Media A2 Newspaper & Ancillary Texts Evaluation

1. EVALUATION
LOCAL NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION
Polly Snell

2. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA
PRODUCTS?

3. FRONT PAGE
Here is the completed
front page of my
newspaper Used blue bar lines to
publication. separate page, and to
incorporate a colour
scheme into my
newspaper
Large main
image
Included three
advertisements along
bottom of page

4. OTHER NEWSPAPERS WITH SIMILAR LAYOUT
Large main
image
Clear
colour
scheme

5. SECOND PAGE
Included multiple
articles on my
second page of my For my article
newspaper about the See No
Evil exhibit in
Bristol, I used a
caption bubble
positioned next to
my headlines
Chose to place one
photograph relating to
this article directly
centred amongst the
text of the article

6. 3 COLUMN GRIDS FOR 1ST ARTICLE
This is an
expected
I also included a
feature for the
line at the bottom
main article on
saying “Turn to
the front page of
page 7”
a newspaper, as
suggesting that
it breaks up the
the article
text
continues on a
later page in the
newspaper

7. ADVERTS ALONG THE BOTTOM OF FRONT PAGE

8. I FOUND EXAMPLES OF THIS ON OTHER
NEWSPAPERS…
For example:
The Mercury also used three adverts along the
bottom of the front page of this particular edition.
However, one advert has been made wider than
the other two in this example.

9. BUSINESS SECTION ON THE FRONT PAGE
Used a blue
band because
this was the
colour scheme I
chose to go for
With an indication
of where this
section of the
newspaper is

10. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Chose to use
colour photography This is a common
to make my feature of most
images stand newspapers, as
out, and make the they each have to
overall effect of the compete with a
newspaper to competitive market
seem more high in order to sell
quality. enough copies of
their
newspapers, reach
their readership
targets and appeal
to their target
demographic.

11. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY IS USED ON MANY
NEWSPAPER FRONT PAGES

12. DATE IN SMALL FONT NEAR MASTHEAD
It is an expected
convention of
newspapers to have
the date in small text
positioned near the
masthead
Used to make my
newspaper appear
more realistic

13. ELEMENT OF TRAGEDY IN AT LEAST 1 ARTICLE
A common feature
of many
newspapers is a
story involving
some kind of
tragedy, in order to
shock their
audience and
encourage people
to want to read on
to find out the fates
of the people
involved.

14. LARGE HEADLINES
I chose to use
large headlines for
my articles so it
would be clear to
tell which
image/article
accompanied
which
headlines, and to
allow them to be
easily read.

15. MULTIPLE STORIES (2 ND PAGE)
I have included multiple
stories on my second
page, and have laid
them out in a kind of
box-like manner, in
order to separate each
story effectively and
make it clear for my
target demographic.

16. TAGLINE
My tagline for my newspaper reads “At the head and heart of our community”

17. THE TITLE OF MY NEWSPAPER
I used the title “Gordano Express” for my newspaper because
I felt it was important to include the area name in it as it was
specifically aimed at people from the Gordano/Portishead
area.

18. NEWSPAPER POSTER ANCILLARY TASK

19. RADIO ADVERT ANCILLARY TASK

20. HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE
COMBINATION OF YOUR MAIN
PRODUCT AND ANCILLARY
TEXTS?

21. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED
FROM YOUR AUDIENCE
FEEDBACK?

22. Interested in reading a free
local newspaper
Interested in
reading a
bought national
newspaper

25. HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE
CONSTRUCTION AND
RESEARCH, PLANNING AND
EVALUATION STAGES?

26. InDesign

27. Photoshop

28. Digital Photography