Book Planning (Part 1)
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 8, 2021
I'm leaning towards making a book for my FMP outcome, so I've made a first draft to get the layout planned out. I started with A5 sheets, then drew in where I want blocks of text, images, and titles. I decided I want 4 main chapters, with a concluding chapter at the end, and I formatted each chapter the same way. I then went through the book, and wrote down what each page should include. Doing this really helped me solidify the concept of a book in my head, and it allowed me to think through what I need to do in the next few weeks to get this done. I've ended up with just under 70 pages, but as I gather my content this can change. Here's my current page list:
Cover - title (Irwin & Read) and image (decide this later)
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1) Intro to the Irwin & Read project, header photo?
2) Chapter 1 - IRWIN (about the Irwin side of the family, focus on the original family photos I have)
3) image - collage photo of Irwin photos
4) text discussing the Irwin family history
5) family tree, talk about granny Irwins first and second husbands
6) photo of Brian and Granny (possibly with their children too?)
7) photo of Arthur and Granny
8) text from Granny's letter about Brian/how they met
9) Brian and Granny wedding couple photo
10/11) full wedding party photo
12) text from Granny's letter about Arthur/how they met
13) Arthur and Granny wedding couple photo
14/15) full wedding party photo
16) my thoughts on Brian, Arthur, and Granny
17)
18) Chapter 2 - READ (about the Read side of the family, focus on the original family photos I have)
19) image - collage photo of Read photos
20) text discussing the Read family, maybe get some words from Dad
21) family tree (ask Dad), talk about powerstock station?
22) photo of Grandma and Grandpa
23) photo of Grandma and Grandpa
24) text from Grandma's book/Grandpa's interview about how they met
25) wedding couple photo
26/27) full wedding party photo
28-31) [remove these pages]
32) my thoughts on Grandma and Grandpa
33)
34) Chapter 3 - disposable cameras (I can think of a better title later)
35) an image from either disposable camera
36) explain the shoot aim, how I did it, what I asked them to do and why
37) example from Irwin, example from Read
38) Irwin self-portrait (with caption)
39) Read self-portrait (with caption)
40) describe what I asked for from each person
41) thumbnails I drew?
42/43) all the photos/contact sheet sort of deal (caption each image or separate them on one page each) that I asked for
44) write about how I gave them the rest of the roll to do what they wanted
45) what did I expect to see, how did that differ to what I got
46/47) all the photos/contact sheet sort of deal (caption each image or separate them on one page each) that I let them do what they wanted for
48) concluding paragraph, talk about what I liked about it, wrap it all up
49)
50) Chapter 4 - Self-Portraiture (think of a real title later)
51) double exposure of me/Brian
52) discuss why I wanted to do self-portraiture, the idea behind it, my inspiration, what I wanted to achieve
53) Nicky/Debbie photo next to me/Chloe, text about my first photoshoot/finding these images that inspired me
54) final image of Irwin
55) final image of me as Irwin
56) discuss my process to create the images, why did I chose those ones in particular
57) double exposure of me/Irwin
58) final image of Read
59) final image of me as Read
60) discuss my process to create the images, why did I chose those ones in particular
61) double exposure of me/Read
62/63) [remove these pages]
64) concluding paragraph/reflection/evaluation
65)
66) Chapter 5 - conclusion
67) discuss what I learned over the project both in terms of family and skills, recap why I chose this theme, what was my favourite shoot and why
68) thank you/credit
69) blank
70) blank
Back cover (with brief description/blurb)
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