Diary Entry 9 - 50's Style Newspaper Template (credit creation)

Today I made a template for the newspaper clippings we intend to use in the scene. We are either going to use the clippings for the following:

• Incorporate the credits into the clippings, then film them being dropped one by one onto the desk, then have Cole Kelso throw them from the desk in frustration
• Create the credits in the editing software, using the newspaper style, then have the clippings on the desk for Cole Kelso to throw from the desk in frustration
• Just have them to set the scene in the first camera shot before the camera pans to Cole entering the room, then have the credits roll as he walks in the door. 

The clippings have been made landscape a4, so that when a slither is ripped from the bottom, it will look like they have been ripped out of an original newspaper from the era.

As you can see the name 'The New York Daily Tribune' has been used to enforce the authenticity, as this was an established newspaper during the time the film is set.
The newspaper is named 'The New York Daily Tribune' because this was a popular newspaper during the time in which the production is set. It follows all the conventions of a newspaper from that time including the fonts, paper colour, text & image placement as well as the boxes in each of the top corners. Vast research was required to find out the conventions of 1950's New York newspapers.

The images below show the template being created in Microsoft Word, and a test image being edited in Adobe Photoshop cs4 & Picasa in order to find the right image style for the newspaper. For the image I used various levels of contrasting, shadowing, gray-scaling & added a grain.

This template will probably be changed slightly before we start filming, but the basis of it will be as shown. Also, several different articles will have to be created depending on what style opening credits we are going to use. Also, a picture of Cole Kelso will be used rather than the test image shown.