Monday
Booklet - Front and Back Cover
For my front and back covers I used images I found of New York city, one old and one new, in the background which I divided down the middle. I used old and new style fonts for the title which I arranged on each corresponding side. I put the word 'old' on an angle to give it a fluid look, and left the word 'new' horizontal to give a mechanic, uniform feeling. I desaturated both images and decreased the contrast in tones as I felt that it worked better compositionally, as to not detract from the booklet's title. The font I used for 'Old' was alot more detailed and interesting than the font I used for 'New' as the background of the old half is a lot less detailed than the background for the new half which creates a nice balance between the sides.
Booklet - Freestyle
For my 'freestyle' pages, I decided to use my image of the bible from my third spread of the booklet because I really liked its symbolism, but felt like the symbolism was wasted in my third spread, as the image was made so abstract.
I originally planned to incorporate other imagery. But when I attempted this, I felt like it cluttered the image, and drew away from the portrayal of the theme in the spread. So instead I edited the photo to make the age, and deterioration of the bible more obvious. I desaturated the image because black and white images always read as 'old' to me. I personally think that although simple, the image in this spread is strong, and speaks for itself.
Booklet - Spread Four
I didn't want to base my fourth double page spread on any particular image pair from the life and death exercise. This is because I wanted to creatively combine the 'old and new' theme with the idea of life and death, and I could not think of an appropriate way I could do this with any of the image pairs I made for exercise four.
I used an image of a newborn baby to represent the ideas of life and new, and in image of an old man to represent the ideas of death and old.
I increased the warm tones, and made the image of the baby and her mother softer in terms of contrast to enhance the feeling of life. I increased the cold tones by using blue filters and increased the harshness of the image of the old man to give the feeling of death. I also darkened some areas of the photo around the outside and contrasted this with a strong light on one side to symbolise 'going towards the light', and therefore death further.
I think that the contrasting tones, colours, and harshness of the two images, along with the symbolism of the photos works very effectively in this double page spread to compare my two themes.
Booklet - Spread Three
For my third spread, I scanned an image of my Great Grandfather's bible, which I feel is representative of being old and new as it is a very old object (and shows this through it's deterioration), but is also an addition of the 'New' Testament.
I increased the contrast in tones, added colour, and zoomed in to this image, to make the final image very abstract.
Booklet - Spread Two
I (loosely) based my Typography spread on my Congested Final from exercise two. (Pictured below)
I like how the type in this final separates the white space on each side of the composition. In order to work it into my double page spread, and show a comparison between old and new, I decided to instead make the type at each side of the page (with an area of empty space in the middle to divide them), as opposed to the middle with empty space at the sides.
For my spread I decided to continue the idea of congestion, but divided the old and new sides with an un-congested space in order to contrast the themes more effectively.
I used different fonts which I thought were symbolic of old and new for each side to show their contrast. I also used words (which are synonyms for old and new) instead of sporadic lettering and congested them in a style aesthetic which I thought flowed with its corresponding theme.
I used imagery of parchment and a cityscape in the background which overlapped in the middle to further divide the two themes.
Booklet - Spread One
I used different images for old and new ways of communicating for the square element of this picture (a postage stamp and email logo), and different images for old and new methods of viewing information (an old film reel and dvd) for the circles.
I initially intended to include different images for the triangle part of this composition, but once I put them in, I found that they cluttered up the image too much, and as only a small portion of them were to be seen anyway, the composition was more effective without them, and just the blain black triangle behind them.
I arranged the the two pictures mirrored over the double spread as I felt that it created a balance over the pages, and meant there was no blatant division between the two sides.
Booklet
For my booklet I chose the theme 'Old/New'.
I looked up the definitions for each of these themes so I could get a better idea of what I am focusing on, and also to give me ideas on other areas of the theme that I could look at in my work, other than the obvious.
Old
–adjective
1.
far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; anold horse; an old tree.
2.
of or pertaining to the latter part of the life or term ofexistence of a person or thing: old age.
3.
as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry hadmade him old.
4.
having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 yearsold; a century-old organization.
5.
having lived or existed as specified with relation to youngeror newer persons or things: Jim is our oldest boy.
6.
having been aged for a specified time: This whiskey is eightyears old.
7.
having been aged for a comparatively long time: old brandy.
8.
long known or in use: the same old excuse.
9.
overfamiliar to the point of tedium: Some jokes get old fast.
10.
belonging to the past: the good old days.
11.
having been in existence since the distant past: a fine oldfamily.
12.
no longer in general use: This typewriter is an old model.
13.
acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition,making, or use of something more recent: When the newhouse was built, we sold the old one.
14.
of, pertaining to, or originating at an earlier period or date:old maps.
15.
prehistoric; ancient: There may have been an old landbridge between Asia and alaska.
16.
( initial capital letter 
) (of a language) in its oldest knownperiod, as attested by the earliest written records: OldCzech.
) (of a language) in its oldest knownperiod, as attested by the earliest written records: OldCzech.17.
experienced: He's an old hand at welding.
18.
of long standing; having been such for a comparatively longtime: an old and trusted employee.
19.
(of colors) dull, faded, or subdued: old rose.
20.
deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, ordilapidated: old clothes.
21.
Physical Geography . (of landforms) far advanced inreduction by erosion or the like.
22.
sedate, sensible, mature, or wise: That child seems oldbeyond his years.
23.
(used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or apersonalization): good old Bob; that dirty old jalopy.
24.
Informal . (used as an intensive) great; uncommon: a highold time.
25.
former; having been so formerly: a dinner for his oldstudents.
–noun
26.
( used with a plural verb ) old persons collectively (usuallyprec. by the ): appropriations to care for the old.
) old persons collectively (usuallyprec. by the ): appropriations to care for the old.27.
a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used incombination): a class for six-year-olds; a horse race forthree-year-olds.
28.
old or former time, often time long past: days of old.
New
–adjective
1.
of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but latelycome or been brought into being: a new book.
2.
of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel:a new concept of the universe.
3.
having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a newchemical element.
4.
unfamiliar or strange (often fol. by to ): ideas new to us; tovisit new lands.
5.
having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: areception for our new minister.
6.
unaccustomed (usually fol. by to ): people new to suchwork.
7.
coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains.
8.
fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper.
9.
(of physical or moral qualities) different and better: Thevacation made a new man of him.
10.
other than the former or the old: a new era; in the NewWorld.
11.
being the later or latest of two or more things of the samekind: the new testament; a new edition of Shakespeare.
12.
( initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its latest knownperiod, esp. as a living language at the present time: NewHigh German.
) (of a language) in its latest knownperiod, esp. as a living language at the present time: NewHigh German.–adverb
13.
recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valleywas green with new-planted crops.
14.
freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): rosesnew washed with dew; new-mown hay.
–noun
15.
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:Ring out the old, ring in the new.
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