OUGD504 Studio Brief 3 - Development

OUGD504 Studio Brief 3 - Development

To add a contemporary feel, it will be interesting to have a publication with an antique feel but with a contemporary concept and context to it. The opposition of the two may make the publication hard to be consistent, therefore it will be best to stick with the antique concept throughout rather than trying to switch between a contemporary publication with an antique cover as this is not consistent. However keeping the publication antique throughout will still allow the publication to have a modern twist due to the content. It is appropriate to have the first initial pages in the same layout to an antique novel. This style has a traditional sense to it and is not what you would expect from a photography book, however due to the nature of this book, it complements the aesthetic. 

Editing the photographs for the books was a vital task for photo quality. All photographs had a checklist which all had to comply to when preparing for print. These will all ensure a good quality photograph which will print to its best ability, this is essential for photograph to make sure they are of the highest quality. 

Checklist as followed - 

• CMYK
• 300 dpi or ppi
• Actual Size
• .tif or .psd format 

The photographs were tested with the filter Sepia to fit along side the antique aesthetic. Yet it was felt that this reduced the interest and uniqueness of the photographs. Photographs - particularly the ones collected, contain so much light and colour and putting a filter over this makes all the photographs similar and takes away from the individuality of each photograph.  

 It was decided to only have photographs in the Van de Graaf page canon structure. With the layout in place, it was also tried and tested to include text in the layout. First it was tried to include text on one side of the page to make it similar to a book layout. This was not appropriate however as the layout of the two with the Van de Graaf page canon meant that quite a substantial amount of text was needed and there wasn't enough content for that. It was then tried to have a title below the photographs inline with the grid, but this was felt to look to amateur and takes away from the main content - the photographs. From primary research, it was found that the majority of photography books did not have any text with the photographs, only an introduction. Therefore it was decided to follow this rule of thumb and only have an introduction as it was the most effective layout. 

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