Yearbook / Desktop Publishing 11

Yearbook Avenue

Initial Snapshot

Assignments

1. Yearbook Critique
   • Choose one yearbook from the past
   • Read over it and make notes
   • Identify the theme (if there is one). Did they do a good job tying the theme together?
   • Make notes on the Good, the bad, and the ugly
   • Hand-in a Word file describing the above items
2. Theme Hunting
   • Research: Theme Slogans (scroll down)
   • Lesson: Choosing a Theme
   • Research: Online Samples
   • Assignment Specifications:
     Must include
     • A Theme Title (slogan) to be presented on the front cover
     • A cover art (draft sample drawing; can be a "borrowed" picture from an online source)
     • A reason WHY this would be a good theme for John Barsby this year (2010-2011)
     • How can we incorporate this theme through out this year's yearbook?
       • Visual tie-ins (icons, folio, colours, etc.)
       • Verbal tie-ins (other phrases that will work with the main theme)
       • Specific Layout Designs
       • A presentation to class
       • Format is open (PowerPoint, poster, sample book, etc.)
   • Due by Friday (Sep. 17)
   • Presentation on Monday
   • Class vote on a theme for this year
     
3. Digital Photography Assignment
   • Lesson: Read "Photography-Composition-Intro" Powerpoint presentation on the Yearbook drive.
   • Practice: Take practice shots using good composition
   • Assignment: Choose 5 of your best photos
     • Create a power point slide show
     • For each photo:
       • What is the intended center of interest?
       • What is the story behind the picture (what emotion are you trying to convey)?
       • Who's it it?
     • Prepare this assignment in Powerpoint and hand in as a slide show. One picture per slide.
     • Due by Thursday (Oct. 14)
4. Page Layout: Balance (read and take notes)
   1. Overview
   2. Symmetrical
   3. Asymmetrical
   4. Radial
   5. Rule of thirds
5. Page Layout: Alignment (read and take notes)
   1. Overview
   2. No Alignment
   3. Left Alignment
   4. Right Alignment
   5. Centre Alignment
   6. Grid Alignment
   7. Visual Alignment
   8. Punctuation Alignment
   9. Breaking the Rules of Alignment
6. InDesign Online Video Tutorial
• Go to this Adobe Tutorial Site
• Watch the first 8 "Getting Started" Videos. At each episode, try to follow along in InDesign CS4
7. InDesign Hands-On Tutorial
   • Go to this tutorial site
   • Follow along and create master pages
   • When you're done with this one, go to bottom of the page to "Related Entries" and keep working on part 2 - 6