For the presentation of the work from this unit, I decided to create a book. This was the more popular option among students, however, other options including creating a website were available to us. I felt like a book would be the best option as I wanted to create something physical rather than online. I also made this decision as I felt like it would be more of a challenge and something I haven't had experience doing before.
I decided early on to create the book using InDesign which is an Adobe programme. I felt like this would be the best option as I would have total freedom with the placement of text and imagery. As I would also be working with Photoshop imagery, it seemed like a wise decision to use two Adobe programmes as they would be able to support each other.
Once I began to write the book, I realised there was plenty of information to write, confirming that it was the right decision to do a book instead of a website. The websites look best if they are visual based as it is not very exciting to read lots of text on a website. However, as a book, text is more suitable and easy to read. I had not used InDesign before but found it relatively simple and easy to use. In terms of the placement of imagery and text, it was very effective. You can zoom right into the pages and mark exactly where you want each element on the page, therefore I think in terms of the presentation, InDesign was the right choice.
Some challenges I faced with the creation of the book included online imagery not being crisp and in focus. With some images that are obtained from the internet, they will be of good resolution in a pdf file, but when placed on the InDesign programme appear to be pixelated and blurry. To overcome this issue, I had to research and find several suitable images and choose the ones that were of the best quality on the programme. There was also an issue with the arrangement of the text, as the programme will split the last word of a sentence and put the rest of it on the next line which looked rather unsightly. To overcome this, I would press the enter button to push the last word onto the next line so that none of the words were split. Although this was frustrating, I was able to alter this and set the layout to my preferences. Below are some screenshots of a few pages in the book on InDesign. The text and imagery was very carefully arranged to ensure that the presentation was of a good standard.
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| The Idea |
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| Casting |
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| Broadcasting Channel |
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| Visual Style |
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| Branding |
In reflection, InDesign was a good choice to make for the book creation and I am very happy with the appearance and quality of it. However, some of the visual imagery has suffered due to the printed image not showing the exact colouring as on the screen. For example, in the branding imagery, some elements have printed very dark, where they are more defined on screen. This was a risk to take, however, as the book is more content based, as opposed to visual based, the work has not suffered too much, and I am pleased with the overall appearance and result.
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