Initial Ideas

Based on the research into newspapers, I have come up with some initial ideas to present in the critique on Wednesday.

My ideas have been very quickly sketched up digitally, as I feel the first crit should reflect the idea process in adverse to the style of design, professionalism I would like my final pieces to look like. 

This idea works purely on image, and it represents a reader of the tabloids highlighting words in a newspaper, the words that this person is highlighting are all words that I feel the newspapers use to cause fear and intimidation in the press. The words of scaremongering that this 'character' is highlighting will have an impact due to the amount of the words, which will signify how newspapers use such techniques. 

This is a design that works using only image (despite the Tabloid's name), and it represents the fact that newspaper readers could feel the blood on their hands, as I feel newspapers hold very overly violent stories, and are filled with depression and anger.

The Sun's infamous red banner is leaking on the reader's hands, which I intend to signify a blood like substance, to show how the drama,distress and terror found in newspapers reflects onto the audience.

My final initial idea is of a newspaper reader throwing a scrunched up newspaper over their shoulder, so they can be free from the newspaper forcing their opinions on the audience. I intend for this idea to make use of type and image, but at this stage, the type hasn't been massively considered, in terms of placement, font, size 

or colour, but I feel it conveys the type of tone I wish to portray.

Initially, I have chosen a slab serif font of Rockwell, as it is strong, decisive and stern, which works well with a solid, instructive command. 

My mock ups are very basic at this stage, but it shall be the crit which will give feedback on my design ideas, after which I shall then concentrate on designing professional and effective looking pieces of design, hopefully with a strong message to accompany it.