2. When looking at newspaper articles and the layout of them, they are all really similar and have the same layout.
This example is from the Herald Sun newspaper and they use a really big and bold font for the headline of the
story. They make it large on the page so it stands out to the audience and leads their eyes in from the start of the
article. It is quite a soft and rounded font so it’s softer on the page and still stands out to the audience. They have
a line at the top which gives a few words to describe what the story is about and this is still quite a large font so it
stands out and the audience read it. The font of the article is really small and in some aspects really hard to read
but once the audiences attention is caught from the title of the article they will lead onto the article so it doesn’t
need to be too big. The first paragraph is in a different font which is more sharp and it stands out a lot more than
the rest of the article and this is so the audience read on from the headline onto the paragraph and this then will
intrigue them more. The article is really monochrome and there is no colour in the article at all apart from the
Image that they have. This is because the image
is really large on the page so all the colours
from that will attract the audience. The only
other colour is from the button that they
have on the page that links the website to it
but it works really well with it being really
monochrome. The layout of the page itself is
really organised and the use of grids show in
the article. The headline and the article all fits
on one side of the article and the image fits on
the other side of the page. It is all put in a
certain grid layout as it is clearly shown by
the gaps on the page and it’s clear to how
they have layed it out. I think that the title and
image are the first two things that grabs the
audiences attention and the title stands out a
lot because it has quite a large amount of
room on the page for it and with the image
being really large it also stands out. The style
of the article is really formal this comes
across from the layout of the article. It has
a rhetorical question for the title which gets
the audience thinking. But with the whole
design being really dull and in monochrome, it
has a formal element to it rather than informal.
3. This is a front page headline from the Herald Sun
and the font for the headline for the article is again
really big and bold but it’s really sharp on the
page because it’s a really serious article. It stands
out a lot as this is what the audience needs to
read first instead of just starting to read the article.
The font for the article itself is really small and
doesn’t stand out as much as the title but it’s a
really sharp font for a serious story. There is a sub
heading just above the article and this is really
bold and slightly big on the page so it gives the
audience an insight to what the article is about
and this is what they need to read before the
article itself and that’s why it stands out more than
the article itself. There is quite a bit of colour on
this page (more than the last article). The article
itself again is monochrome as it’s a really serious
article but the image is in colour and would draw
people to the article. The layout of the page is
slightly different as it has the main article in the
middle of the page and takes up most of the
page, but around the edge of the main article is
previews as to what else is inside the newspaper
and this is to draw people in. There is a lot of
colour within the little previews as they are really
bright to catch the audiences attention as they are
seen as really interesting that will attract the
reader to buy the newspaper. The style is really
formal as it is a serious article and it’s really
monochrome and dull as it’s not really a bright
subject for the story. The adverts at the top to
attract people are really bright and the style is still
quite formal with the writing but has an informal
element as it’s bright and colourful. The image
used for the main article is a really happy image
to show how the family was really happy before
the murder and shows the sadness to the article.
4. This is a page from a newspaper and this article
takes up a whole page. This is a slightly different
layout from the last two articles I looked at as it’s
a little brighter and more attention grabbing.
Instead of the headline being in black, they have
overlapped it with the image and made it white so
it still stands out to the audience and if it was in
black it wouldn't have stood out as much with the
image being quite dark. It’s quite large on the
page so it stands out and grabs the audiences
attention. There is no sub heading for this article
but they have used a side bar over the image to
add extra information on the article and they have
used a slightly larger font to grab the audiences
attention. The red box at the top has a bold, white
font to the writing and it stands out so much with
the red that contrasts with it. The font for the
article itself is really small and is really sharp so it
stands out more on the page and it matches the
font for the headline. This article is a lot more
colourful, especially with the headline being in
white instead of black it brightens up the article a
little. The graphic of the checklist in the bottom
right corner stands out a lot as it overlaps the
image and the title is in colour which matches the
colour of the bullet points and there is a border at
the top in a blue. The red bar at the top stands
out a lot because it contrasts with the image itself
because it is really bright. The layout and style of
this article is different from the other two as it’s
again quite formal and so is the article and the
way it’s written. It’s also got the image which
takes up half of the page and the article itself
takes up the other half of the page. There are
boxes overlapping the image and so does the title
there isn’t much of a structure to it like the other
two and has a more relaxed grid method rather
5. Overall Summary
Overall, the articles all have a really bold and catchy font for the headlines to grab the
audiences attention and they take up a large proportion of a page. A majority of the
articles have a sub heading which is quite large and bold so that it’s the next thing
the audience reads on the page. The text for the article itself is quite small and the
outline is really sharp so that it’s easier for the audience to read. The images are
really bright and they draw the audience in and all of the articles have a main image
which stands out and takes up quite a bit of the proportion on the page. The images
are a high quality and are not pixilated and this is what people expect when reading
a newspaper. There is minimal colour to the articles it’s only the images that attract
the audience with the colour. All the layouts involve a grid method so they are all
placed and thought about really well and the design of it is really neat. It all fits
together well and the overall style is formal and serious but with the last article I
looked at is quite an informal and less serious article. When I do my newspaper
article I need to consider these elements and make sure that I keep a well balanced
article design with the text and image ratio fairly even.
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These are some of the fonts I have looked
at. For the headline I want quite a bold and
chunky font which is also easy to read as I
want it to stand out on the page. For the
subheading I will use the same font but just
make it a little smaller so that it doesn’t take
over the heading. Then for the font for the
article I want a sharp but small font which
will still stand out on the page and will be
easy for the audience to read. I would test
with the capitals to see if all capitals would
work well for the headline or with lower case.
7. I
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I would mix two images together as the
story is to do with the two bands (Arctic
Monkeys and The Kooks). This would
then show the audience who the article
is about and gives them a visual sense
of what they look like if they don’t know
already. I would combine two of the
images I have and turn it into one and I
would use high quality images like
