Wednesday, June 07, 2006
News: WEEK THREE (June 7-9)
Here is the Second Front from Wednesday:
Joy told us in class to try and think outside the typical '4.5 column centerpiece' package. This spread really helped me do that, mainly because the lead photo was vertical. Partly because of space issues, and partly because I was thinking 'outside the box' I decided to play both photos on top of each other. It divides the page, looks different, but I think that's good. Variety is important. Also, the life stories block at the bottom of the page helps make the vertical top not seem as extreme as it could.
Lesson of the day: Just because you have no obits at budget, doesn't mean it won't fill up your page by 7 p.m.
Here is the Front page from Thursday:
This was my first time working with a graphic/photo package. I got a lot of positive feedback on the page, my class liked how the photo worked well with the story.
lesson of the day: graphics is your friend...and when a graphic is too long, talking nicely to Bob might get you a little space trimmed at the bottom of your page (hooray!)
Here is the second front page from Friday:
Today I had another fun centerpiece, and decided to try another art head. I love how it came out, the lowercase p not only resembles the popsicles, but also creates a nice box for the t deck to fit underneath.
Lesson of the day: never joke about people dying to give you more space on the page, because when it happens (like tonight) -- a little part of you probably goes to hell.
Joy told us in class to try and think outside the typical '4.5 column centerpiece' package. This spread really helped me do that, mainly because the lead photo was vertical. Partly because of space issues, and partly because I was thinking 'outside the box' I decided to play both photos on top of each other. It divides the page, looks different, but I think that's good. Variety is important. Also, the life stories block at the bottom of the page helps make the vertical top not seem as extreme as it could.
Lesson of the day: Just because you have no obits at budget, doesn't mean it won't fill up your page by 7 p.m.
Here is the Front page from Thursday:
This was my first time working with a graphic/photo package. I got a lot of positive feedback on the page, my class liked how the photo worked well with the story.
lesson of the day: graphics is your friend...and when a graphic is too long, talking nicely to Bob might get you a little space trimmed at the bottom of your page (hooray!)
Here is the second front page from Friday:
Today I had another fun centerpiece, and decided to try another art head. I love how it came out, the lowercase p not only resembles the popsicles, but also creates a nice box for the t deck to fit underneath.
Lesson of the day: never joke about people dying to give you more space on the page, because when it happens (like tonight) -- a little part of you probably goes to hell.
Vox: Countertenor feature (6.8.06)
Here is this week's feature:
It's about a guy who just discovered he has the perfect countertenor voice. I knew I would be playing with the musical notes, and really liked how the large clef note off-balances the text. It's high, like the text is wide, and I think music is so much about balance between elements. The H as a note I think is both subtle, and connects the headline to the large clef note, creating a scale of words.
Looking at the page, the photo of him might be a little too large. I think in Vox we try to play up a large dominate image, but when the image isn't detailed, there really is no reason to play it this big.
Carrying over the notes to the second page, the pull quote again off-balances the clef note.
It's about a guy who just discovered he has the perfect countertenor voice. I knew I would be playing with the musical notes, and really liked how the large clef note off-balances the text. It's high, like the text is wide, and I think music is so much about balance between elements. The H as a note I think is both subtle, and connects the headline to the large clef note, creating a scale of words.
Looking at the page, the photo of him might be a little too large. I think in Vox we try to play up a large dominate image, but when the image isn't detailed, there really is no reason to play it this big.
Carrying over the notes to the second page, the pull quote again off-balances the clef note.
