The adverts I have decided I will be using in my local newspaper are: promotion to 'win £1000 worth of Apple products' if app is downloaded, conservatory fittings company, indoor furniture company, and outdoor furniture company. After doing immense research into the real adverts used in local newspapers, I discovered these were the most common. I decided to use realistic adverts because it can help reinforce the realism of my production.
To promote the Bristol Bulletin application and Apple products prize, I created an image of an iPhone held in hand, with it displaying a portion of my inside page. To create this image I heavily used Adobe Photoshop. I began by removing the background, I did this not just because it looks aesthetically pleasing, but it also reflects the actual convention of ears used in local newspapers. I also used Photoshop, in order for it to look like the iPhone was displaying my inside page.
Through thoroughly researching local newspapers, and what advert they all typically have, I discovered that nearly all of them have some form of home improvement advertisements. This is the main reason I decided I will definitely be using a conservatory fittings company in my piece, as I want it to look realistic as possible. To create this advert, I took inspiration from existing conservatory advertisements, I discovered that a common convention is to feature images of a conservatory at different angles. After making adjustments on Adobe Photoshop to make the images of higher quality, I imported the images onto Adobe InDesign, to make the advertisement.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Tuesday 6 December 2016
Images
After deciding on what stories and adverts I will be using in my local newspaper, I created a plan on what, and where to take my images.
This is a list of the stories and adverts I will be using, with a description of the image I will be using to present them:
-'Suspension Bridge is closing down' - I will go to an easily accessible area to take a wide shot image of the Suspension Bridge and its surroundings.
- 'Homeless man becomes a global successful musician' - For this image I will either go to a location which I know has many homeless people and ask their permission to take an image. Or ask one of my friends to pretend to be homeless, with the use of 'mise-en-scene' to make it look as realistic as possible.
- 'Criminal Pair' - I will take a high angle shot from above, to make it look as if it was photographed from a CCTV camera.
- Furniture advert - I will take an image of my furniture, and then manipulate it.
- Conservatory advert - I will take an image of my conservatory, and then manipulate it.
- Property for sale advert - I will take images of the location
Photographing the Suspension Bridge, was much more difficult than I anticipated. I went a variety of areas, in order to take a successful image, but I was mostly dissatisfied with the results. I also faced challenges such as making sure weather visibility was clear, as some of my images had a lot of noise. After carefully critiquing my own images, I whittled down to just 5 different options.
They were all taken in a location much further from the bridge, but I knew I would be able to crop down my images and not sacrifice quality, as I used a camera with a high megapixel count. After further critiquing my images, I settled with the second image, this is because I believe it to have much more clarity compared to the other images, and it also was the most easy to crop. After cropping the image to just the Suspension Bridge, I was very happy with the results.
Taking an image to represent my homeless man story was much more easier than I anticipated. I went to Bristol Bear Pit, where I met a homeless man, and after asking his permission, he allowed me to photograph him sitting down playing his guitar. I am very happy with the result of this image, as it is not only authentic to the real representation, but it also fits my story article perfectly, as he was playing an instrument. Having an image of a real homeless man, also made it easier for me, as I did not have to ask my friend to dress up. I am also very pleased with this image, as it is a very successful close-mid shot, this is a shot type that is often used in newspapers.
For my criminal pair story, my plan was to take a photo of a large crowd in a busy shop. This proved to be very difficult, as on many occasions I could not get higher enough to take a high-angle shot. However, after many attempts I managed to take the perfect image. I was on the second floor of Cabot Circus Shopping Centre in Bristol, and I took the image of a shop below.
As I knew this story was not going to be a main story, I decided to crop the image to a very small size. I then began the manipulate the image to the style I was happy with. To do this, I used Adobe Photoshop, in this application I was able to grey-scale my image, to make it look as if it was taken from a CCTV camera, and I was able to change the shape. I changed the shape to a circle, I gained this influence from the 'Bristol Post', on many of their small articles, they include images in different shapes. This is done as it makes the layout look more attractive.
For my flat property advert images, my plan was take a panoramic image of Bristol City Centre. This proved to be fairly simple, as all I had to do was go up a very large car park and take images.
The three images I took were all very similar, so I just decided on the image I felt had a higher quality.
For my conservatory advert, I took two images of my conservatory from different angles. I was influenced from an advert I saw in the 'Bath Chronicles', they had a wide range of angles of the same home extension to show its detail.
I was not pleased with the images I had taken, as the moss and other factors made the conservatory look very unattractive. To rectify the images, instead of taking new ones, I edited my two images on Adobe Photoshop. I removed the unappealing green-tone in the gutters, by using the paint tool to change it to the surrounding colour, which made my images look significantly better. I then increased the brightness and made other adjustments, in order to make it a much more captivating to the readers.
This is a list of the stories and adverts I will be using, with a description of the image I will be using to present them:
-'Suspension Bridge is closing down' - I will go to an easily accessible area to take a wide shot image of the Suspension Bridge and its surroundings.
- 'Homeless man becomes a global successful musician' - For this image I will either go to a location which I know has many homeless people and ask their permission to take an image. Or ask one of my friends to pretend to be homeless, with the use of 'mise-en-scene' to make it look as realistic as possible.
- 'Criminal Pair' - I will take a high angle shot from above, to make it look as if it was photographed from a CCTV camera.
- Furniture advert - I will take an image of my furniture, and then manipulate it.
- Conservatory advert - I will take an image of my conservatory, and then manipulate it.
- Property for sale advert - I will take images of the location
Photographing the Suspension Bridge, was much more difficult than I anticipated. I went a variety of areas, in order to take a successful image, but I was mostly dissatisfied with the results. I also faced challenges such as making sure weather visibility was clear, as some of my images had a lot of noise. After carefully critiquing my own images, I whittled down to just 5 different options.
They were all taken in a location much further from the bridge, but I knew I would be able to crop down my images and not sacrifice quality, as I used a camera with a high megapixel count. After further critiquing my images, I settled with the second image, this is because I believe it to have much more clarity compared to the other images, and it also was the most easy to crop. After cropping the image to just the Suspension Bridge, I was very happy with the results.
Taking an image to represent my homeless man story was much more easier than I anticipated. I went to Bristol Bear Pit, where I met a homeless man, and after asking his permission, he allowed me to photograph him sitting down playing his guitar. I am very happy with the result of this image, as it is not only authentic to the real representation, but it also fits my story article perfectly, as he was playing an instrument. Having an image of a real homeless man, also made it easier for me, as I did not have to ask my friend to dress up. I am also very pleased with this image, as it is a very successful close-mid shot, this is a shot type that is often used in newspapers.
For my criminal pair story, my plan was to take a photo of a large crowd in a busy shop. This proved to be very difficult, as on many occasions I could not get higher enough to take a high-angle shot. However, after many attempts I managed to take the perfect image. I was on the second floor of Cabot Circus Shopping Centre in Bristol, and I took the image of a shop below.
As I knew this story was not going to be a main story, I decided to crop the image to a very small size. I then began the manipulate the image to the style I was happy with. To do this, I used Adobe Photoshop, in this application I was able to grey-scale my image, to make it look as if it was taken from a CCTV camera, and I was able to change the shape. I changed the shape to a circle, I gained this influence from the 'Bristol Post', on many of their small articles, they include images in different shapes. This is done as it makes the layout look more attractive.
For my flat property advert images, my plan was take a panoramic image of Bristol City Centre. This proved to be fairly simple, as all I had to do was go up a very large car park and take images.The three images I took were all very similar, so I just decided on the image I felt had a higher quality.
For my conservatory advert, I took two images of my conservatory from different angles. I was influenced from an advert I saw in the 'Bath Chronicles', they had a wide range of angles of the same home extension to show its detail.
I was not pleased with the images I had taken, as the moss and other factors made the conservatory look very unattractive. To rectify the images, instead of taking new ones, I edited my two images on Adobe Photoshop. I removed the unappealing green-tone in the gutters, by using the paint tool to change it to the surrounding colour, which made my images look significantly better. I then increased the brightness and made other adjustments, in order to make it a much more captivating to the readers.
Logo
After thoroughly researching local newspapers, I discovered a large majority of them include a logo, that is significant to their location, in their masthead. The logo's were mostly black cartoon-esque visuals of buildings or other figures, that the location was historically known for. I will be using a logo in my newspaper, as it will make my final piece look as realistic as possible, and as attractive as possible.
As I decided in the beginning of my planning that I will be setting out my local newspaper in Bristol, I decided to conduct some research on the icons that Bristol is historically known for. An advantage of mine was that I have lived in Bristol my entire life, so I am very familiar with what the residents of Bristol deem to be iconic. Some of my ideas were, SS Great Britain, the Suspension Bridge, and Cabot Tower.
I decided I will be using the Suspension Bridge. This is because I believe people who see the logo will immediately know who and what the newspaper is representing. Whereas, the other 2 are not as easily as identifiable to be related to Bristol.
My idea was to draw out an image of the bridge and then scan it in, this was the result:
I was dissatisfied with the results, as the black was much more washed out than anticipated.
My plan was to improve the image quality by manipulating it in Adobe Photoshop. I contrasted the image, made the brightness much lower and cropped it, the results were much better. However, I was still not totally happy with it. It still looked very amateur, and not the quality you would expect to see in a real local newspaper.
So, I believed my only method of improvement was to not digitally enhance my image, but to adjust the physical copy. I went over the lines I drew with a thick felt tip marker, and then scanned the image in. The result was a much higher improvement, it looked much more professional and realistic. I am much more happy with my masthead logo now as it is now easily recognisable to what I was attempting to show.
As I decided in the beginning of my planning that I will be setting out my local newspaper in Bristol, I decided to conduct some research on the icons that Bristol is historically known for. An advantage of mine was that I have lived in Bristol my entire life, so I am very familiar with what the residents of Bristol deem to be iconic. Some of my ideas were, SS Great Britain, the Suspension Bridge, and Cabot Tower.
I decided I will be using the Suspension Bridge. This is because I believe people who see the logo will immediately know who and what the newspaper is representing. Whereas, the other 2 are not as easily as identifiable to be related to Bristol.
My idea was to draw out an image of the bridge and then scan it in, this was the result:
I was dissatisfied with the results, as the black was much more washed out than anticipated.
My plan was to improve the image quality by manipulating it in Adobe Photoshop. I contrasted the image, made the brightness much lower and cropped it, the results were much better. However, I was still not totally happy with it. It still looked very amateur, and not the quality you would expect to see in a real local newspaper.
So, I believed my only method of improvement was to not digitally enhance my image, but to adjust the physical copy. I went over the lines I drew with a thick felt tip marker, and then scanned the image in. The result was a much higher improvement, it looked much more professional and realistic. I am much more happy with my masthead logo now as it is now easily recognisable to what I was attempting to show. Story planning
I have created a mind-map illustrating my different story ideas, which I may include in my newspaper. I have attempted to come up with a variety of ideas, that from my research, I feel would be appropriate to include into a local newspaper,
The stories I will be using in my newspaper are -
- 'HOMELESS MAN BECOMES A GLOBAL SUCCESSFUL
MUSICIAN'
- 'SUSPENSION BRIDGE IS CLOSING DOWN'
- 'SCHOOL CHILDREN HOST A FUNDRAISER
EVENT'
- 'PAIR OF CRIMINALS, TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY'
Stories
'Is This Really The End of Brunel's Suspension Bridge?'
After many years of faults, and unreliable reports. Bristol City Council, has finally announced to close the beloved suspension bridge, permanently.
It was first announced in 2011, that the Council, deemed the bridge to be ‘unsafe for the amount of traffic that travels through it daily’. After this report was published, the council spent over 2 years, reinforcing the existing structure, whilst also attempting to develop more support. With such a unique and complex formation, their plans to rebuild, ended unsuccessfully.
The council is fully aware, that many people rely on the bridge, in order to get in and out of the city. So they have announced they are looking to create a new bridge, in the same location. They will demolish and develop a brand new design.
'From Living in Bristol’s Bear Pit, To Living in a Lavish Apartment in Chelsea, London!'
From Aug 2014 to March 2015 Erik Payseur was living in a 2-man tent in Bristol’s Bear Pit. Whether it be night or day, cold or hot, Erik was always there busking for money.
He was made homeless in 2014, due to his deranged partner committing suicide. Not being able to afford rent, Erik lost his house and become redundant. He believed he was destined for misfortune. His life was turned upside-down on new years eve. Lyor Cohen the founder of ‘300 Entertainment’ record label, was in Bristol, as one of his artist, Rejjie Snow, He came across Erik singing a cover of Archy Marshall’s song ‘Out Getting Ribs’. We spoke to Lyor and he said ‘I decided to go for a walk in Bristol, as I had never been there before and what I found was something magical. Erik, was sat there singing . I was so taken back by his vocals, as I can honestly say I had never heard anything like that. I knew immediately. I has to sign him.’
This was the turning point in Erik’s life. Just two weeks later, Lyor and the other members of ‘300 Entertainment’. helped house Erik. He was now living in a shared flat in South London. He was introduced to the other artists and he became close friends with a singer named Jamie Isaac, 4 months after their initial meeting, they recorded a single together named ‘Last Drip’. It was a national success, just two days after the release, it was announced it was the ‘Number 1 Single Downloaded’ song of the month. Erik’s sudden fortune, enabled him, to buy his own property, in one of the most affluent parts of the country. Erik, is now recording his first full length LP, in Metropolis Studios.
'Know This Couple?'
POLICE are looking for this couple in connection to a string of petty thefts. They were captured on CCTV months ago, stealing goods from WHSmith, and last week Smiggle, a children's toy shop in Cabot Circus, recorded the devious couple purloining expensive toys. They have been described as both being white and in their late 40s.
Crimestoppers: 0800 666 222
'We Need Your Books!'
Over 1000 books were damaged in the fire that happened at Bristol Sea Mill’s library on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was ignited after a librarian, used a faulty coffee machine, which triggered a fuse to explode.
On Friday 18th Nov (9AM - 1PM), there will be a fundraiser event, located in Sea Mills park. It will entail cake sales, face painting and music, with all the money raised going directly to help reconstruct the library. There will also be opportunities, to donate books and other non-financial aids.
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