For the features on my front page, I created two tabs to
place underneath the masthead to inform the reader of what would be inside the
paper.
Because my paper has been based around a Christmas theme, I created
a tab referring to a Christmas-ssy activity inside. The image of the Christmas
boxes was taken by me, and I used Photoshop to edit out the background and keep
the boxes themselves.
I found creating these tabs probably the most difficult task
concerning the front page because I needed to make them fit with the scheme and
be aesthetically pleasing at the same time.
The second tab isn’t Christmas related, but is more aimed at
showing the audience that there is more than just news based on current
affairs, etc. The picture I took was of my other classmates who are also
creating their media project. I thought it would create an interesting link
between our work and also how different outlets can work in conjunction with
each other (in this case TV and Newspaper).
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The first stage in creating the tab
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The feature that I placed at the bottom of the page was
again Christmas related, but this time it was an advert for a local
establishment. These are an important factor of local papers as it brings money
to the paper as they are paid of advertising space and it brings income to the
establishment.
The images used on the ad were taken again by me and edited
in Photoshop to remove the background. The only minor alteration I made outside
of this was the image of the bells, which was originally red, but it was too
much on an already red template.
