I found this brief incredibly challenging as I am very new to using InDesign, however I did pick up some hints and tips along the way which may help me in a future project. For example, the 'W' key enabled me to see my document without my grids and guides, and preview how it would actually look. I used a 3 column grid with 5mm guttering and found it helpful for laying out, although on paper I don't find them useful as they can get quite messy and confusing.
I do think I have answered the brief, legibility was an issue to be carefully considered, and I think that I have produced a legible piece. The article has just over 300 words and contains two images, which is another set of criteria for the brief.
I am pleased with my final design, although I maybe should have used a larger photo of Elliot, as of course the interview was about him. I think my design is appropriate as I used Futura Bold for the titles and quote, because this is Elliot's favourite font, and I really wanted to personalise it to his taste. Also I tried to steer away from using bright colours, as this is something Elliot is not a fan of however, he does like colours that make an impact, hence using black and white, with the light blue to pick out the questions and quote.
With my final print, as I have not printed with a printer that is callibrated to the computer's colours, the black is not as black as it should be, but on screen it looks much better, and I hope Elliot likes the design too.
Due to the software being new to me I did experience a few obstacles, and found it slightly confusing having to prepare the images in Photoshop and then placing them in InDesign, as I kept trying to insert them straight into the document. Using the text boxes over the grids made it so much easier to see how the document would look, however next time, I should probably prepare the typed content in Microsoft Word or something similar, as it would be easier to see as I was typing, as 12pt text in a full document view was quite minimal, and to zoom in would mean I was missing parts of the document.
Also, I did get confused occasionally with distinguishing the bleed outline to the actual page bounding box, but once I got used to the set up it worked fine.
I had a lot of fun, all be it being quite stressful learning a new software and trying to produce a document and I look forward to creating more magazine layouts in the future. It was interesting to speak to Elliot as well, as up until the start of the project I had only spoken to him a few times. So the brief has worked well on all levels.
I do think I have answered the brief, legibility was an issue to be carefully considered, and I think that I have produced a legible piece. The article has just over 300 words and contains two images, which is another set of criteria for the brief.
I am pleased with my final design, although I maybe should have used a larger photo of Elliot, as of course the interview was about him. I think my design is appropriate as I used Futura Bold for the titles and quote, because this is Elliot's favourite font, and I really wanted to personalise it to his taste. Also I tried to steer away from using bright colours, as this is something Elliot is not a fan of however, he does like colours that make an impact, hence using black and white, with the light blue to pick out the questions and quote.
With my final print, as I have not printed with a printer that is callibrated to the computer's colours, the black is not as black as it should be, but on screen it looks much better, and I hope Elliot likes the design too.
Due to the software being new to me I did experience a few obstacles, and found it slightly confusing having to prepare the images in Photoshop and then placing them in InDesign, as I kept trying to insert them straight into the document. Using the text boxes over the grids made it so much easier to see how the document would look, however next time, I should probably prepare the typed content in Microsoft Word or something similar, as it would be easier to see as I was typing, as 12pt text in a full document view was quite minimal, and to zoom in would mean I was missing parts of the document.
Also, I did get confused occasionally with distinguishing the bleed outline to the actual page bounding box, but once I got used to the set up it worked fine.
I had a lot of fun, all be it being quite stressful learning a new software and trying to produce a document and I look forward to creating more magazine layouts in the future. It was interesting to speak to Elliot as well, as up until the start of the project I had only spoken to him a few times. So the brief has worked well on all levels.
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