Considering Narrative, Concept and Design

Description of Narrative

• A word- A story
• A sentence- Photographing sentimental/ personal items to my dance journey.
• A paragraph- The narrative for this photo book is me capturing important images/ objects/ articles/ costumes etc which have a sentimental value to my dance journey.

Considering Design

• Want the book to feel/ look- I would like the book to be A5 sized with glossy paper to add a luxury feel to the book. The front and back of the book I would like for it to be soft back and glossy as I feel as if a hard back would not compliment the simplistic cover wanted. Carrying on, I would like the front and back of the book to look aesthetically pleasing ie, white backgrounds with simplistic writing. I may include an image of the dancers ballet shoes on point for the front of the book but I am going to play around with images and standard colors. Overall, I would like the book to feel luxurious but also look very simple and not overly complicated.
• Paper and Ink- As for the paper I will like to use glossy paper with white backgrounds for the cropped images as this will add to my simplistic theme. For ink I will be typing all my text as again I personally like for them to look proper and i don’t feel as if written text with ink would look right in the book compared to the type of images that will be used. The ink for the front of the page will also be typed ink.
• Format, Size and Orientation-
• Binding and Cover- Ideally, I feel like a simple cover will be good for my book, ie either a hardback or paperback.
• Title- For the title I aim to use a image from a photoshoot and add a title which adds to the narrative in a successful way.
• Structure and Architecture- The structure for the photo book will be set out a certain way to add to the wanted aesthetic. This will mean that there will be the title written again on the first page with my name, the left hand side of the page will be left out before introducing each shoot. Next to the left hand side page I will use an image from the shoot following which will be small and places in the middle of the page, there will be written text on top to introduce the section ie. the name i’ve called that shoot. Following this, I will write an explanation of the shoot before showing the images
• Editing and Sequencing- My initial idea at the moment is that I will show my images in chronological order in order to add emotion.
• Images and Text- I would like to include minimum text in my book except for my essay which will be positioned at the back of the book. I will be using sequencing of images to tell a story.