Name ideas

For the name of my book I wanted to keep it along the theme of games and tactics since that is the whole theme of my book. Here are the name ideas listed below:

• The Mask
• Reflections
• The Art of Bluffing
• Strategies
• Rolling the dice

The title that I ended up selecting for my book is ‘The Art of Bluffing‘ as it links perfectly in with some of my images, for example the mask photos, as well as the overall storyline that I plan to display.

Front cover ideas

For my front cover I wanted to use a photo that would hint at what the photobook will be about, but also keep it appealing to the eye so that the viewer would want to read it.

Cover options:

The photo I ended up selecting was the one of the chess pieces in the water as I found it looked the most visually appealing when stretched over two pages. I also think that it has the perfect area to put the title so that it doesn’t take away from the overall feel of the image.

Final cover:

Plan

Narrative – What is your story? Describe in:

3 words – Emotions in games.

A sentence – A series of photographs that depict a visual representation of what its like to be immersed in a game.

A paragraph – My photo book aims to tell the story of a girl who gets so invested in the chess game that she’s playing, its almost as though she becomes a part of it. I plan on keeping the ending up to interpretation so the viewer can decided whether they believe she won or lost through the use of one of my element photos.

Design – Consider the following:

How you want your book to look and feel – I plan for my photobook to look clean with the colours and tones of my images flowing together nicely, creating links between them and making it look overall visually appealing.

Paper and ink – I plan to use a more glossy paper in order to help the photographs shine when viewed on the page, also making it appear more put together. However, I wont be choosing one that increases the contrast due to my images already being highly contrasted.

Binding and cover – The cover of my book will be a hardcover since I find this to be more visually appealing and in my opinion will help to make the book seem more finalized.

Images and text – The text on the front cover of my book will be ‘Bookman old style’ at the size 72.8 as well as making the colour of the text a light lilac colour to ensure that it goes with the background.