When we began to research into this we discovered there was heaps of reports and information on the story. Sometimes we found that there was often a bombardment of information and this may jeopardise the layout being too over facing for people our age. We decided to be concise with the amount of text we would use on our layout, and also wanted to stray away from the 'traditional' column grid of a usual newspaper. This was a method of attracting an audience of a similar age to us.
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For our layout we wanted to use a large amount of image and perhaps a large display text in order to draw the readers in. We researched some images that may be suitable:
Out of these images above, it could be said that the two featuring blood would be a little bit too much for sensitive viewers, but the bullet holes image could be used to break up some of the text we would be using.
Through further research we decided that a gun would be a suitable image to feature with our text, and found out that the gun Pistorius used was a 9mm hand gun. We decided to incorporate this feature into our layout and created a grid. The gird we used was a 4x4, featuring an image of a gun and text inserted within it. We kept it so that you could still visually see it was a gun. Times new roman felt like a suitable font for our body copy; however for our title we chose a tall, condensed looking font named 'Bureau Grotesque, which is more bold and eye grabbing. Just the right tone for our headline.
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For our layout we wanted to use a large amount of image and perhaps a large display text in order to draw the readers in. We researched some images that may be suitable:
Out of these images above, it could be said that the two featuring blood would be a little bit too much for sensitive viewers, but the bullet holes image could be used to break up some of the text we would be using.
Through further research we decided that a gun would be a suitable image to feature with our text, and found out that the gun Pistorius used was a 9mm hand gun. We decided to incorporate this feature into our layout and created a grid. The gird we used was a 4x4, featuring an image of a gun and text inserted within it. We kept it so that you could still visually see it was a gun. Times new roman felt like a suitable font for our body copy; however for our title we chose a tall, condensed looking font named 'Bureau Grotesque, which is more bold and eye grabbing. Just the right tone for our headline.
We inserted a picture of Oscar into our layout to bring a face to the story.
Something I particularly like about this layout we created is the use of halftone on our image. The use of black & white sets a serious tone, alongside the 'fuzziness' of the image.
We also used Bureau Grotesque in the white for the quote in the lower right hand side of the layout, and added a black background, which allowed for it to have significance and stand out. This was a quote from Reeva Steenkamp's mother, so we felt it was very appropriate and added a lot of context.
This is our final layout.
I feel as though this layout is quite modern and strays from traditional layouts you may find in a newspaper. I think that this is what I like about it the most. I like layouts that sometimes push past conformity. These tones are what might appeal to our target audience.
Some cons of this design is that it could be said the columns are a little too narrow for comfortable reading. However I believe that if I saw this layout in a magazine or newspaper I'd be more intrigued to read it than if I saw a traditional, ordinary layout for the same story.
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