1. Task 7

2. Masthead
Masthead
Masthead
Masthead
Masthead
Masthead
Body copy
Body copy
Body copy
Masthead
Body copy
Body copy
Body copy
Body copy
Body
copy
Body copy
Body copy
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
FREE CD
inside every paper
Masthead
Body copy Body copy

4. Picture advert
Copy
Pull quote
This is my first flat plan I did
before actually look at any flat
plans. I think the layout is very
simple and just by looking at
it, I don’t think it looks much
like a broadsheet newspaper.
As broadsheets do not really
have much white space, I
decided to add a column sized
advert however because it’s a
broadsheet it can not be just
any advert you see in
newspapers like The Sun, like
the holidays from £9.99. I also
did not realise we were
making a front page cover so
forgot about doing the
masthead and headline.

6. Masthead
Picture
Headlines
advert
Copy Copy Copy Copy
After looking at some
broadsheets online, I decided to
make another flat plan that
looks more like a broadsheet.
The masthead is the size of four
columns. I also put the advert
just above the headline because
I think it will get more attention
there, for example, The Times
sometimes have a row
underneath the masthead
where they have their adverts
or samples of what is in their
newspaper. I made the advert
and the headline equal to two
columns as well as the picture. I
then have four columns at the
bottom where the copy will go. I
think this layout looks more
professional than my first one
because it just looks more how
newspapers would be set out.

7. Broadsheet Adverts

8. I took my flat plan and
made a copy of it on
InDesign, I made a 3x3
grid to help with the
layout and had the
gutters 5mm to break
everything up but not
too much. I then found
a photograph of Tupac
from Google images
and placed the
photograph where I
made space for the
image.

9. When I was researching adverts
that some broadsheets include,
I noticed a lot of them gave free
CDs or DVDs away of things
their target audience would be
interested in, therefore getting
them to buy the newspaper and
the newspaper increasing sales,
keeping this in mind I decided
to give away a free CD in mine
and I also found an image of a
album cover so people know
what the CD is and what to
expect when purchasing the
paper. I made the ‘free CD’ blue
because people will be drawn to
the colour as it stands out
against the rest of the black
writing and when people see
the word free it makes them
buy it anyway because everyone
likes free things.

10. I then decided the add
my copy, iv made four
columns for the text
however then I decided
to just put a little bit of
the text in the columns
and make the other two
columns have snippets of
other stories the
newspaper had written
inside. I made it clear
that the copy of the front
page was not all of it by
writing ‘continues on
page 4’ in red at the
bottom of the copy so it
stands out more.

11. I then added the
masthead to the page. I
got the font from dafont
and it was called ‘What
fish died’ I chose this font
because it was simple
and I just liked it. I then
made the spacing
between the letters
bigger to make to spread
across the page more. I
also decided to a black
design in the middle of
the masthead because I
thought I looked better
and I positioned the
writing just over the
design a little.

12. Here, I then added the title to
the page, I could not think of
a good one even after looking
through over headlines that
were about tupacs death,
after a while I just chose a
simple one using his name
and what happened, I
thought this would be more
affected as people will see
the headline and then want
to read the story because
they want to know why and
when he was shot. I think if I
was more creative thinking
wise, I could of probably
thought of a better headline.
I kept the font for the
headline simple by keeping it
as minion pro I just made the
text bigger so it will draw
peoples attention in more.

13. After thinking about the advert a bit more I
thought about what type of people would be
reading this broadsheet and thought more
about putting a image of tupac’s album so it
looks like that is free because the big story is
more about him so I thought it would make
more sense. I also added more copy to the
front page and filled all the four columns with
the story and still said it continued on
another page. I also used a drop capital to
make it a bit clearer as to where the writing
starts but also to draw more attention to the
story and I used a pull quote as well and I
chose the quote ‘they are just going to know
the other side’ because I think it makes you
wonder about that side more and also draws
you into read who's side they are talking
about and what is wrong with that side. I
then thought the gap between the masthead
and headline looked too blank so I decided
the add a date line and also the price just to
fill up the gap and also because I needed to
put a price on the front page.