Rough Page Layout – Lick n Stick

Rough Layout

Before you start working on your project in Indesign and Photoshop you need to have a rough idea of your page layouts.

Remember the assessment criteria:

  • Use of Conventional Layout
  • Integration of Images and Graphics

To achieve this you should have thought about how each element of your page will work together to create a coherent whole and to achieve AIDA:

  • Attention
  • Interest
  • Desire
  • Action

Task

Using examples of magazine pages made professionally to plan your layout.

  1. List all the elements on the page that are conventional (typically expected), you should do a list for each page, (help below):
  2. Using cut up postit notes for the different elements of your page design.
  3. Try a number of lick and stick layouts for each page until you have found a basic layout you are happy with.
  4. Take photos and upload them to your blog – use captions to identify the pages.
  5. Introduce and reflect on the purpose of the task and how it will help on your shoot and in DTP (Editing)
  6. Find a magazine layout that you like and take inspiration from it. Use hard copies as well as those found on line.

Front Page Design Elements

Double Page Spread Design Elements

 

Contents Page Design Elements

Here is a document to help you identity the elements of a contents page.

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