38) Edit 3 layout - 24/4/18

In this blog post I'm going to be showing my edit 3 layout, and explain my thoughts behind it. Screenshots of the pages can be seen below:

I took into consideration my own thoughts and those of the tutors and moved the image of the dog over more to the right so he can be seen past the fold of the newspaper. I decided to keep the font and placement of the text the same as I think it works well, simple and informative.

Here above you can see the finished first double page with the text and image together, which I think works really well, informing the viewer and drawing them in with an engaging portrait.

I decided to go with the tutors advice and make this page a lot less busy, only showing the image of the newspaper excerpt, which I think looks much better. It allows the viewer to just focus on the way the media talk about the van dwellers to set the scene for the rest of the publication.

I also decided to take their advice on these two double page spreads. I decided to replace the milk image with another of the interior of one of the vans, and then keep to just one image of the back of the van. I'm also going to add quotes to these pages which is indicated by the box drawn on the right hand page. I think they look much better with this clean layout.

I also decided to alter this page depicting John further by taking out the other hasselblad shot completely and replacing it with an image of his dog, who he speaks about it in the quote on this page. I think it gives a better representation of his story I wanted to tell, and the mix of square and rectangular formats also fits really well on the page.

These two double page spreads above are completely new to the sequence, and show some of the new images I added to the set. I included another portrait and interior shot, as well as the van shot which I think has really nice complimenting colours to the portrait of Ben. I also really like the small towel hanging out of the van, giving a domesticated feeling to the vehicle.

For the rest of the sequence I just decided to add more portraits and interior shots most importantly, trying to link each 2 image page with the full bleed image page after it in terms of the colours and tones.

Overall I think this edit is a much better representation of the story I want to tell from Greenbank, with a plethora of environmental portraits, interior shots and documentary images within the publication. For my next steps I need to start making this edit on InDesign and start placing the rest of the quotes that are needed throughout.

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