Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Front Pages if the World



  1. Favorite Newspaper front page: Silver City Sun-News. It's my favorite because the headline and picture worked together so nicely and it really caught my attention.
  2. The paper is from Silver City New Mexico
  3. My favorite headline is "Woman injured in drive-by", not because of the story is summarizes, but for the attention grabbing aspect of it. 
  4. The story of the woman injured in the drive by, works because it contrasts with the happy violinist.
  5. All the newspapers have a bold headline and a big picture on the front page.
  6. The layout of all the newspapers differ.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

The 7 News Values of News

  1. Write a complete sentence that explains why the article is driven by the news value you chose. (25 points)
  2. Timeliness  -- the newness of the facts.

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    Proximity –Man found guilty in sexual assault of woman in Northeast Austin
    http://www.statesman.com/news/news/man-found-guilty-in-sexual-assault-of-woman-in-nor/nfQ4j/

    Prominence –Man dies after fall into ravine while being chased by game warden, officials say
    http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/man-dies-after-fall-into-ravine-while-being-chased/nfQ3P/

    Impact –Soldier kills 3, himself and wounds 16 at Fort Hood
    http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/soldier-kills-3-himself-and-wounds-16-at-fort-hood/nfQ7b/

    Conflict  Increasing Number Of Men Pressured To Accept Realistic Standards Of Female Beauty
    http://www.theonion.com/articles/increasing-number-of-men-pressured-to-accept-reali,35685/

    Human Interest – 
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    Novelty – Dog escapes Texas backyard, somehow gets to Ohio
    http://www.statesman.com/news/ap/ohio/escaped-texas-dog-travels-to-ohio-in-days-somehow/nfQjb/

Friday, March 28, 2014

Caption Writing

Who: A child
Where: in a favela outside Rio de Janeiro Brazil
What: swinging
Why: (news value)
When: Tuesday
How: ? (description)

The Swing Queen
A young girl in favela outside Rio de Janeiro Brazil swings to pass the time.
….on tuesday

Monday, March 3, 2014

Quick Write

The coldest day I've ever been in was every day bec im cool as frick I SAID WHATS COOLER THAN BEIN COOL-- ICE COLD ALRIGHTALRIGHTALRIGHTALRIGHTALRIGHTALRIGHT

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Quick Write

If I worked at a pet shop that caught on fire and I was the only one who could save them, I'd save whatever animal was closest to me, all pets are equal. Equalize pet equality. Equal.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Slow Write

My 5 Year Plan

Year one: Get Famous
Year two: Get Money
Year three: Get Batches
Year four: Get Happy
Year five: Get Old and Die

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Quick Write

List the things you know about yearbook

They're made to cheat people out of money. huek huek not really they're just cool memorabilia.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Magazine cover draft

 
 
 
 
A. Magazine name (masthead or flag)
What Day Is It
B. A teaser / cover line 
Over 80% of Juniors are signing up for AP napping

C. If you choose to make a "picture married to type" or a "forrest of words" type cover, create the following:
At least two teasers (Cover lines)  Cover Line with the primary using a larger point size.
A. New English teacher realizes students will believe anything he says
B. Students banned from eye contact - after recent PDA reinforcements, AISD has finally cracked down on casual acknowledgement.
D. Pricing and date information.
$60
November 05 1955



E. Inserting a bar code - Create another small photo box in InDesign and place a barcode that you download from Google Image. The dimensions should be realistic for a magazine cover. You should figure this out yourself, but it should be at least 10 picas tall.

Magazine Coves

I. Early Magazine Covers

NAME OF MAGAZINE   Peterson's women's magazine
YEAR OF PUBLICATION  1872
MAIN ATTRIBUTES  Cover line uses a completely generic cover richly decorated with the leafy symmetry of Victorian embellishments, with a lovely assemblage of drawings at the bottom symbolizing the various roles of woman in the family.

II. The Poster Cover:
Pictures That Need No Words

NAME OF MAGAZINE  Rolling Stone
YEAR OF PUBLICATION  January 2001
MAIN ATTRIBUTES  The result is a rare example of a pure poster cover without a cover line of any kind.

III. Pictures Married to Type

 
 NAME OF MAGAZINE  Cosmopolitan
YEAR OF PUBLICATION 1940's -1950's
MAIN ATTRIBUTES shows how far a designer could go without becoming mired in the complexities of color separations and trappings.

IV. In the Forest of Words

 
NAME OF MAGAZINE   Vanity Fair
YEAR OF PUBLICATION January 1, 2001
MAIN ATTRIBUTES It is tempting to speculate that these covers reflect the larger culture