Finished Newspaper

This is my finished newspaper (albeit the first Two pages - Front cover and Page 2)

I am pleased with the outcome of my newspaper pages as I feel that the time and effort that I have placed into it shows how I have developed from my research and ideas as I went along with the production.

The only thing that I felt is a little overlooked is the colour scheme as it is very similar to the outcome of my AS media coursework of the Music Magazine as I have focused strongly on the Reds, Blacks and whites. This is because I feel that they are colours that don't have a dominant stereotypical view format on them i.e. Blue is considered masculine and pink is classed as feminine. The red and black are formal, unisex and professional yet are still colourful and vivid if the right tone red is used. However, in this unit I have added blue to create a more formal, inviting look and when I have placed it next to the other colours, it looses it connotations to it (masculine) and becomes more of an additional key tone and adds another feature to look at.

A feature that I like is the light grey box behind the column stories. I think that it ties the whole page together and that without it, the front cover would seem too full of text and have no balance. It separates the page into readable sections and yet, make all the pieces of information link together and fit on the page, without clustering.

Throughout the process of creating the front cover, I had to constantly develop and restructure my ideas as when I was planning the layout of my cover, I didn't think of text formats, advert size etc. So all these things had to be taken into account whilst I was creating my page and was easy to re-edit due to the Microsoft Publishing Software.

This is my second page and I feel that it is as strong as the front one and I have kept the colour scheme and format of the layout. By this, I mean that I have tried to put a frame with the side column of stories but, on the second page, I have added contact details for the newspaper and how the readers can keep in touch. I changed the scaling of the adverts to create a page that is a little more unbalanced and I think that this is a recognisable difference from the front cover, creating a diverse page.

I wanted the images on this page not just to be showing the identity of the 'missing teens' but also a visual guide for viewers to judge distance and location etc. The image of the teen couple is also showing a personal relationship, unlike the mug shot on the front cover.