Evaluation - How effective is the combination of my main product and ancillary texts?

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Evaluation - How did I use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

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Evaluation - What was the audience feedback?

Throughout the project I had feedback on my work from peers and my lecturer. For example, I was able to choose my logo and masthead design (which also was my title) through consulting people as to what they thought had the most room for scope, and looked like it would fit as a newspaper masthead.


I was able to get feedback on my poster through printing it on A3 and placing it on the wall amongst other posters, doing this allowed me to understand how effective it was (particularly amongst other posters). It got reasonably good response as it was selected originally out of three others which were deemed too overpowering in some elements  - and didn't match the elements of my newspaper.

Once I had completed all three of my texts, I was able to get feedback for the finished product.
To do this I used the social networking site, Facebook. I posted individually my jpeg images of the Poster, and Newspaper.

The feedback was on the whole very positive with praise focused on;

On the Front Page - The headline 'Snow way of Escape', the masthead (as it looks bold and eye catching), also the advertisements as they conveyed typical connections to the area- the D.I.Y advert used a local address, and the cross-channel ferry advert conveyed local connections (Portsmouth harbour) and human interest

The inside page - The organisation and use of 'negative' white space, so it wasn't overcrowded. Also in particular the clarity of the weather side bar. The pictures also got good feedback and the image of the child 'overlapping' the top news bar. Also the 'unconventional' place for the advert of the car company worked well.


The poster - The poster was praised for the bold text and colours used, as well as the choice of image.

Areas for improvement 

Front page - a  clearer justified font on the minor news stories on the right side bar, the sports section could be stand out a bit more. Also the 'you' in closer to you could stand out a bit more with colour etc. I improved on the slogan by making the you appear in red and stand out more than the black.

Inside Page - Separate the sections a little clearer by adding a line between each article.

Evaluation - In what ways does Spinnaker News use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

After studying a range of local newspapers, I managed to pick out the general conventions employed by these.
Newspapers such as The News, Dorset Echo, Petersfield Post
These all supplied me with the forms and conventions of a local newspaper.

Evaluation of similar forms and conventions.pdf


Areas I challenged/developed

 

I added this advert in my inside page layout, this was unconventional as it was placed amongst the articles on the page, a feature that I have not come across in the News.












I developed on features on the news website, such as adding the image of the front cover on the home page. 

The front page headline was contrasted with a rather humourous image of the snow. The photo didn't have any direct human interest, however the gnomes represented the people in an interesting way.

 

Web Page

This is the link to my final web page for my Local newspaper

www.spinnews.co.uk Main Page - News


www.spinnews.co.uk/sport Sports Page


http://intranet.southdowns.ac.uk/studentweb/a2media/30046850/Spinnaker_News/News.html

Poster - Final

Inside Page Final

Front Page - Final

Images

I have uploaded all the images I have used in my Newspaper front page, inside page, poster and website onto Flikr. Flikr is a online photsharing website, one of the many websites which allows online media communication and social networking. I have presented the photostream at the side of the blog for easy access.

Here is the link to my image on Flikr - each image has a caption where I have written the features and reasons the photo is worthy for my newspaper.


My Photos

Poster design

These are the selection of posters I created each with audience feedback.

This design incorporates many of the aspects needed in a poster for the newspaper. I have included the front pages and used the Spinnaker tower to form a visual text image. The text features all of the words I consider important in Local News. The feedback  on this one was postive, and the words on the Spinnaker were well received. However it was felt that the image of the newspapers took up too much room and the way they were transformed and displayed didn't suit the theme.

These two received some postive feedback, and were praised on the Graphical elements featured in the images. With the image of the statue making it striking and instantly recognisable. The elements that are missing however, is the human interest (photos etc) and the local newspaper look.

I have chosen this as my final poster, as it used all the elements necessary to create a poster for a local newspaper. The bold writing in black and red, contrasted with the light grey background, does resemble my front page in some respects. The image, which I used on the front page of my paper, has the elements of human interest, humour and feel good in it. I felt this portrayed my newspaper in a positive light.

Inside Page Production

In this one I have followed my basic structure of how I intended in my floor plan construction of the inside page. I have included the traditional expected features within a newspaper and specifically the inside page - such as the Weather (both nationally and locally).

This is a far more developed version, as I have included the main body of text for the inside page article. I decided to change the inside page article to my original front page image and headline. I felt the image of the gnomes in the snow was a striking image for the front cover and this image has more of a communal 'local' look which I can write in depth about and the audience can judge what they see in the image.

 This is the final design, I have included a weather section (a typical feature in local newspaper). The news stories are all finished and convey typical features in a local paper (micro politcs/ community spirit) etc.. Also the adverts and offers have been added - an important component of local newspapers.

First Page Progression

This is my first draft of my front page, the design follows my previous 'floor plan' design. I have created my news stories according to the photographs I have taken. The main story on here is based on Baffins Pond and the idea of 'keeping off'. The Masthead design was chosen and tweaked after the design was chosen in a classroom vote. The top of the masthead also includes other information including the district in which the newspaper is sold, the website for the newspaper and a smaller news story that would feature in the latter part of the paper.

In my next progression I have included more advertisements for local companies and included 'offers' a common part of local newspapers, which have offers of winning Holidays etc.... The main concern on this page however is the bottom advertisement, as the image would not appeal to many people because of the rust on the boat.

In this version I have changed the bottom advert and used a photograph I took on a trip to France using a cross channel ferry, the image has people value a necessary element of the front page.

This design uses a completely different main  story after I decided that using a photo with potential humour and human interest alongside a catchy headline would be more effective than the previous headline. The other stories on the front page must now conform to the main headline and the winter feel.

Final design, this is my intended final front cover.