Thursday, 29 September 2011

Our Questionaire

Newspaper terminology

.Gutter: The margin of the page at the binding point, or inside the page margin.


.Logo: This is the magazines nameplate that appears on the cover, which is the masthead.


.Bleed: This is an extension of an illustration which is beyond the type area towards the edge of the page.


.Break of the Book: This is the allocation of space for articles and its features.


.Contents Page: The page in the magazine which lists all of the articles and there page numbers.


.Folio: This is the page number, date and subject on each page.


.Cover: This includes not only the front cover but the cover at the back of the magazine.


.Masthead: This is the name of the magazine which often has a special typographic edit.


.Signature: This is a large sheet of paper which is printed of both sides and is folded to make a section of a publication.


.Bindings: 
-Perfect: This uses a flexible attaching the backs of the folded signatures.
-Saddle Stitch: Staples are stapled through the middle fold of the pages.
-Side Stitch: Staples are stapled through the stacked printing sections.


.Self-Cover: This is a magazine cover printed on the same paper as the rest of the magazine.


.Footer: A line of text below the main text, which is usually a page number.


.Hybrid: A mixture of genres.


.Mode of Address: The way a magazine speaks to its audience.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Me and Phoebe Georgiou have decided to work together for our coursework. We originally were thinking of doing music pro mo video but now we have chosen to do a local newspaper as well as a poster and a radio advertisement. We want our target audience to be the younger generation as we have researched that local newspapers are only targeted at the older generation because we wanted to create a bond between young people and the community. 
These are the ideas we came up with to include in our newspaper:


  • London riots
  • Police advertisement
  • Youth unemployment
  • Local celebs
  • Local celebs influencing the younger generation to stop crime
  • Wretch 32 (rapper) interview