Hannah, I would look at the quality of your original images and try and manipulate them more to show technical skill with the camera. I still think that the front page is a little bright but the inside page is very good. Don't forget the ancillary tasks and to create that sense of continuity between all three products.

Front page final copy:

I then realised my page was A4 instead of A3 so I changed the size of the page. This resulted in me having a few problems with the sizes of my articles and other bits. So I had to make a few changes, firstly I put the whole of the main story on the front page which isn’t a problem because most local newspapers do this. I also had to add in another advertisement so I didn’t have any free space.

Construction: Poster Final

I feel it looks better without the bottom block.
However I want it to link to my newspaper so I made the top block of green bigger.

Construction: Poster draft 3

I took away the bottom block of green.

Construction: Poster draft 2

I still felt it looked quite harsh and uneven.

Construction: Poster draft 1

I felt my first attempt of the poster was good but realised posters don’t have certain dates on it so I decided t remove this.

Construction: First Page draft 8

I decided to t ouch up minor details and changed some of the font size.

Construction: First Page draft 7

All my articles are on the page now and I feel it all looks and feels like a newspaper first page.

Construction: First Page draft 6

I added in two other columns as well as an article picture and I’m liking the look and layout.

Construction: First Page draft 5

I was then told my text needed to be 10pt. I also felt my main headline didn’t look to good so I decided to change the size of his and add more advertisement on the page. As well as adding the date and website I also changed the pictures of the free magazines, I now feel they look neater.

Construction: First Page draft 3

I added in the main headline.

Hannah, I need to see some final construction pieces by now.
Miss D

Construction: First Page 2 draft

I then added advertisements down the right side of the page.

Construction: First Page draft 1

I decided to use the layout that my peers felt was the best and I added my contents box at the bottom of the page with the green colour scheme in the background.

Construction: Front Page

I then touched up on the font.

Construction: Front Page

I was then told my font was too big so I changed it to 10pt, I also looked over my font and touched up on it.

Construction: Front page

I added in my main picture which I feel brings the whole page together and makes it look more like a newspaper.

Hannah, I feel that the layout is good and it is eye-catching but you need to look at the use of colour as the product is quite 'bright'- does this fit codes and conventions.
Also, the font is large- generally the font in a newspaper is 10pt.
Miss D

Construction: Front Page

I changed the size of my article column box again because I still felt it didn’t look good. I also added in my logo, which I feel looks really good and links both to my newspaper and Crowthorne.

Construction: Front Page

I then added in my picture.

Construction: Front Page

I then started to play around with the size of the other article column. I also decided to take away the red block at the top behind the newspapers name because it wasn’t capturing the newspaper feel that I wanted.

Construction: Front Page

I then wrote my columns and extended the rest on the second page. I also added another strip near the bottom of the page advertising another page within my newspaper to get them interested in buying the paper.

From Mrs S

This is still looking good, but you really need to have some detail in you construction now.

Construction: Front Page

I then decided my third text box column will be a different article column otherwise there would be to much text on the front page.

Construction: Front Page

I then added in the date, price and website of my newspaper. I feel this makes the newspaper look more believable.

Construction: Front Page

I then made my own advertisements to go at the bottom of the page.

Construction: Front Page

I then added in were i thought the advertisements would look best which is along t he bottom of the page.

Construction: Front Page

I then added the main story headline and my local newspaper's name, the black against the other colours works really well and makes the titles stand out to the reader.

Construction: Front Page

Firstly I took the layout that my peers preferred and I added the colour scheme to it which is green and red. I really like the colour scheme and feel it works well. I didn’t want to much colour because I didn’t want to take the newspaper feel away.

From Mrs S

I'm impressed with the amount of planning you're doing, but don't forget that the construction has 60 marks.

Layout for Poster:

I asked ten of my peers what layout they thought was best for my poster. 70% of my peers agreed that layout 3 would be the best. Most people said this seemed more in order and they felt it was effective that the headline would be in the center of the page.

Layout for First Page:

I asked ten of my peers what layout they thought was the most effective for my first page. 60% of my peers said they thought layout 1 is the most effective layout. They felt it looked like a newspaper layout and even though there was a lot going on you could see that all the different articles had there seperate places.

Layout for Front Page:

I asked ten of my peers what layout for my local newspaper's front page they thought would be more effective and look the most attractive. 50% of my peers said they thought Layout 2 was the most effective layout. Some of the comments on this layout was that it looked neat and in order. I agree that this is the best layout to use for the front page.

Planning: Poster Layout 3

Planning: Poster Layout 2