This document analyzes three tabloid newspaper front page designs created by the author: 1. The first design uses a large headline, gradient image, and color-coded stories to attract attention. Small excerpts are included to encourage reading further. 2. The second simplifies the design with a larger headline and story text filling more space. Advertisements and a "more on page 5" prompt are included. 3. The third aims to make the page look busier by rearranging images, advertisements, and color-coded stories to fill more white space. Additional design elements like a dateline and price are included to resemble a real tabloid more closely.

1. Task 8
Oli Georgiou

2. Title
Header
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3. Title
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4. Title
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5. Fonts
Header
Header
Header
Header
Header
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6. Fonts
Strap Line
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Pull Quote
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Pull Quote

7. Analysis
• This is the outcome of my work for the tabloid where I
used 3 columns by 3 rows. I started with the main
headline text which is the piece of text that stands out
the most. The image I used next to it I added a
gradient to it so it fades to white on the left hand side
of the image so it makes the black headline stand out
more. The newspaper title was taken off an actual
tabloid page and I used two smaller news story
segments from a real page as well. The green, yellow
and red symbolise the important stories. For example
green is a positive story, yellow is a negative story that
might not effect the reader a lot or not at all and the
red story is a story that is the most important and
could effect the public the most. This feature could
attract more attention to more stories in the paper if
people spot this from a distance and using the colours
it will help people notice the page. I put a small bit of
text from the main story on the page underneath the
headline so people can read that small part then they
can read on if they are interested in it. The big image
in the middle is there to attract more attention to the
paper and to the story because it is the biggest story in
the paper if it is the headline. I reversed the text
colours to make it stand out more.

8. Analysis 2
• For this tabloid I changed the headline to something
a bit catchier as headlines on tabloids are one of
the most important things. I also used the negative
technique using the white writing on the black
background on the headline and the piece of text
form the article. The text has been made bigger to
fill a bigger space and the image is smaller but still
looks like it is faded into the page. There is only one
column of text because there shouldn’t be too
much on the front page. The adverts are the same
as my other page apart from one which is the long
one at the bottom. I haven't included a drop capital
or pull quote because they would be included in the
actual story. I used the blue sky and put it around
parts of the page to make it look like it is part of the
whole page. I used the “more on page 5” makes
people want to read on if they read the small part
on the front. All the writing is on a base-line so it
looks neat on the page. The big black box around
the writing really stands out because it takes up a
large amount of space on the page so it will catch
peoples eyes. This page is not as full and busy as
my other page as it has less things on. The page
itself just looks a bit more simple because the main
story covers a lot of space on the page.

9. Analysis 3
• With this page I made it look a bit busier and make
it look like there is more stuff on the page. The
image is on the right side of the page now with the
reversed text on the left which will still grab peoples
attention. The adverts have been rearranged to fit
around everything else. The importance or urgency
of the stories at the bottom of the page are showed
by colour and size of the text. Small green is good
news and red is more important maybe bad news.
I've spread out the coloured stories so that I covers
more space so there is not as much white space. I
used a dateline a price right at the top of the page
to make it look a bit more like a real tabloid page.
The reverse text is there to link up the main
headline and the small piece of text so people know
that the text is linked to the headline. The image
for the main story is quite big to draw peoples
attention to it. I didn’t include any cut-outs
because I think the adverts stand out well enough
and they do not need to be incorporated into the
page. I changed the outline around the “more on
page 4” to make it stand out and I used the colour
red to match The Sun title.