1. Write a book specification and describe in detail what your book will be about in terms of narrative, concept and design with reference to the same elements of bookmaking as above.

Narrative: What is your story?
Describe in:

• 3 words mum, connection, belonging
• A sentence Exploring the connection between me and my mother, focusing on belonging and nostalgia.
• A paragraph I want to show not only the connection between me and my mum, but also explore her life as well as mine. to make the similarities as well as differences visible. my mum gave birth to me when she was very young and did everything to give me a good life, to me she gave up a part of her life. this is why I want to show through me the life she could of have. as if I am living out hers the way she wanted to. The story has to have a beginning and end, therefore I want to start it when my mum was born, then when she was a child and a teenager, then a shift to when she had me and the same concept continues but with me, up until the present where I can show similarities and differences contrasting with each other between me and my mum.

Design: Consider the following

• How you want your book to look and feel

I want it to have a glossy finish and be smooth to touch, as well as having links to the images, there should be a theme that carries on, this being a nostalgic atmosphere.

• Paper and ink

The paper to be of not too shiny but not matt finisich and mainly colourful ink to be used as there are not many black and white photographs I will be using.

• Format, size and orientation

I don’t want to produce a large scale photobook as the images I have would look better in a smaller format, and I believe a smaller book holds a bigger personal value.

• Binding and cover

Not too sure about the binding but I know for the cover I would like to have an image which is a full bleed image so that for front and back cover the image stretches.

• Title 

the title needs to be relevant to the book, however I always liked simple titles therefore I wouldn’t want to name the book in more than 3 words.

• Design and layout

I don’t want follow a specific layout which repeats itself, however I want it to all link together so the images are not placed randomly.

• Editing and sequencing

the editing will have to be similar across all images, when it comes to layering them, the ones that look similar, so of the same colour values or shape should be next to or near each other.

• Images and text

I am not planning on adding a lot of text as I want the viewer to piece it together by themselves through the photographs. however I want to use text as an additional hint to what the story is about, therefor I might have short phrases on only a few pages.