So, I've cracked on with my inner page this lesson, 16-02-11. It's mega fiddly! Trying to carry on with the same kind of way The News designs their paper. Gradually the process has been slow but I've got there finally! the very top I've put in The Southern News logo on the left, then in the centre, www.southernnews.co.uk - in red just the The News does itself. The on the right hand side the date - simple pimple. Now working my way down, the banner bit in a light blue shade, just like the one in The News, nice neutral colour I feel that it compliments the other colours in the page overall. A picture of people walking in a forest had been cropped! Then I headlined it "Forest Protest Continues" then underneath "Citizens rebel against sale" (of the Forest supposedly) 
The next picture is of friend holding a fish! Yum, I cropped it which I've mentioned somewhere else .. I've headlined that "Local Fish Market Wins Award" then "Highest standard in hygience continues" After each of those two headlines I put a mini box and coloured that white then places a 'page 9' after it imitating The News. The headlines are in white and the sub parts in black, giving it a softer look to the photos as the colours can be quite harsh against the light blue background. Now the weather didn't take me as long as I thought, however it certainly was fiddly trying to place to evenly without squashing other bits too. I grabbed and selected three pieces of weather from google, a sunshine, rain and cloud!
They appear nice and simple, then i made up the weather for the next four days, trying to write it in a way like how I see on the BBC news. The basic information then a temperature. I kept the font small so space wouldn't look too packed. After those four dates I set, underneath I put another box and filled it with the same blue as I had when I titled it WEATHER with blue in the background. The font is Times just like the rest. I don't think I copied the design that The News did, I saw a peer's work and I liked how she did hers and to be honest it did look newspaper worth. So I added in the option for details then the actual details in red therefore it can reflect the other website information up the top of the inner page. I've changed the TOPSHOP ad like I predicted I would, my teacher had also agreed with me that it appeared pretty dull! So I changed the background to a pink, which actually compliments the font, looking funky and young which is the correct type of portrayal for TOPSHOP. I will probably put a small image of a bag or something in the gap on the bottom right as it's empty. The photo for the main story has been kept, I love the look of it, someone semi-smiling but also appearing uncomfortable. A reader could possibly see that and think 'ah what's that about?' In addition to that, my peers in my class have said the photo looks good. I've finished the story too! I have used Times font, and in size 12, two columns like The News. With the story I stuck to the main facts like who took part, where? New Forrest.
Also some opinions and feedback following from the front page too! To the right at the top border part I have placed a picture of the kebab shop in the end, it looks like this. The red in this is brought out by my TOPSHOP advertisement too, colours all around. Something negative in the paper too, must always have that. Moral Panic wouldn't come into this concept though, which is something I haven't really put into my paper apart from the Strike. Anyway, it's how it has turned out too. Words like 'havoc', 'disturbing' and 'disgrace' will portray a negative side to a story, making it readable. Underneath I have also popped in a photo of my friends in the snow. Wrote it as if the story were about students? Judging by the age group I think this would target a younger reader for my paper also. Soo here is how it looks!! 
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