Newspaper Design #1. Assigned 3/26, due 3/27 - Minor

Newspaper Design Project #1

Today you will use the entire period to re-create a page from The Dispatch Issue #4.

Here is a link to the file:

NEWSPAPER DESIGN #1

Once you get it downloaded into the Download Folder, you will need to move it to either your desktop, or into your folder on the desktop. It should give you the prompt to DOWNLOAD right when you open the link.

Once you have it in the proper place, open the InDesign file (it has the letters .indd at the end). When you open it, there will be an error message about missing links, you can just click OKAY. This will not impact what you are doing today. And when you are working the graphics will have a ? near them, ignore that.

You will see, if you are in Normal view mode, that there are all the parts that were used to create Entertainment page 13 in the 3rd issue of The Dispatch. There are paper versions of the paper at your desks to help you when you recreate this page. I will show you how to get into the proper view mode for this project.

Your job is simple. Move those items into the proper place as you see on Page 12. Everything should move properly into the correct space. You should not have to adjust ANYTHING. Just use the TOP arrow tool and move items into the correct spots. DO NOT CHANGE THE DIMENSIONS OF ANYTHING ON THE PAGE. Be careful and do not grab the little white dots around the borders of the items you are moving. 

In addition, when you are moving photos or art, make sure you DO NOT click the middle of the photograph, make sure you are away from the center circle that will pop up.

HINTS: if you think you made a mistake, you can always use COMMAND-Z to go back one step.

Make sure that you use ALL of the items available and that they are in the right places. Refer to the printed page to help you. There are a number of little pieces like short lines and things like that, which should be included on your page design.

Once you are done putting the puzzle together, call me over so I can take a look.

After I approve it, create a .PDF at the smallest file size and put that file into your Google Drive and make sure it is share so BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL can VIEW it. Then get the link, and put it on your Google Site on a new subpage called Newspaper Design #1 using the embed function. Once you complete that, open your PDF in Photoshop and make it into a PNG by SAVING AS and converting it into a .PNG. Then put that PNG file on your Google Site on the same subpage called Newspaper Design #1. Hit PUBLISH!!!

WRKxFMLY, Mr. Winter will be here today!!

Today you should have 1 photo for your WRKxFMLY portfolio. You will upload a photo to their website and write a caption for that photo. If you have more, I am sure Mr. Winter will be happy to give you advice on your best ones. Remember, you will eventually have to submit 20-25 images and write captions for 5 of them.

So you have them, here are the links to the two presentations.

Today's presentation (March 26)

BigDave's sure-fire approach to writing great captions

His first presentation from last time he was here:

Big Dave's WRKxFMLY Debut

Opinion Story Art, WRKXFMLY sign-up, Reflection. Assigned 3/24, due 3/24 - Reflection = Minor grade

Welcome back!!

We have a couple of things we need to get done today.

First - I need to get access to your drawings you made for your Opinion Stories before break. Most of those stories have been edited and approved and are ready to be scheduled for publication.

OPINION STORY ART

When you initially completed those drawings, you were asked to share a screen shot on your Google Sites. Now I need access to the actual file. It should be either the .PNG or even better the .AI file. You should be able to find those somewhere on your desktop, or in a folder you made on your desktop. An alternative would be opening Adobe Illustrator and looking for recently used files and opening it there and saving it somewhere on your desktop.

Once you find the .PNG or .AI file, you will need to move the file to your Google Drive. Once you get the file into your Google Drive, you MUST share it so that Bowie High School can EDIT it.

Get a clickable link to that file and go back to your Google Site and make a new subpage called Opinion Story Art and share it with me AS A CLICKABLE LINK.

I will be checking this as you finish to make sure I can access them. I will come to you individually to make sure I have a link I can access. You can move on until I check in with you, but I need to make sure I can get to these files TODAY

WRKXFMLY

Now we need to get you set up to start turning in your WRKxFMLY photos. 

Click the link below:

WRKXFMLY Sign-Up

Follow the instructions and create an account with Working Assumptions. You should use your personal email account when you create this accounts so AISD doesn't block anything AND you can access this in the future when you are no longer a student at Bowie.

Reflection

When you have finished the two assignments above, please create a new Google Site Subpage and call it Spring Break 2026 and answer the following question:

Describe a specific moment that happened during spring break that was special for you. Explain why it was that kind of moment and will be something you remember fondly in the future.

Please write at least 250-300 words about that specific moment. Don't do a big event thing, like I went to the beach, or I got to go to London. Pick a specific moment, describe it and explain why it was important to you.

Magazine cover FINAL DAY - posted 3/12. TWO COVERS DUE 1 MAJOR, 1 Minor

  Your Magazine Cover MUST include the following:

You will need to complete the following:

A. Magazine name

Think carefully about the font you use

You may not use the name of a real magazine - so please get creative!!

B. At least three and up to 6-7 teasers (Cover lines/headlines) for secondary stories. (Be creative and write ones that go with your magazine title).

C. Price

D. Date

E. Bar Code

Think about:

1. Scale - how big things are
2. Proportion - how big things are in relationship to others
3. Colors - be selective, 3 or 4 colors max, pull some colors from the images themselves
4. Placement of all elements (where should those things go) - should the price be located right in the middle of the image? 

5. Where do bar codes go and how big should they be? Dates? Hint: look at real magazines for ideas where to put these.
6. Font readability - pick good, legible fonts
7. Creativity - did you make text work better by creating multiple boxes for a single headline? Do you pick a font package? 8. How well did you match your image up with your title and teasers (cover lines/headlines) and other elements?
9. Is it smart to put a box around any text? Look at examples

I should have two of them from you. ONE OF THEM must have a cutout or a text overlap if possible. I will be flexible about this for this class. 

Here is how you turn them in. You must follow these directions carefully and do this correctly.

When you have a cover done, please follow the instructions listed below to turn your project in. FOLLOW THEM SPECIFICALLY AND EXACTLY. It may look complex and it isn't simple, but if you follow them carefully you will need no help from me.

You must have your cover open in InDesign (NOT photoshop)

>File>Adobe PDF presets>Smallest File Size

>Rename your magazine cover as follows: Last name_first name_magazine cover_period #

Make sure to save it in your folder on YOUR COMPUTER.

>Click export (if any messages come up about outside the clipping area or anything else like that during the .pdf creation process, click okay)

Move the file to your Google Drive. Click Share. Make it sharable so that ANYONE WITH THE LINK CAN VIEW). Copy the link and put it on your Google Site, on a new subpage called Magazine Covers, as a clickable link. I MUST see these full size. Sharing is the biggest obstacle - make sure you get it right.

I would like you to convert these to .JPEG files and put those on your Google Site as well. To do this you have to convert the .pdf into a jpeg file. 

1. Open Photoshop
2. Open the .pdf of your magazine cover (NOT the .indd, it won't work)
3. When the .pdf converter pop-up box appears, click okay
4. >File>Save as
5. Change the format into .jpeg
6. Click save
7. Make sure you save it at the highest file size
8. If you get any other pop-up boxes, click okay 

9. Post it on your Google Site on the same page where the clickable links live. You can put the link above or below the image it goes with. Make sure to grab the corner of the image and make it as big as you can. Do this proportionally please by holding the Command-Shift keys!!

Magazine Cover #1 Workday 1 & 2 & Instructions. Assigned 3/5, due 3/6 - Cover 1 = Minor, Cover 2 = MAJOR (last two grades of the 9 week cycle)

Portraits and Self-Portraits

Please process your TWO photos in Photoshop. You need to do levels and crop them vertically - below are the instructions to remind you. If you need help with Levels, please ask your neighbor, or scroll down to the Photoshop assignment below where you can find the direct instructions.

Photoshop:

To levels first - Command-L to get to it fast

Once you finish, make sure you SAVE-AS and rename your image. They should not be called IMG_####, the should be called portrait or self-portrait or something similar.

Crop your image in Photoshop - 8.5 inches x 11 inches at 300 resolution. To get those sub-menu choices you have to select the crop tool.

Always SAVE-AS the first time you touch an image and from then on you can just SAVE.

When you have cropped both images, and done levels and have them saved as .JPEG or .JPG or even .PNG, please post those on your Google Site on a new subpage called Portraits and Self-Portraits.

If you file is saving as a .PSD, you need to go to Layer in the Main Menu options at the top and find FLATTEN IMAGE. It is all the way at the bottom. Select Flatten Image and then you can save your photo as a .PNG file.

Once you have both image on your Google Site, PLEASE PULL THE CORNER AND MAKE IT BIGGER!!! 

You have about 15 minutes to complete these before we move onto InDesign, which I will be presenting on the screen just like I did Photoshop.

To get the image into InDesign - you need make an X-box to place the photo in. Once you have the box made - you can either command-D or you can go under >file to >place.

Use the text tool to create boxes that you can type into. Don't forget to play with colors, sizes and even fonts. Be creative

If you are comfortable using Photoshop to do text or other things, feel free. But remember to make your document 8.5 x 11 inches because you will have to import the completed image to InDesign. You may have to flatten your layers and make sure to save it as a .jpeg.

Magazine Covers

Your Magazine Cover MUST include the following:

You will need to complete the following:

A. Magazine name

Think carefully about the font you use

You may not use the name of a real magazine (except on accident) - so please get creative!!

B. A teaser / cover line (headline type description) for the main story.

You will need at least 3-5 other cover lines on your cover.

C. Pricing and date information and a bar code (appropriately sized!!)If you want to do some fun things with your image, like putting text over your photo or making a cut-out, here are some tutorials:

If you want to try to add a second or even third photo to duplicate a magazine cover you like, go for it.

You will be making TWO covers over the next couple of classes, and they will need to look different from each other. There are many ways to do that, but one way that will have to be completed is the following:

For one of your Magazine Covers, you must include one of the following, either create a text overlap or a cut-out. Below are some tutorials you can use. I know many of you are good at Photoshop already. As long as the effect is carried out, I don't care how you do it, and you use Photoshop.

It is very likely that you can find a tutorial on Youtube as well and you are welcome to do that on your phone or on the desktop. Just do a Google search for the thing you want to do.

TEXT OVERLAP TUTORIAL -- If you really want to make your magazine cover look professional, try making the subject in your photo overlap the title of your magazine. Below is a link to a good tutorial to teach you how to add layers in Photoshop to create this effect.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/overlap-text/

CUT-OUT TUTORIAL - if you are interested in doing some sort of cut-out, you can visit this link for a tutorial. This will walk you through the process of completing a cut-out. Don't forget it still needs to be cropped at 8.5x11 inches.

https://skylum.com/how-to/how-to-cut-out-image-in-photoshop

https://www.creativelive.com/blog/remove-background-photoshop/

IMPORTANT: Always save cut-outs as PNG files. JPG does not support transparent backgrounds.

HOT TIP: Always save your original cut-out as a PSD file somewhere safe so you can re-edit your cut-out again later if needed.

Portrait and self-portrait turn-in instructions, catch-up day OR Extra Credit. Assigned 3/3, due 3/5 - MAJOR

1st 

Please upload you photos and run them through Photoshop. You need to do levels and crop them vertically - below are the instructions to remind you. If you need help with Levels, please ask your neighbor, or scroll down to the Photoshop assignment below where you can find the direct instructions. This is a MAJOR GRADE!!

Photoshop:

To levels first - Command-L to get to it fast

Once you finish, make sure you SAVE-AS and rename your image. They should not be called IMG_####, the should be called portrait or self-portrait or something similar.

Crop your image in Photoshop - 8.5 inches x 11 inches at 300 resolution. To get those sub-menu choices you have to select the crop tool.

Always SAVE-AS the first time you touch an image and from then on you can just SAVE.

When you have cropped both images, and done levels and have them saved as .JPEG or .JPG or even .PNG, please post those on your Google Site on a new subpage called Portraits and Self-Portraits.

If you file is saving as a .PSD, you need to go to Layer in the Main Menu options at the top and find FLATTEN IMAGE. It is all the way at the bottom. Select Flatten Image and then you can save your photo as a .PNG file.

Once you have both image on your Google Site, PLEASE PULL THE CORNER AND MAKE IT BIGGER!!! 

Now get the card back into the camera and get everything put away in the camera bag. I will collect cameras later this period. For those people that don't have photos, I can check you out a camera today, but on Thursday, we will start making magazine covers and you will need photos!!

2nd  

Today is a catch-up day. If you are missing work for me, you have today to get as much done as possible. This will be the only day for this kind of work before the end of the 3rd 9 weeks which is Friday, March 13. I have updated grades and you should be able to check your grades to determine what you are missing.

On Thursday, we will start making magazine covers and those will be the last two grades of the cycle. Your first magazine cover will be a Minor grade, the second will be the final MAJOR grade of the cycle.

If you are completely caught up and would like some extra credit, you can complete the task below and I will apply extra credit to the 3rd 9 weeks cycle in the best way I can to help your grade. That could be raising a major grade by as many as 10 points (I could spread this out as well), or raising your overall grade by 1-3 points.

EXTRA CREDIT - Free Write

Create a new google doc. Pick a prompt. Write. Make sure it is shared properly. I don't need to edit this one, so you can just make it so I can VIEW it. Make a new Google Site subpage called 3rd nine weeks extra credit and make your Google Doc a clickable link.

Here are the prompts - Pick ONE and write - let's say 400-500 words and complete the story.

Creative Writing Prompts

1. You’re digging in your garden and find a fist-sized nugget of gold.
2. Write about something ugly–war, fear, hate, or cruelty–but find the beauty (silver lining) in it.
3. The asteroid was hurtling straight for Earth…
4. A kid comes out of the bathroom with toilet paper dangling from his or her waistband.
5. Write about your early memories of faith, religion, or spirituality; yours or someone else’s.
6. There’s a guy sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper…
7. Write a poem about a first romantic experience or encounter.
8. He turned the key in the lock and opened the door. To his horror, he saw…
9. Silvery flakes drifted down, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird swooped down…
10. The detective saw his opportunity. He grabbed the waitress’s arm and said…
11. There are three children sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says…
12. There is a magic talisman that allows its keeper to read minds. It falls into the hands of a young politician…
13. And you thought dragons didn’t exist…
14. Write about nature. Include the following words: hard drive, stapler, phone, car, billboard.
15. The doctor put his hand on her arm and said gently, “You or the baby will survive. Not both. I’m sorry.”
16. The nation is controlled by…
17. You walk into your house and it’s completely different–furniture, decor, all changed. And nobody’s home.
18. Write about one (or both) of your parents. Start with “I was born…”
19. The most beautiful smile I ever saw…
20. I believe that animals exist to…
21. A twinkling eye can mean many things. Start with a twinkle in someone’s eye and see where it takes you.
22. Good versus evil. Do they truly exist? Are there gray areas? Do good people do bad things?
23. Write about your body.
24. Have you ever been just about to drift off to sleep only to be roused because you spontaneously remembered an embarrassing moment from your past?

Africa and Abandoned Theme Parks. Assigned 2/26, due 3/3 - Minor (but make sure to do both parts!!)

Absence

I am sorry that I am not there today. I had something I had to deal with at home and I had to miss class. I will extend the deadline for the Portraits and Self-portraits one week. If you want to come by tomorrow (Friday) to get a camera, I will have plenty to check out, but I will make sure you have cameras for the March 7-8 weekend. If you have a camera to turn in - you can give it to the sub.

While I am out, I want to have you continue to look at great photos and explore some cool photography opportunities that some people really like. So please complete both parts of this assignment today. Africa and Abandoned theme parks. Some people only do Africa and they end up with a 50. Make sure to do both!!

Africa

Visit the following website. IF THIS WEBSITE DOESN'T WORK PLEASE DO A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR NICK BRANDT AND SEE HOW MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM YOU CAN ANSWER!

http://www.photographyoffice.com/blog/2014/5/on-this-earth-a-shadow-falls-across-the-ravaged-land-by-nick-brandt-photography

1. On your Google Site make a new subpage called Africa and post your reactions to what you read and what you saw. How about 3-4 sentences.

2. Do a google image search for Nick Brandt, find your favorite photo and post it on your blog.

3. Describe it and tell me why its your favorite.

4. What rules of photography are evident in the photos you selected, be sure to explain the rule to me?

Do a google/wikipedia search for Nick Brandt

5. What kind of camera and lens does he use and why is this important?

6. What is his reason for taking these photos?

7. What is his hope by taking these type of photos?

8. Find something he has to say about Africa, and post the quote on your blog. 

Now go to the following website:

https://create.adobe.com/2018/6/8/opening_eyes_nick_br.html

Answer the following questions:

9. What is Brandt's newest focus with his photography?

10. What was the process he did to create these new images?

11. What effect do you think his work might have?

12. How did these new images make you feel? Describe the emotions you felt as you scrolled through them.

Abandoned Theme Parks

Open a browser and go to Google and do a Google image search for the following locations:

Prypiat Amusement Park, Pyrpiat, Ukraine

Holy Land, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Gulliver’s Kingdom, Japan

Six Flags, New Orleans, USA

Land Of Oz, Beech Mountain, North Carolina, USA

Spreepark, Berlin, Germany

Kpo Land, Okpo City, Geoje Island South Korea

Dunaújváros Vidám Park, Dunaújváros, Hungary

Joyland, Wichita, Kansas, USA

Akakanonuma Greenland, Hobara, Japan

and

http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-21-creepiest-abandoned-amusement-parks-20140225-htmlstory.html

Make a new page on your Google Site called Abandoned Theme Parks and please complete the following:

1. Tell me which amusement park that you learned about today that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating.

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them. For example: A cemetery

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of the five places you came up with and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work. For example: do a Google Image search for cemetery photos and see if anyone has specialized in cemetery photography. I found this guy 

Cemetery Photographer

Here is a photo of his I liked:

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.