Ideas for Potential Newspaper Templates

Local Newspapers

I like the layout of the Echo.

Their target audience is based on the older generation.
The layout contains an interesting, big illustration which is appealing to the eye and the headline grabs my attention. However the By line and the colour sceme used is quite dim, the colours arnt very bright which i feel lacks a sense of flavour, though no doubt does draw in my attention.

Furthermore to this it is quite a complex design with alot of things going on which on the one hand is good that it shows it contains lots of information and articles though saying this i think my target group would find a slightly more simplier layout more attractive.

National Newspapers

The Daily Mirror has both tabloid and magazine characteristics.
and i find it is the most eye catchy front page that i have researched so far.
I like how the Bright red used for the top part of the newspaper emphasises the tital as well as creating attention to the competition advert. Whilst the contrasting black and white on the bottom half of the page gives the paper that little bit more appeal, as well as complimenting the illustration nicely.

However it's downfall is that it isn't very informative and does'nt give a great deal of insight as to what else the newspaper contains.

The Scottish Paper conveys a more modern look about itself. It has appeal immediately from the diversity of colours applied, as well as

cleverly using the largest font on the headl

ine which brings interest to potential readers.
The only negative point from this front page is that i feel it does'nt contain very much text as the headline takes up most of the page. However saying this

From researching local and national nawspapers, i have learnt that the colour scheme is very important in order to attract the right target market and by looking at these papers in particular has enabled we with ideas to use bright and contrasting colours since i think that this is what my target audience would be attracted towards.
Not only this but looking at different kinds of newspapers with different target audiences has also provided me into making sure i take in much consideration towards the font sizes and styles i should use to create the right attention to each part of the paper as well as producing a layout design that has a good amount of text and information and also appropriate advertisments that would be accurate for my target audinces interest.