Photo story & Brochure info

Photo Story and Brochure Assignments

(Some changes from the syllabus here)

• Photo Story due October 5 (50 points)
• Tri-Fold brochure due October 21 (50 points)

These are the last two assignments of our "print" section. We'll be moving on to video after this.

Photo Story: this will be a four-page magazine spread demonstrating a multi-step task, procedure, service, etc., of your choosing.

Details:
Choose a dominant photo for the entire spread. This should be the best photo – in technical, compositional and story-telling quality – that you have. Then, choose a dominant photo for each of your other pages. Then choose secondary photos for your pages. You may use as many photos as good design and storytelling necessitate and allow. Use InDesign for the design and layout of your spread. Use Photoshop to correct, resize and/or enhance your photos.

Type, objects, lines, photos and illustrations are all permissible
You must include at least 7 photos in your design
Each of four pages is 8.5in x 11in (portrait orientation)
Use at least one color, plus black
Use captions to answer the necessary information about your demonstration…the who/what/when/where/why/how. But, remember, this should be mostly photos.
Don't forget a headline for this "story" (e.g., "Grilled cheese the college way: on an iron!")
Use Paragraph and Object Styles to save time.
Incorporate the elements of graphic design we have covered to this point


Tri-Fold brochure: For this assignment, you will pick a client -- it could be an on-campus organization, business, club, athletic group, or even professor. You will then create a tri-fold brochure (one 8.5in by 11in sheet of paper, front and back, folded twice into a brochure).

You will work with your client to figure out what images will be best to include. They will also give you some basic information to be communicated in the brochure's copy.

I will give you a ti-fold template you can use in InDesign, but you'll need to supply photos and information for the copy. You don't need a huge amount of text, but you'll want some introductory sentences about your client, some supporting facts and information (in the form of paragraphs or bullet points) and a summary/contact information section on the back page.

See me if you are having trouble thinking of a demonstration or a client.