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

friendship, life, enjoyment

• A sentence

This photobook explores the lives of teenagers

• A paragraph

This photobook shows the moments of happiness in the lives of the people shown in the images. The images capture moments of someone doing what they love to do whether its being with a group of people close to them or engaging in an activity they find important to them. The book brings across a sense of comfort where all the images capture happy moments where the subject is living their normal life in ways they love.

Design: Consider the following

• How you want your book to look and feel
• Paper and ink
• Format, size and orientation
• Binding and cover
• Title 
• Structure and architecture
• Design and layout
• Editing and sequencing
• Images and text

I want my book to look engaging to the viewer by keeping the front cover coloured with warm tones and an inviting image on the front. The format and size of the book is a Standard Portrait 8 x 10 in (20 x 25cm) with 46 pages . For the design and layout of my photobook, I tried to match certain photographs together that worked well when put alongside each other. My photograph consists of 3 separate photoshoots, with the first being the biggest, so I’ve made sure to keep each photoshoot together and not mixed with the others. I edited the images by making sure that they matched with the tones of the images alongside them. I did this by editing the exposure levels, temperatures and contrast of the images. I kept the sequence of my book at a variation of layouts making sure not to repeat the same layout after each other by adding ones such a two page spreads in between pages with two images

The title of my book is…