Lesson 1
Serena will take us all through the basics of:
- INDESIGN – how to create a poster template, place a photo, add text, change colours etc.
SHE HAS CREATED A GREAT PAGE ON THE FACULTY OF ARTS WEBSITE TO SUPPORT YOU WITH INDESIGN.
Make sure this the first place you look at for answers to your questions.
Lesson 2, 3, 4 and 5
- You will be allocated a specific edition of the iconic music magazine, NME (New Musical Express).
- The aim is to recreate the layout and to recap on the main conventional design features of a magazine cover.
- Using Indesign – recreate/copy the cover you have been allocated.
- You do not need to find the exact photo – any one with a similar grouping of performers or artist will do or in fact you can add in a box with a cross through it if you really can’t find one that will do.
- The main aim is that you have some fun with Indesign – find the right fonts, play with the sizing, kerning etc and do your best to lay out the cover with a conventional layout.
- Here are some suggestions for cover photos – see the first slide for caveats on what you will and won’t be able to do with them but it might save you time trawling the web.
- Exporting as a JPEG and a PDF, uploading to your blog and save as final draft in IDD.
Lesson 6
- Remember to introduce the content (your mock-up front page)
- Reflect on what you have learnt – how to use Indesign and how magazines have conventional features and name them – masthead, cover lines, main cover star etc
- Reflect on how you did – find 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses. What did you do well and easily and what did you struggle with and will need to improve?
- Focus Forward – how is this all going to help?
- Set yourself some targets by finding @ 3 self help YouTube tutorials for any aspects of Indesign that you struggled with and embed the videos in your self assessment post.
- Make sure you watch them in full this weekend in preparation for your own album poster design next week.
- Link in the online tutorials that will help you improve your use of Indesign next week.
Here are some examples from last year:
