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Image and Text: session two Agenda. Admin and Assessment Project One: designed report Project Two: feature article Recap. last week Layout and Space Simple layout exercise Groupwork What next?. Useful websites. www.mundidesign/presentation/index2.htnl www.studiomotive/counterspace/
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Image and Text: session twoAgenda • Admin and Assessment • Project One: designed report • Project Two: feature article • Recap. last week • Layout and Space • Simple layout exercise • Groupwork • What next?
Useful websites • www.mundidesign/presentation/index2.htnl • www.studiomotive/counterspace/ • www.foothill.fhda.edu/newmedia/layout/lesson01/index.html • http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/~ptallen/home/teach.htm
Layout and the Use of Space • What is layout? • What can be achieved through layout? • Establish some basic distinctions – both paper and electronic. • Revisit type – layout and type are interdependent. • Introduce text and image correspondence.
Markets and Style • Format, size and orientation • Tabloid • Broadsheet • Magazine • News and features • Different relationship to space • Features are a place to rest, meditate, consider and spend time over
Some distinctions • Portrait and landscape • Horizontal and vertical bias • Balance and Contrast
‘Classic’ Layout Styles • Static Layout styles (modular) • Guardian, Times, Independent • Dynamic Layout Styles (freestyle) • Mirror, Mail, Sun
Layout Grids 4 column layout 6 column layout
Simple conventions in planning story picture
Layout on the web • Fewer conventions • Need to plan for size and orientation of screen and browser window • Layout can become complicated in HTML • Designers frequently use tables <TC></TC> to aid layout – Dreamweaver does!
Task • Design a layout for a feature page that includes a headline, body copy and a prominently placed photograph. • Experiment with different ways of organising the page. • Do this for a newspaper, a magazine, a website. • Discuss with your colleagues what the differences are.