Assignment submitted 23.8.24

Video feedback Tutor meeting 25.9.24

Background

I shared how I had a slower start to SYP I had gathered momentum over recent months, and all the elements are now coming together which is satisfying. My Tutor commented that this is often the way with SYP.

All the information shared is contained in this padlet already shared with my Tutor: https://oca.padlet.org/nicola514516/syp-assignment-four-publication-draft-9izzyahdg6i9qo1p

Assignment four

I explained that the book draft, press releases and publicity materials that I had submitted have all moved on now since submission to OCA learn 23.8.24. After much peer reviewing I have now prepared the third versions of these documents.

I shared the process that I have been through to produce my book dummy including exploring various printer’s offers in terms of quality and options. I screen shared my book dummy and previous versions, which peers have reviewed and explained some of the changes that I have made as a result.

My tutor reviewed my version 3 draft book and made further suggestions of revisions to it that I will now experiment with before publishing. Within this we covered my questions about font type and size.

Going forwards

My Assignment 5 submission date is 23.10.24, with a fall back of 30.10.24 should I have any unexpected delays (book deliver for instance). Course end date 2.1.25

MY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE SESSION WERE:

1. Assignment 4 Draft book: Q: Should I put an image on front cover? Q: Are font sizes correct? Can the fonts be mixed between headings/subheadings and text ?

• Upcoming assignment 5: format of and general questions.
• Timescale for next feedback.

1. ASSIGNMENT 4 DRAFT BOOK

Cover:

• Make more space at bottom margin than top and move text in slightly- done
• Leave cover as is except realign text and try futura font light. This is elegant and free from associations. I tried Futura font, however I decided against as I don’t like the ‘?’ and there are a lot in my text. I took the advice on using the same text throughout, fairly neutral and light and opted for Calibri light. -done

Intro page:

• Justify only to the left – not ‘blocking – done
• Do I need the Introduction heading? Check other’s books – done. Having done this I changed the heading from ‘introduction’ to ‘Preface’
• Use thirds to place on page, imagine a 3×3 grid on a page and position elements in the centre box then move a bit upwards  Imagine a 3×3 grid on a page and position elements in the centre box then move a bit upwards eg. p 11 -done
• Make page margins smaller- and text wider -done
• Page 11 couplets and poetry move text lower to thirds or the bottom of centre – more at bottom -done

Section break: Consider changing the use of ’Constituents’ is the subheading (too political/formal?) for a subheading – This I changed to residents

Footnotes: consider realigning so slight overlap and move text to align with the bottom of images and justify to next to the images – done

      Generally:

• Think about how the book will look when pages turn, ensure that all text has the same bottom margin -done
• justify only to right or left – not ’blocking’ – done
• leave more space at bottom of page than top, like a polaroid photo -done
• Make text 85% black only. This doesn’t conflict with the black in the images and makes the images ‘pop’. I adjusted to 88% black as advised by the printer – done
• Take text as small as possible and then increase until readable, the smaller you can go the more professional it will look. This was a really good tip and enabled me to reduce the font size of some of the text.- done

In the following 5 days I revised my book draft with these revisions see my A4 Learning log part 2: https://nkssite6.photo.blog/2024/10/06/sustaining-your-practice-assignment-4learning-log-part-2/