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 – representing teenage stereotypes.
- A sentence – showing how teenagers are portrayed by the older generation.
- A paragraph – in my photobook, I want to show the stereotypes people make, as well as the opposite. For example, how teens can represent the negatives, but also go against these negatives, and prove them wrong. I want my photobook to display that not all teenagers are the same, and certainly not bad.
Design: Consider the following
i want my book to look intriguing. i want it to make people want to open it. Im not too bothered about hard/soft back. i want the size of my photobook to be 20×25. i want the Title to be ‘Captured And Misunderstood’, meaning teenagers are caught doing actions in the moment, and completely misunderstood and painted out in a wrong light. For the structure of my photobook, i tried being as brief as i can. I like being simple as i believe less can be more. For the design and layout, i put the pictures all different sizes on the paper to mix it up a bit, i laid it all out in a sort of story telling way. for e.g, i started off with one model, showing stereotypes by wearing makeup, addicted to the phone and bad habits. it then goes on to a party showing the rebellious most open and fun side of teenagers, then back to my model one representing stereotypes, again. I decided to add no text really as i didn’t want it, i thought it looked too much.