for the readers to see. Although it would give the readers more appeal to have the picture taken at night, because they could imagine themselves being there as the incident happened but there would be only darkness. With taking the picture of the sea front in the day it will be a lot clearer and easy to see the scene of the crime. It will also give me a chance to develop my story and talk in the past rather than try to talk in the present. As it will be light for my photo shoot I will be able to explore the surroundings and take more focus into the mud and scenery to make it work with my story.


For my byline "Welcoming Hearty Italian Restaurant Reopened" to get pictures for this byline I will have to wait till the owner, Antonio (same as the restaurant name) returns from being on holiday on the 13th September. For this picture I will have the owner stood outside, on the step of his restaurant smiling and having arms open welcoming customers. I will make sure that I get the whole restaurant in, by taking a medium shot, straight on. I think this picture will do well as it conveys that of the story, that they're welcoming people and reopening, his body language will also replicate this. 


For "Dropping The Pounds And Gaining Better Bodies" I will take a photograph either of the gym space or ask a member if I can take a picture of them to use for the story. For the gym space picture I could go into the cardio room, which is the most likely place in which people lose weight, rather than the weights room and take a few pictures of the crosstrainer or the treadmill. However this could not attract readers as it is quite boring and nothing will really stand out. If one of the members agree to have their photo taken for my newspaper, I could have them working out on one of the machines which will help the reader understand the article more as they will be able to visually see the member in which the story is based on. As well as having a picture of the member I could also ask if the owner will become part of the picture, standing near the member and shaking their hand as if they are congratulating them on their success. This could present the gym as a pleasant working environment which could end up making profit for it as readers maybe attract to the result that the member had gotten through training at that gym. 

Two other stories which will be on the newspapers front page:

Two Bylines:

These two stories will be my bylines, in which will be filled with local news. They will be much shorter then my main headline as they will have less coverage and writing. 

The story "Welcoming Hearty Italian Restaurant Reopened" will be about the local Antonio's Italian restaurant along the highstreet, at the bottom of Frendale Road. I have chose to make this a byline as Antonio's is a recognized restaurant and highly approved by local Portishead citizens.  I know that a light byline like this would be seen in a local newspaper, for example The Chronicle and Evening Post, as it appeals to the audience, which are interested in community news. 


My final byline is "Dropping The Pounds And Gaining Better Bodies" this will be about the neighbourhood gym, which is well liked in Portishead. It will be based on members who have lost weight over the summer and how they feel about it. I will also explore how the gym has became more popular over the years, and especially over this summer thanks to the members that have recently started to achieve their goals of becoming fitter, for either health reasons or just to look better. 

Main headline/story idea: Two Local Teens Stuck In The Mud

Two Teen Stuck In The Mud

This will be the title of my main story, which is obviously about two teenagers that have gotten stuck in the mud. My location for this story will be the sea front in Portishead, which will appeal to my readers as it is a well known family location for people who live in the area and for tourists which have come to the location for a family holiday. It is also very popular for a drinking destination for teenagers wanting to have a good time with their friends. So through this I have targeted a large audience because of my location. 

The story will be based around two teenagers which after drinking alcoholic beverages and having a good time out around the park, decide to take a walk along the sea front but then ignore the signs of which tell them that it can be deadly if you go out too far. A group of five first went down, where two of the male teenagers thought it would be a good idea to take it to the next level and go beyond the signs, whilst the three other teenagers stayed behind. It wasn't long after 11pm when the three others alerted the police as the two male teenagers called out in the darkness. Although the shouts where unclear it was obvious that they where afraid and unable to get back to safety. The police arrived around 11 15pm, as the crowd gathered around the sea wall, questions arose asking what was happening. Three of the the friends which where earlier with the two male youths where interrogated by a local police officer which first came across the scene. This is when it first came apparent that alcohol had been consumed, as they weren't easily understood and slurred majority of their explanations of what had happened earlier that night before the incident. It soon came obvious that the police could not do this alone as they could not easily pull the two boys out of the mud they had to call in reinforcements, so they called the local fire-fighters. By 12am the fire-fighters had appeared on the scene, getting knowledge from the police as to what had happened. Although not a lot of equipment was used to detach the youths from the mud, the fire-fighters used numbers and the hose which they told them to grab onto whilst they forcefully pulled in attempt to get them out of the thick mess. Once out the two boys, still slightly intoxicated and covered in mud, got their clothes washed off and returned safely to their friends and family along the sea front path. 

Newspaper Ideas: Stories and Headlines

Usually the main headline has a connection with the community. It is a serious and dramatic story which has happened within the newspapers sales location and almost always has an affect upon the readers emotions, mainly sympathy through the story.

My main headline is going to be based on new local news, although my story will be made up it will still have the affect of a true one upon the readers.

Headlines:

• "Local pub gets shut down after drug scandal"
• "Two teens stuck in the mud"
• "New stars are shining for 2016"
• "Welcoming hearty Italian restaurant reopened" 
• "Could this be the next Leonardo da Vinci?"

After debating whether to go with "Local Pub Gets Shut Down After Drug Scandal" or "Two Local Teens Stuck In The Mud" I think that the best Headline which I could use as the main story is "Two Local Teens Stuck In The Mud" because it seems as though the newspaper isn't taking it seriously, that it is casual, it easily grabs the attention of my readers through confusion and concern for the two teens. It is also easy to come up with photographs for the story as in my research, Daily Post have just simply taken a picture of the location in which the incident took place. I also added in "Local" to the headline, as the readers will feel as though they can relate the two victims and this will evoke sympathy for them. I decided to go with this headline over "Local Pub Gets Shut Down After Drug Scandal" because it felt as though it was too artificial and it wouldn't really happen in a small town such as Portishead, also it would be too much exaggeration involved and may become too dramatic and like a childish story. Although I believe that it would have made an more interesting and differ from other newspapers because of the reasons I have wrote, I think it maybe too extreme for a local newspaper.

For my other local stories I will use "Welcoming Hearty Italian Restaurant Reopened" and "Dropping The Pounds And Gaining Better Bodies" as they are both less outragous and striking as my main headline. For example in my research of the Evening Post they keep their main focus on the headline and put less important stories as the bylines, "25m research centre for city", these bylines also don't affect the community as much as the headline does in a way which makes the reader feel sorry for the person in which the story is about. However I will not be doing this as my bylines are set around the community and written for the locals about well known locations. The Daily Post, frequently has community horrors as their headline and bylines, "Girl, 3, And Dad Drown In Falls Tragedy" as their main headline and "Man Collapses And Dies In Snowdon Race" as the byline. Both of these stories are striking as they hit the audience and make them feel compassion for the story and its persons, this is unlike Evening Post and will differ from my newspaper.

Newspaper Ideas: Name of my newspaper

For the title of my newspaper I wasn't very sure. I first chose my title font, which in one of my previous posts is called Phosphorus Family Font. I needed a title which was compatible with the font, which was attention grabbing but still formal. I wanted a likeness between my newspaper title and that of what I have researched, such as Daily Post or Evening Post, by doing this I have decided to include "Post" in my title.

Titles I have thought of:

• Portishead Post
• Present Post
• The Bristolian Post
• British Post
• Somerset Post
• Citizen Post

Although I have listed six different titles I have come up with, I am determined to decide on one which I would see fit to be named as my local newspaper. 

The four I have considered

• "Portishead Post" is one of my favourites as it can be shortened to "PP" and could be ideal to turn into a logo for my newspaper which would be easily located by customers.
• "Present Post" can also do the same as the idea title above, I could shorten it to "PP" and make it into a logo. I like this as a title it implies that it always gets the newest information and is never in the past but has all the present news which will attract my audience. 
• "Somerset Post" although Portishead is in Somerset I don't think that it is exact enough as my newspaper will only be delivered to North Somerset readers, which may give others a false impression that it is delivered everywhere in Somerset because of it's title. However I do think this would make a good title as it is short like the two above and could be quite attractive to the eye.
• "Citizen Post" I think that this portrays that the newspaper would be available to anyone, any age which expands my audience. It also has the sense of welcoming which would appeal to my readers. 

I conclude that I am going to name my newspaper, "Portishead Post" as I believe that out of my ideas list that it is the best suited and I have more planned for it. One example would be by simplifying the title to "PP" at the top of the inside pages and creating a logo using the two letters like my researched newspapers,0000 the Evening Post and Daily Post which also both have their logos wedged in between the two words.

My Newspaper Idea: Title Fonts

Title/Masthead

Although I have not yet decided upon a name for my newspaper I will look into different types of fonts in which I would like to use. A font that is similar to the Evening Post or Echo, as both of these newspaper titles use Serif font which gives the newspaper a formal impression and suggests that the newspaper has some kind of importance above it's competitors. 

To create my newspaper title I have chose to use a website named www.dafont.com a website which has a collection of different styled fonts which are categorised, for example, Gothic and Script.

In my previous post I have written that for my newspaper I wanted a Serif font, which is shown in the screenshot, under the heading "Basic" and in between "Gothic" and "Script". 

The first font I found was on the first page of the website, named "Apple" which was Serif and very simplistic. I thought this font would be good as a masthead as it is so clean and effortlessly easy to read, however this could also make it lack individuality which could lead to my newspaper to mix in with other newspapers concluding to less sales. It could also make my newspaper seem dull and boring even though it would be productive and could be used as a good heading. 

My next font I also found on dafont, is called "Day Roman". It is also Serif, however in my opinion is not so simplistic. I find that this font has more of a charm to it, as the "R" seems to smoothly swing to make a false image of it touching the "O". I think that it has less of a formal approach, as it implies that it

 is more relaxed by it's flow of letters, through the "A" and the 

use of the "R" looking as though it is creasing the "O".  

                                                                                      

The last font I have choose to consider as my title font is "Phosphrus Family" font, this is because I found it usual and different to the other two above. It has a slight italic slant that takes away the officialism and would make my newspaper seem more welcoming as it feels more relaxed. The writing is thinner then the two above, which are in bold, I think this decreases the ridged and harshness of the title and implies that it is more easy going and free. However this could also effect the newspaper as it could suggest that the newspaper is unofficial and would not suit a newspaper title.

Although at the beginning of the post I wrote that I wanted to find a font which seemed formal, I am now hoping to find a font which uses Serif but also has a loose impression as well as being serious. 

Out of the three fonts I have decided upon the Phosphorus Family font because it is a Serif font and it has a romantic feel to it which could be attractive to customers wanting to buy a newspaper. How it flows is captivating to me as it gives the affect that it is charismatic for the reason that it is italic and this makes it seem as though it is fun. However it is not connected through each letter which suggests that it is not so elegant and posh. All of these qualites make it a suitable newspaper title font.