Wiki Page, JOURNALISM A: 11/14-11/23 Agenda

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2022-11-16T12:18:23-08:00

Monday and Tuesday:

Plus Deltas and Goal setting

Wednesday:

Introduction to flat lays and faceless photos. You have one week to turn in a 10 photo series that we will use to design pages.

Thursday and Friday:

I have a ton of fun things for you to explore around page design and I would love for editors and staff to sit every other like we did when we did page design. This is a good time for you to collect new ideas for your lookbook and to share cool page inspiration with each other.

In small groups with editors and staff together, watch these videos to help us all become design masters! Discuss with your groups what stood out to you as interesting or important. How will you incorporate what you learned into this week's practice design and your future pages?

How can sometimes design speak louder than words? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqQx75OPRa0Links to an external site.

Key concepts to discuss and take notes on in your look books:

Shape, texture, balance

Weight, color, texture and style of lines

How shapes comunication ideas visually and why they are important

The differences between shape and form, and how implied texture adds depth

Balance calls attention to the right things (use of rule of thirds

Where did we do this well in the last issue and how can we grow?

How can we think like a designer when making our pages? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KYlHNKQB8Links to an external site.

Key concepts to discuss and take notes on in your look books:

The five basic principles of layout and design (this is review): What new idea did you pick up? What did you utilize on your page for this last issue? What do you want to play with in the future?

The importance of white space and consistent alignment in page layouts

The strategies for creating contrast

How use different levels of emphasis in your text

Discuss the concept of consistency in page design: How does it help people read our stories.

Where did we do this well in the last issue and how can we grow?

After you have watched these videos, discussed the key concepts with your groups, and added notes to your lookbooks, look for examples that inspire you from the real world of publishing an design. Print inspiration for your lookbooks and upload your favorite examples to this discussion board. You will use this discussion board to inspire each other to make our pages this week.

Homework: Finish your flat lays or faceless portraits by Wednesday 11/23

In small groups with editors and staff together, watch these videos to help us all become font masters! Discuss with your groups what stood out to you as interesting or important. How will you incorporate what you learned into this week's practice design and your future pages?

How can we be haunted by one single font? https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQLinks to an external site.

Key concepts to discuss and take notes on in your look books:

What fonts drive you crazy and why? Share and give examples with each other.

What fonts do you love and why? Share and give examples with each other.

How can fonts lose their impact if they are overused? How can fonts be distracting when not used correctly?

Introduction to typography: Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sByzHoiYFX0&t=18sLinks to an external site.

The difference between Serif, Sans Serif, and decrative fonts

Thinking about your message and picking the right font to deliver it

The amount of fonts that are effective to use and how to use repetition for better results

Hierarchy in design

Line spacing, Tracking, and Kerning

After you have watched these videos, discussed the key concepts with your groups, and added notes to your lookbooks, look for examples that inspire you from the real world of publishing an design. Print inspiration for your lookbooks and upload your favorite examples to this discussion board. You will use this discussion board to inspire each other to make our pages this week.

Homework: Finish your flat lays or faceless portraits by Wednesday 11/23

Want more font inspiration for your own designs?

What the font!? There is a new Serif in town

Monday 11/28: Share the photos and love/ Begin to make beautiful pages

1. Share our favorite photos to the discussion board (and place them in the J Drive). Celebrate each other's work.

2. Dicuss assigment parameters of the design challenge and our goals for page design that we discovered in the videos (We will collaborate on these goals together. yay. How fun!)

3. Choose who's photos you want to use on your pages and have a design meeting with the photographer about how they would like to have their work highlighted.

Project Expectations:

I am asking you to think like a graphic designer on this project and to apply the rules of design you learned in the videos

You will design a two page spread around one or more of your classmate’s photos

You will create a headline that uses effective and interesting typography to go with the story you imagine to be on the page

You will not write a story for this spread, instead you will use fill text in columns to fill the space

You will have a design meeting with the photographer and sell your design to them.

You need to show them inspiration pages and drawings

Use the design vocabulary you learned from the videos

It is due Monday at start of class

Homework: Begin pages; Editors think of one tip to teach and show the class tomorrow. It could be one thing that mad your life easier with In-design or one creative thing that you love to do!

Finals week: Finish this project!